Hello all! I've been lurking the last few days, but I've got a question I'm hoping ya'll can give me some advice on. I moved to France last year to start my new life with my fiance, we're in the middle of renovating a house for us to live in, and we're having the Catholic ceremony this October back in Illinois where I'm from and most of my family still is.
From having been here a year, I've learned one very important thing, shipping costs are insane. I'm pretty sure most of my family will choose to give cash (unasked for of course) but a few will want to buy physical gifts. As tradition states that they are generally shipped to the couple in advance, I would like to do all I can to help them avoid these insane shipping charges.
My thought was to create a registry on Amazon.fr (easily translatable with Google) so that they could purchase things online and they be shipped from warehouses here. That would also avoid any problems with appliances not working, or trying to pack china safely for the plane ride back. What do you guys think? I was hoping Pottery Barn or Crate & Barrel would have international stores, but alas, they do not.
Thoughts, suggestions? Thanks in advance!