Honeymoon ideas for august

We are interested in tropical or warm- Florida, North Carolina, Bahamas, Cancun, ect. We can fly from Grand Rapids, Lansing or Chicago. We would like to stay a week, stay as close to $1000 as we can, and would like to go either first week in August right after the wedding or in October(my.... [Read more]

Gift or no gift?

We live in Indiana and are attending a wedding in North Carolina the weekend after July 4th. The bride is planning a very informal beach wedding, informal to the extent that her "invitation" is an email invitation. Travel expenses are going to be a little higher than usual due to the holiday..... [Read more]

Money or registry?

we plan to buy a house shortly after getting married...we would like to let our guests know that we would like money for this, but what way is appropriate?

we also would like to set up a small registry for the bridal shower, and for people who feek more comfortable giving gifts than money, we.... [Read more]

Out of state wedding

My son is from NJ. His fiance is from NC. The wedding is to be in NC. My son plans to move there several months before the wedding. My dilemma: There are many who he would like to invite to the wedding, but would not be able to go to North Carolina. It is a 9 hr drive, plus expenses. Since he would.... [Read more]

Wedding lingerie gift etiquette

After much trouble trying to decide on an engagement gift for my best friend's daughter (who lives in an apartment w/ her fiance and, has no room to store anything else), I decided on a bridal lingerie set (in ivory) as a gift. Her mom said, "isn't the mother of the bride suppose to buy the.... [Read more]