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Alternatives to wedding lists?

My bride to be and I have lived together for some time. We have everything that we need and so dont want a wedding list. There are only so many tea towels you can use! We just want, if anything, contributions to our honeymoon. It seems stupidly rude to just ask people for money or to get them to send cheques. Does anyone know of an alternative? Someway of buying us airmiles perhaps? Many thanks

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Is there anything that you two need to take on your trip? Suitcases?
friends of ours booked their honeymoon through Thomas Cook and we were able to give them vouchers which went towards their payment. This was 6 years ago, so don't know if it's still available, but our friends had their week in venice covered by family and friends! Just make sure you have a good time and share the photos afterwards!
My son got married last month and he and his fiancee didn't want any gifts so they asked for vouchers - Debenhams or M&S. However, they asked for money from relatives. If you put a polite printed note in with the invites then people will respect your wishes! They received almost £2000 in cash and another £1000 in vouchers! Also, as people knew they were off to the US for a month for honeymoon, they also received about $500 in cash!! So it can be done!
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It is incredibly tacky to put gift requests in invitations. Any etiquette book ever printed will tell you that. What you need to do is tell the people whom guests would be asking- maid of honor, parents, close relatives- what you want, and count on them to pass the word. And be prepared to do a lot of gift returning so that you can accumulate the cash you need for your trip. You could also ask whomever is planning the bridal shower, usually the maid of honor, to plan a 'honeymoon shower', where the gifts are all travel vouchers or frequent flyer miles donations.
register at lowes or home depot on list also request gift cards
That sounds like a great idea as wedding gifts are all the same! As you want to 'ask' people for money instead of gifts, people will find this rude, so I think you should do it in a creative but careful way by writing a poem or a short phrase on the invitation.. You could write something like "Thank you for thinking of us. Don't shop, just forget all the fuss. Though not out of greed, We would like money indeed To help us would be such a plus!!!!! Or Our lives are complete Our love nest is set; If you're looking for the perfect present, the gift of money would be best! OR In a wedding invitation, Are sometimes sent requests, For gifts from a department store, To each and every guest. But this one is unusual, It comes in a different way, As we don't want loads of pressies, But something else today. Now please don't think us cheeky, We’re trying to do this with tact, But we've been living together for a while, So there isn’t that much we lack. We’d appreciate money for Florida, To do things while we’re away, We would like to swim with dolphins, And go to the Space Center for the day. We want to go on an animal safari And have dinner with Shamu We want to visit all the theme parks We have a long list of things that we would love to do. We do appreciate that you might want to buy us a gift We have therefore provided a small list but if you’d like to contribute towards our honeymoon We offer you our heart felt thanks With love, the Bride and Groom GOOD LUCK!! P.S And no its not rude (if you ask the right way)
You don't realize it but there is still so much you probably need and your bride to be's bridal party would want to give her a shower since it's traditional. I guess you could just ask to have a money shower but I think that your wife should have a shower. Don't be ungrateful and don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Well you can actualy register for a honeymoon through websites. Also you can register for items you'll want or need for the honeymoon. Luggage, beach chairs... Anything pertaining to the honeymoon
I would simply let your guests know in the invites that you prefer money or visa gift cards. I wouldn't be offended if I received an invite like that. I rather give the couple something they want! *Cutie*
since you already have everything you need, in your invites, put "couple kindly suggest donations to charity instead of gifts"
There are honeymoon registry companies out there, but they take a hefty cut of your gifts. You could put together a wedding website & on it detail all the stuff you'd like to do on your honeymoon - ski trip, snorkeling, hot air balloon, dinner at the famous restaurant, jet ski, snowmobile, whatever you're doing, but it's best to add lots of details, paint a picture & include a website to the company or restaurant. That way guests could contact the company directly to arrange the outing or purchase a gift certificate. You can communicate your website address through word of mouth on save the date cards or on shower invitations, but it is considered tacky to include registry info with wedding invitations. Although the wedding website includes so much info other than registry now, I have seen it included in the invite for out of town information.
You don't want traditional wedding gifts and just want cash - I find that disgusting! You can never ask people for cash. Since you don't want any "gifts" just write "No Gifts Please" on your invitations. THAT is your only alternative!
YOU CAN GET HOLIDAY GIFT VOUCHERS FROM MOST TRAVEL AGENTS AND I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE TO SEND NOTES IN INVITATIONS SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "AS WE ALREADY LIVE TOGETHER WE HAVE ALL THE ESSENTIALS WE NEED, HOWEVER SHOULD YOU WISH TO GET US A WEDDING GIFT HOLIDAY VOUCHERS TOWARDS OUR HONEYMOON WOULD BE A BRILLIANT IDEA" AS THEN YOU'RE BEING HONEST AND THEY ALSO KNOW THEY'RE GIVING YOU SOMETHING YOU TRULY WOULD LIKE
There are sites out there that allow you to do a honeymoon registry. I think weddingchannel.com has it! They even give you little cards that you could slip into your invitations
Honeymoon registry. Many travel agents and resorts have then set up so people can send the gift of money to help pay for your trip. http://www.thehoneymoon.com/
http://www.byebyeblender.com/ This puts everything in one. I haven't used it, but we are considering it for our wedding. They do have honeymoon registries (just google it), but this one is like an all in one. Just put in things you want to do, etc (see examples on page), people pick what they want to give you, and the money goes to your paypal account. So you technically don't have to use it on what they paid for since you're pretty much getting cash. But it's a good way to get activities you want to go do or airfare etc. I would suggest making a couples site try www.freewebs.com for this, and you can add the link in there or list the website on the invites
Ok. This can be tricky and I will probably get loads on `thumbs down` for my efforts. We had the same problem when we got married 6 weeks ago. We downloaded a beautiful poem from the internet and changed some of the wording. It basically said that we had everything we could ever want (including each other) but if people felt they wanted to contribute to our new life together then we were renovating our home and vouchers would be most welcome towards the project. We sent out thank you cards recently and have invited close friends and family to a house party next year to show them what we used the vouchers for. We think we covered all the bases and didn`t really offend anyone in the process.