Very small registry

deanozzi · March 2012

My FH and I had our wedding planned and date set back in 2003. The wedding was postponed 30 days before the wedding was to take place. I had my dress, venue, bridal shower and so on. After the postponement I tried to give the gifts back and no one would accept because we were still together and were still planning on getting married.

Now, 9 years later we have our date set. We will not be having a 2nd bridal shower of course. But do not need anything because we have already made a home for ourselves. We do not need upgrades either because we love what we already have.

I created a very small registry on carnival cruise lines for shoe excursions, drinks, picture credits, spa treatments and such forth. We are getting married on the ship and we have 40 guests who are traveling with us.

Is there a need to create a 2nd registry that we don't need? Plus guests are urged not to bring packaged gifts onto the ship because of customs.

MNVegas · March 2012

I'd get rid of the honeymoon registry and just do a very small regular registry for those who want to send a boxed gift. Others will give cash gift and you can use that towards you cruise extras.

jessicabessica · March 2012

I would have no registry. It's never polite to ask for cash, and in this case, being asked to contribute toward your cruising vacation when I have to pay my own way on the cruise to even attend your wedding would really rub me the wrong way, KWIM?

LeiselEB · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_registering-gifts_very-small-registry?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:34Discussion:fa49de53-81a7-4435-9d63-fb7776cde67cPost:3a48387b-24de-442e-8f76-90d29229b2a2">Re: Very small registry</a>:
[QUOTE]I would have no registry. It's never polite to ask for cash, and in this case, being asked to contribute toward your cruising vacation when I have to pay my own way on the cruise to even attend your wedding would really rub me the wrong way, KWIM?
Posted by jessicabessica[/QUOTE]

<div>Totally agree with this. I'm not a fan of honeymoon registries in general, but especially in this case it's almost as if guests will be paying for your wedding, since it's on the ship itself. I'd be really turned off by that, as a guest.</div><div>
</div><div>If you really don't need anything, skip a registry entirely.</div>

SCogs18 · March 2012

I commend you on following all the proper procedures with a wedding postponments (trying to return gifts, no second shower, etc) and congratulations on your wedding! I agree with PPs. Nix the honeymoon registry and create a very small registry of physical items...think stuff like the pasta maker attachment or the 4 in 1 grater or the ice cream maker attachement for the stand mixer you already got (if you did...if you didn't register for one, I LOVE mine!)

You will probably encounter a few guests, like me, who don't give cash, so a very small registry is good for us folk. If l can't find a registry, I just come up with something on my own, but I don't prefer that.

Ash61612 · March 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_registering-gifts_very-small-registry?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:34Discussion:fa49de53-81a7-4435-9d63-fb7776cde67cPost:5fba129e-3942-43ff-b5fe-8716ec3fd225">Re: Very small registry</a>:
[QUOTE]I'd get rid of the honeymoon registry and just do a very small regular registry for those who want to send a boxed gift. Others will give cash gift and you can use that towards you cruise extras.
Posted by MNVegas[/QUOTE]
agree

dori851 · March 2012

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[QUOTE]I'd get rid of the honeymoon registry and just do a very small regular registry for those who want to send a boxed gift. Others will give cash gift and you can use that towards you cruise extras.
Posted by MNVegas[/QUOTE]

This.

Flowerstar1023 · March 2012

I too appreciate your thoughtful approach to this. Agreed though with getting rid of the honeymoon/wedding cruise registry for the reasons stated above. Can't you think of anything you want? I know for me personally, we have a Kitchen Aid mixer (yay Craigslist) but wanted a new beater blade, we have towels but they're getting worn. We have bowls, but I'd really love a set of mixing bowls instead of using our salad bowls for instance...that sort of stuff. Short, sweet, but there for your guests who want to get you something but don't like the cash or gift card route.

dupp0002 · March 2012

My fiance and I toyed with the idea of a honeymoon registry but we haven't agreed on where to book the honeymoon yet, and were getting a lot of questions about registries so we opted to register this past weekend for items to upgrade in our home - towels, sheets, kitchen items, etc. and to keep our registry just to things we knew we'd use - some items may be on the higher end side, but many of our family members are known for going in together on larger gifts, and they can give cash if they're not able to find something on our registry. We did include some small ticket items, knowing that this won't be a possibiity for everyone as well.

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