A lot of these online wedding registries have popped up lately and I think its such a great idea. For people who are having weddings where the guests have to travel, it is makes life so much easier, because they don’t have to cart the presents with them (and I know you all want those big presents :)
I like that some of them, for example at Underwraps, they even wrap your gifts in your wedding colours and its also nice to get your gifts delivered and ensure that they reach their destination.
With our prezzies, a couple guests forgot to bring them to the wedding, and later posted them to us. One couple who haven’t seen since the wedding had left the present in their car. Another couple’s gift was lost on the aeroplane, so they ended up buying us a second one and one of our gifts came beautifully wrapped, but with no card. Which, ironically was bought off our registry, but when I phoned to find out who purchased it, they had no clue - so what’s the point really?
I only found out about these online registries after I had posted my invites. I had chosen my registry stores, but I hadn’t selected the gifts yet, so I had sent out a notice with the invites telling our guests where they could find our registry and also, when it will be available. It’s a pitty though, because I would have liked to use the concept of these online registries.
If you’re thinking of using them, here are some links for ones in SA;
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Another idea I have seen recently is to have a honeymoon registry - Honeyfund. The idea is that you register your honeymoon and then people contribute towards your honeymoon.
Darret King
http://www.weddinic.com
I used a fantastic gift registry service, The Gift Company, based in Cape Town.
All my presents came beautifully wrapped with cards, along with a list of the details of the people who gave us the presents. Their website was also so easy to use - I had so many guests who found it useful, especially the international ones!
I would recommend them with out hesitation!
http://www.thegiftcompany.co.za