Wedding Gift Ideas, Gift Registry & Honeymoon Registry Q&A

Requesting Monetary Gifts vs. Traditional registry

My fiancee and I have lived together for over a year and have all the household things we could ever need. What we really need is a house. We decided to forego a traditional registry, but want to avoid getting a bunch of gifts we neither need nor asked for. A large portion of the guests are of a.... [Read more]

Gift registry etiquette

My fiance and I will be married this fall and although I'm thrilled to be getting married and want to share the celebration with others, we are uncomfortable with the aspect of registering for gifts. Everyone has convinced us that this is something we need and should do. However, I've come into a.... [Read more]

How to announce gift registry

We are being given a Jack and Jill as opposed to a bridal shower or bachelor party. No one is expected to bring gifts to the Jack and Jill, so when and how would be an appropriate way to get the word out that we have a gift registry? Not everyone has email and the only invitations being mailed.... [Read more]

Choosing bridal shower gifts from wedding registry.

I’ve been invited to a surprise bridal shower, which I can’t attend because I will be away on vacation. The invitation to the shower included bridal registry cards to two different stores. I would like to send a gift since I can’t attend the shower, but am I expected to pick a shower gift from.... [Read more]

Gift Registry etiquette

My Fiancée and I are both students and we are going to be moving to different location about every 3 months. We can’t register for any type of gift because of this situation. What would be the best thing to do? Is there any polite way of letting our guests know that if they like to bring anything,.... [Read more]