A Practical Solution For Your Wedding Registry
Congrats! You’re engaged and the planning has begun. Likely you’ve been inundated with inquiries about where you’re registered. Uh, oh. You don’t want more stuff. Dare you ask for what you want?
A cash wedding registry is the polite way to communicate what would be perfect for you right now:
- Dream Honeymoon
- First House
- Charitable Donations
- Remodeling
- Romantic Date Nights
- Weekend Getaways
The only limit is your imagination!
Ease Your Mind. Here’s Why It’s The Way To Go:
- Total Flexibility: As one user recently wrote on their site, “It turns out you can register for a bathroom remodel!” A cash wedding registry lets you register for anything you want, then divvy up the gifts into monetary increments. Guests can purchase anything from a massage to plane tickets, a new fridge to cooking lessons.
- No Restrictions: Don’t be constrained by department store inventory or gift cards to stores you don’t want. Cash gives you freedom to spend when, where and how you want.
- Be Honest: People want to contribute towards what you need most at this time in your life. Don’t register for stuff you don’t need because you feel you have to and then return it (think about all the money lost on shipping!). Create a registry that shows people what you actually want and make it fun for them to be part of making it happen.
- More Personal: Your registry can be an incredible way for people to get to know you and your fiancé better. A list of cookware and sheets doesn’t say much about you, but describing your perfect honeymoon or the home you are saving for, lets them participate in the dream.
- Globe-Trotter Approved: Everything is virtual: access your registry from anywhere, anytime. There’s no need to transport physical gifts if people are traveling a distance to celebrate with you. Guests coming from various countries? Avoid exchange rates and bank fees that come with receiving foreign checks; give guests the opportunity to contribute via credit card instead!
Dana Ostomel is the founder and Chief Gifting Officer of Deposit a Gift, a cash gift registry service. Years before Dana got married, she wondered how anyone could store so many presents—and even if they could, how they had the time to unwrap, return (often), track and use them all. Her marketing background led her to believe she could simplify the registry process—and not just for weddings, but for any big gifting event. And so Deposit a Gift, the next generation gift registry, was born. Read more about Dana. Follow Deposit a Gift on Facebook and Twitter.