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some registries allow you to add gift cards in a certain amount. that might be a good idea as you can always combine multiple gift cards for the big ticket items.

also, if you already have everything you need, you can always register for upgrades to your honeymoons at http://www.honeymoonwishes.com/ although I don’t know how great they end up being as you might HAVE to use their vendors which may or may not be overpriced. i’m not sure of the details on that though.

i also hear that some places allow you to return your gifts after for full value. i forget which stores those were, but i think crate and barrell and neiman marcus might… not positive though.

hope that helps

Why don’t you registrar your honeymoon. we are consider doing that. it just doesn’t make any sense for us to get another pot, pan or for god sake, ice cream machine! My FI and I live in Manhattan in a tiny apt. We don’t have enough space for all the stuff we have, let alone getting more of those cooking utensil which we never use—since we eat out most of the time… so we will most likely registrar our honey moon through honeyluna or some other major alike services.

I think I saw an advertisement in a wedding magazine for Continental Airlines saying that you can “register” for airfare somewhere… for your honeymoon or another trip. That’s always an option, too, I guess.

I would also like to add a word of warning. I was once invited to a wedding where the bride decided to put everything that she needed on there. That included a washing up bowl, a garbage can and some washing up gloves. Though I understand that you can be inundated with things you don’t need, do bear in mind what you would enjoy receiving as WEDDING GIFTS and not just make up a grocery list! May seem a good idea at the time, but looked a bit trashy on the list.

Speaking of the little things, I have a friend who registered for a Rubix Cube! Random, but just thought I’d share

I have friends who registered for the honeymoon. It got three different reactions from our mutual friends.
1) That’s a fantastic idea (but no one ended up using it)
2) “I don’t want to pay for a couples massage or for breakfast in bed.” - too skeevy
3) Everyone knew the bride only wanted money - she wrote it on her website for a few days until she was forced to take it down. Months before the wedding, she told me (proudly) that the registry for the honeymoon is just money- they give them CASH after the wedding in a big check. Nothing really gets allotted out by activity, restaurant, etc. I felt conned.

make sure you do put stuff you like/want though. if there’s nothing there, you might get bowls/trays/platters in the price range people want to spend from stores you’ve never heard of and in styles you don’t like…

My Fiance and I just moved to a bigger house and not sure what we need yet (more pots & pans?? Decorations??) So for our wedding coming up soon :)… we registered at B3 for cute decorations and small odds and ends of things we liked. With 125 guests and only registering for 30 things, we have spread word or mouth that gift cards for practical places would be greatly appreciated! I would love to see a stocked pantry thanks to Walmart!

I do like Sara’s idea of registering with a charity… interestingly enough I have been wanting to find good charities for the homeless to contribute to. I think we will do something like this, but I do still want wedding china so I can use it forever and think back to my wedding day. We will have to somehow do both!!! My Mom’s friends keep saying, “register for what you want, regardless of cost” but I know how frustrating it is to get one someone’s registry and find that it’s all a fortune. It’s nice to hear though that others have updated their registries many many times. It seemed like something we should be able to do in 2 seconds, but it’s taking a lot longer!

i think brides either love doing the registry or hate doing the registry…

…i’m one of those that loved it. i’ve gone through countless friends’ weddings already, so i kind of knew which items were appropriate and what price ranges were the best… definitely choose in two different ranges: $20-50 and $80-$120 - that way people can mix and match if they want w/o feeling obligated to purchase big ticket items… or if they want to generously give, they know exactly what you want, so there’s ease on that end, too.

also, i’ve been living on my own in the condo that we’re going to live in together (when he moves in) for 4 years now, so i know what i needed and didn’t need.

but really the best advice i got from my friends was make your registry shorter, rather than longer - because if you make it long, you’ll inevitably end up with tons of “sets” of things that were never completed, and you’ll shell out your own money to complete them. if you have a short registry, people will probably end up giving you $ or gift cards, which will allow you to finish purchasing items you weren’t sure about registering for…

every single one of my friends ended up returning at least half the items they registered for, even though they were what they originally thought they wanted, so they said register for a little, to minimize the number of returns in the end.