Weddingbee Blog

Registering started out being a bit of a pain. We had no idea what we were doing, so we just walked into our favorite store, Williams and Sonoma, and asked to register there. They promptly handed us a scanner, then left us to fend for ourselves. I think the person who helped us out was new, and she didn’t really know what to do with us either. We aimlessly wandered around the store for a bit wondering what to add. Mr. Martini adores cooking so he already had most kitchen appliances, and we really weren’t even sure what we would need at that point so we felt a little lost. We placed only a couple of things on the registry just for the sake of adding something, and then left thinking we would finish our registry online from home.

We registered at our second location, Bed Bath and Beyond, because we had heard that this store gives cash back on returns. I didn’t want to add anything we weren’t going to keep, but you never really know with these things so we didn’t think it would hurt to register there. Again, they handed us a scanner and promptly tossed into the wild.

Then a friend told us that Macy’s Bridal had great stuff, so we wanted to check it out and possibly get our bedroom and bathroom supplies there. Over the weekend, we made the trek into the large Macy’s department store in NYC near Penn Station. I have to tell you guys, we had such an awesome experience at Macy’s! We were also surprised to be handed a cute little red Victorinox tote bag to keep. In the tote was a folder containing any registry related information we would need until our wedding day.

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I also happened to have an old and empty Macy’s credit card that I never used and pretty much forgot about, and we were pleased to find out that since I was a cardmember we would get cash back on all registry items bought by our guests, and even by ourselves until our wedding day. Definitely an added plus.

Our consultant, Norma, was on top of everything and guided us in the right direction. She also told us she’d come find us and say hello to make sure we weren’t having any issues. I didn’t really think I’d see her, but as if on cue, half an hour into browsing around, there she was to check up on us.

The part I liked most about registering at Macys was that we were asked how many guests would likely attend our wedding. Based on that number, we were given a recommendation of how many items we should add to our registry, divided into different price ranges. When we were done, we received a printout of our items, which also included a section that let us know how much of the recommended list had been fulfilled by the things we added that day. It was a great guide for first timers like us because I never knew what to add, how much to add, and at what the prices to add.

We also discovered that Macy’s had many of the items that we already registered at other stores. We compared the prices of our items between the three registries, and if they were at the same price or cheaper, we moved the item to our Macy’s registry.

What stores did you have a great or horrible registry experience with?