Compare Honeymoon Registries

In order for wedding guests to participate with your honeymoon registry, they have to know about it. Registry companies offer lots of different resources to help you. From announcement cards and personalized websites where you can upload photos to press releases and services by phone for guests without a computer, there are many different tools at your disposal. The key to participation is using these tools so your family and friends are aware of the program and can participate.

When setting up your registry, it's helpful to know that guests tend to be more interested in giving to experiences than to the actual honeymoon itself. So expect more people to participate in giving you a gift of "Horseback Riding On The Beach" than "Airfare to Cancun" Also, be sure and include activities and amounts for a variety of budgets.

For an even better response, personalize your descriptions if the registry allows it. For example instead of using the label "Horseback Riding On The Beach" say "We want to live out the picture on Jennifer's wall and go horseback riding on the beach at sunset."

Honeymoon registries allow the bride and groom to register their honeymoon plans online. Many registries have idea lists of upgrades and activities that the couple can select from. For example parasailing, dinner cruise, breakfast in bed, horseback riding on the beach, snorkeling, etc. These things aren't pre-booked, they are just things that you would like to do on your honeymoon if you had the budget to do so. When a guest selects an activity and gives it (or a portion of it) as a gift, you are notified of the gift so you can send thanks, then right before the wedding, the money representing all of the gifts is sent the bride and groom so they will have it on their honeymoon.

Most companies offer other perks such as a website or registry cards so your guests will know where you are registered. Honeymoon registries don't charge setup fees to the bride and groom, but have either a percentage added to each gift as a service fee, or deduct a percentage from the total gifts as a fee. You can compare different companies and their fees below.

Tastefully done, honeymoon registries can help both the wedding couple and their guests. It's worth learning about other people's experiences so you can use this amazing tool to benefit everyone involved.

Find your perfect honeymoon or wedding location! From all-inclusive resorts to international cruises and exotic island getaways, your perfect honeymoon awaits. Choose your wedding or honeymoon destination, select your activities and accommodations and be on your way to the honeymoon of your dreams.

Company: HoneymoonWishes.com




Website: www.honeymoonwishes.com

Fees: 7% service charge; couples can choose whether the charge will be added to or deducted from each gift amount.
Guests charged a 3% credit card transaction fee for each purchase.

Services: Free personalized wedding website.
Photos provided to illustrate each gift listed on the registry.
Money may be collected from the registry at any time.
Live customer service representatives.
Gift cards available for guests to print.

Travel Agent Services:Users may work with travel agents affiliated with Honeymoon Wishes or make their own travel arrangements.

Payout Dates:Couples can collect their wedding gifts any time. Payment method: 5 days before the wedding (or upon request by you of an earlier date.)
Optional overnight delivery of the check, within the USA with $21.00 charge (M-F) and will be deducted from your total gift amount.

Better Business Bureau Member: Yes

Privacy Policy: All information is kept confidential. Credit card information is not stored.

Receive the wedding gift you both really want with a Traveler's Joy honeymoon registry. Our service is similar to a traditional wedding registry, but rather than offering gifts such as housewares and fine china, Traveler's Joy helps you register for the honeymoon of your dreams.



Company: Traveler's Joy Honeymoon Registry

Website: www.travelersjoy.com

Fees: 7.5% service charge deducted from total amount of gifts received.

Services: Couples registered with Traveler's Joy have the option to feature their Traveler's Joy honeymoon registry in the WeddingChannel.com registry center and TheKnot.com among any other gift registries they may have.

Couples can register for anything and upload custom images for each item, activity, or experience Flexible options for redeeming gifts.

Personal wedding page may include flash slideshows, video, and an interactive Google map of the honeymoon itinerary.

Option for couples to register with the I Do Foundation whereby Traveler's Joy donates up to 3% of the couple's honeymoon gifts to the charity of their choice.

Travel Agent Services:Couples handle all travel arrangements; no affiliated travel agency.

Payout Dates:Flexible options for redeeming your gifts. You tell us when you're ready to receive your gifts and we send you a bank check or transfer them directly to your checking account. The 72-hour delay allows us to catch any fraudulent activity.

Better Business Bureau Member: Yes

Privacy Policy: Traveler's Joy does not share contact information with third parties for marketing purposes, but may contact couples on behalf of third parties for marketing purposes.

Company: Our Wishing Well

Our Wishing Well is one of the most recognized online gift registries in the world for weddings, bridal showers etc. Gift registries give an accurate gift list for any event such as a wedding, birthday or baby shower. A gift registry may consist of money gifts, wedding gifts, cash gifts and other items perfect for an online gift registry. A money gift registry & bridal registry are very popular gift registries.

Website: www.ourwishingwell.com

Fees:1% - 5% Withdrawal transaction/processing fee.

Services: Free Wedding Webpage.
Modify registry and customize/personalize for free.
Invite guests via personalized OurWishingWell invite emails.
Unlimited customer support.
Option to send registry invite cards (from $39.95).
E-mail notification of gift purchases.
Flexible options for redeeming gifts.

Travel Agent Services:Couples handle all travel arrangements; no affiliated travel agency.

Payout Dates:You can withdraw as many times as you like.
When you request a withdrawal, you will be provided with a number of payment options, and you can provide instructions on how/where you would like your funds transferred.

Better Business Bureau Member:No

Privacy Policy: Personal information that couple submits to us may be used and disclosed by us to the extent authorized by them or as reasonably required in connection with the operation of our business and in compliance with applicable laws.

AGreatAffair.com provides a fun, stylish and tasteful way to announce your special occasion and request cash gifts. Creating a AGreatAffair.com registry makes it fun, easy and convenient for your friends and family to give you the gifts you want. There is no guessing on their part - and you are not left with gifts that you don't want or multiples of the same gift. You have the freedom list the items you really want and need on your registry and your guests have the freedom to purchase "gift segments" toward the more expensive items on your registry, as well as a choose from a variety of smaller registry items.



Company: A Great Affair

Website: www.agreataffair.com

Fees: 7%

Services: When you create a registry of at least
$300, you get a complimentary webpage, which you design to share information about your special occasion with your family and friends.

Couple can create a registry with gifts totaling at least $300 to get a free webpage.
Flexible options for redeeming gifts.
Personalize webpage with custom photos and design.

Travel Agent Services: It is completely free to affiliates. When you sign up
we provide you with (1) AGreatAffair.com banner links that you can put on your site and (2) an Affiliate Code that you can provide to others.Then any person who clicks on our link on your site and creates a registry with us will be identified with you. Also, any person who enters your Affiliate Code when they register with us will be identified with you.

Payout Dates: We collect the funds in your registry account and disburse it to you on the withdrawal dates. You may designate up to 2 withdrawal dates, and on each of those dates we send you a check for 90% of the money that has cleared and is in your registry account.

Better Business Bureau Member: No

Privacy Policy: AGreatAffair.com does not sell any personal information to third parties.

Begin your new lives together with the gift you'll both love: the honeymoon of your dreams. Whether its two weeks spent poolside relaxing after months of wedding preparations, or hiking through the forests of Costa Rica, or getting lost in the back streets of Venice in search of the best food and wine, you'll find everything
you need to start your romantic adventures here. And your wedding guests will be elated knowing they gave you exactly what you wanted from your honeymoon registry list.

Company: Send Us Off

Website: www.sendusoff.com

Fees:The fee of 7.5% is applied only when a wedding guest purchases a gift.

Services:Email invitations to your guests so you don't have to.
Generate Thank You list to make it easy to express your gratitude your guests.
Guests can print out a gift certificate so they have something to bring to the wedding.

Travel Agent Services:Couples may make their own travel arrangements or work with affiliated travel agencies.

Payout Dates:Check will be sent a week before the wedding date.

Better Business Bureau Member:No

Privacy Policy:In general, any information you provide to the SendUsOff.com will only be used within the SendUsOff.com and by its agents and service providers. Your information will be disclosed where SendUsOff.com are obliged or permitted by law.

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The Vows I Take Will Be Forever
by Nicholas Gordon

The vows I take will be forever.
I'll love you all my life.
There's no part way, no holding back
Once we are man and wife.The choice is made, and now I swim
In a far different sea,
The shores of which are bright green hills
Raised up for you and me.Our love is like a mountainside
Awash in lovely flowers:
It is our home, our solid rock,
Where all bright things are ours.And though of need we often must
Spend our days apart,
Our love will always be with us,
Held within the heart.

I feel it now, so strong and free,
So part of every breath
That it must live - I swear it will!
Even after death.