International Registry

Re: International Registry

• acasimiro11

  

  May 2012

  I completely agree with you! I was trying to do the same thing bc I live in NY and some of my relatives live in the Dominican Republic and wanted to send actual gifts. Instead they shopped online at American websites (pottery barn, macys, bed bath and beyond) and had it shipped to me.
  
  Maybe you can find a French home/houseware store that your American relatives can go into and shop for things and have them delivered to your address in France.
  
  Amazon sounds like a great idea, but the only setback would be the delivery dates. Being that items arent always in stock at the nearest warehouse, it might take up to a month (sometimes a littl over a month) to have something sent to you. (i've had that problem before).
  
  If all else fails, cash is always GREAT... but allow them to come to that decision. Make your registry as easy for others as possible, as you WILL have those folks that don't know SQUAT about weddings or registries, and you will have those others that just like to gossip about the negatives.
  
  As long as you and your future husband are happy with what you've decided to do, everything else will fall into place.

  

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• egm900 member

  

  May 2012

  I think the Amazon idea is going to work the best.  My cousin and his wife got married in her home country, then came to the US, and while traditionally, her culture only gives gifts for weddings, they only received cash since everyone knew it would be impossible to get gifts home safely.  I think a lot, if not all of your guests will go this route.  If you would prefer cash, keep your registry really small, most people will put small registry and different country together and figure that cash is the best gift for you.

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• hoffse member

  

  May 2012

  Most major retailers will ship worldwide now - check out Macy's and Bloomingdales for ones off the top of my head that I know ship internationally.  Honestly the rates aren't bad at all if you do it through the store instead of paying for postage yourself because the stores contract with international carriers, etc to make shipping rates lower (like Amazon does with UPS).  The problem with Amazon.fr is that it's in french, and even with the english translation button it could be uncomfortable for your American guests.  Having gifts shipped from US stores to France is not the hard thing - It's having guests overseas ship to you in the US that's really hard from a retail perspective.  Register at a store in France for your french guests and a store that ships internationally for your American guests, and you will be set.

  

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• aphrael member

  

  May 2012

  thanks, that might actually work, if i can get the FI to let me choose stuff (like china) without having to see it first.  With the new house, we actually do need everything, since if it didn't fit in a suitcase, I left it behind.
  
   I agree with you, the translated site is still very confusing.  I might keep it around just in case, but it's not really a tradition around here, so it'd be more for us.
  
  I'll be happy with whatever my guests do, if they choose to give cash, it'll go into the house renovation, and if they choose to give gifts, I'll be glad to not have to prioritize everything (yes, Dear, I know that drywall comes before cutlery;))
  
  I just want to make it the easiest and most cost effective for them, and hopefully avoid putting dishes in my suitcase   Thanks!

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• aphrael member

  

  May 2012

  ah wait, I remember now..while lots of US stores will ship to France, they won't let me have a registry with a French shipping address....grrr.

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• hoffse member

  

  May 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_registering-gifts_international-registry?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:34Discussion:4e9c416b-5def-4927-9cc9-022135dd050bPost:adae42a8-d475-4c6e-950a-4f7661e15137">Re: International Registry</a>:
  [QUOTE]ah wait, I remember now..while lots of US stores will ship to France, they won't let me have a registry with a French shipping address....grrr.
  Posted by aphrael[/QUOTE]
  
  <div>In this case I would put a domestic US address with the registry retailer, and then put your french address on your website with details so people know how to get gifts to you that are on your registry by using websites like macys.  Sorry this is a pain!</div>

  

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• Marina Ova

  

  May 2012

  Have you guys ever heard of Zankyou? They have an international registry and it's a cash registry too. My friend used it since she is American and her husband is Italian because they have the wedding website available in all different languages and it worked really great for them and their American/Italian/European wedding guests. This is the website but I think they have it in France, too. http://wwwzankyou.com/us

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