Registry in Invites?

amberzagar · March 2012

Can you put where you registered at in the invitations? Or just in the bridal shower invites?

FutureMrsPaulG · March 2012

Your wedding invitations should not have any information about yur registry on them. It is one thing to provide a link to your wedding website (if you have one) and have that information on there, so long as the site contains more than just the registry info. I know some people think it is ok to put registry info on bridal shower invites but I personally am not a fan of that. Leave it up to the hostess of your shower if she wants to include the resgistry info since she will be the one to send out those invitations. Tell your WP and family where you are registered and they can tell anyone who asks.

jagore08 · March 2012

You can include them in your shower invites since the purpose is to "shower the bride with gifts" but no gift info should ever go in your wedding invitation. Another thing to do is put your wedding website (if you have one) on the shower invitation and have your registry info on there. The website can go on your STD or shower invitations but, again, not your wedding invitations.

MyNameIsNot · March 2012

You never put registry information anywhere.

Your shower host may decide to include it if she wants, or she may not. That's her decision, not yours.

AurorasEnvy · March 2012

Yeah, just the shower invites.

MiksChick23 · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_registering-gifts_registry-in-invites?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:34Discussion:19bde4b0-8a87-4c29-8f96-fa2af414c793Post:6fc017bb-7e36-48f9-82b1-768cad2efde0">Re: Registry in Invites?</a>:
[QUOTE]You can include them in your shower invites since the purpose is to "shower the bride with gifts" but no gift info should ever go in your wedding invitation. Another thing to do is put your wedding website (if you have one) on the shower invitation and have your registry info on there. <strong>The website can go on your STD or shower invitations but, again, not your wedding invitations. </strong>
Posted by jagore08[/QUOTE]

Disagree! I think its perfectly acceptible to list your wedding website in your invitations. Mine is listed on my "info card" and includes FAR more than my registries, like maps, hotel info, menu options, ceremony details etc. Some brides even use their wedding website for RSVPs.

Do NOT put your registry information directly on or in your invites though. Its ok for shower invites, b/c like a previous post mentioned, the purpose is to "shower the bride with gifts." Its far easier to list than have to have every person ask the hostess when they RSVP. But your shower hostess will ultimately make the decision she sees fit when she sends them out.

s500953 · March 2012

I don't see anything wrong with putting where you're registered at on your invites. I did on mine because many of those I am inviting are not internet-savvy to go to my website. It was just a consideration for all guests.

heylady87 · March 2012

I'm putting my registry information in with my invitations. Why? Because my family is so spread out, that they don't get to do the "word-of-mouth" thing in casual conversation. I also don't expect my family to be the messengers -- they have more things to worry about. As for a wedding website, I do have one, but I would say about 30% of my guests aren't computer-savvy enough to get there.

Putting this information in the invitations was a big worry for me, too, because of threads like this one, so I asked around to guests and friends of mine who were recently married. They said they are thankful to have the information in there, because it's one less thing they have to think about, and it puts all the information in their hands, in one place.

Consider your audience, I guess, before you put that information in the same envelope as your invitations.

FutureMrsPaulG · March 2012

In response to the two posters above who mentioned that some of their guests are not internet savvy...is it possible that these guests are older? I ask because they may be more likely to be offended by seeing registry information on wedding invitations. When people would RSVP to a shower, they would ask the host where the couple was registered. Or upon getting a wedding invitation, a call to the bride's parents would be made to obtain this information.

I've googled a couple to find out if they had registered because I had no contact info for the bride's parents and the couple was a friend of FI. Their registry came up without much searching. There really isn't much of a good excuse for breeching etiquette and putting registry info on wedding invitations.

hoffse · March 2012

Yeah I'll be honest - I find it distasteful when brides put registry info on their invitations... I'm not even sure about website info anywhere in the invitation packet. That's something that I'm still pretty uncomfortable with. Part of me feels like I'm being deceptive if I say, "For more info on hotels, please visit our website at..." in the hopes that people look there to find our registries.

Aim2play55 · March 2012

I'm so torn on the whole thing... all my friends and coworkers think it's no biggie and actually helpful to included registry info in the invites. I agree with them; any invite I've gotten I've never thought they were begging for gifts. Usually everyone is going to get you something anyway so might as well just help them out by giving them ideas.

I get the whole etiquette thing, however my fiance is inviting a lot of his co workers who are for the most part all men... and I don't know any of there wives. I highly doubt these men are going to sit around asking about where we're registered?

So, I'm still debating on how to handle the registry info. I might try to find a playful way to mention it in the "invite packet" (because theres so much to them it seems) without being assuming or forceful. And if someone really gets offended, well then I guess maybe they shouldn't come?!

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