Honeymoon Registry - Your Honeymoon as Wedding Gift | Weddings

By ChrissyDefour
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The idea of a wedding registry is well known. Couples planning a wedding, register with stores and then let their friends know where they've registered. Those interested in buying gifts can see a list of items that the couple needs and wants. That way, the buyer knows they're getting something the couple will value. Everybody wins.

In the meantime the idea has been extended to include honeymoons. Hotel accommodations, side excursions and much more can be included on a honeymoon registry. In the same way as a wedding registry, the couple simply let their guests know about it. No obligation to buy.

However, unlike typical wedding registries, some honeymoon registries do cost up front. The arrangements differ widely, though. In some cases a flat fee is charged. In others, a percentage to anyone purchasing a listed gift for the honeymoon couple.

The reason honeymoon registry services may charge set-up fees, service charges or transaction fees is for covering their costs of making good deals with airlines, hotel chains, resorts and tour operators.

Gifts run the gamut of everything imaginable. Unlike a wedding gift registry, though, the focus is on things and activities a couple will typically pay for on a honeymoon.

It may be 500 airfare miles packages to help the couple cover airfare - one of the biggest expenses. Or it could be a romantic sunset cruise, helicopter tour or guided horse back ride.

When guests have chosen one of the great gifts on a honeymoon registry in many cases they will be required to pay a deposit with the full amount to be paid only when the couple actually uses the gift.

Don't forget to read the fine print as it may strongly differ from service to service. Find out what happens when you do not take advantage of some of the paid registry gifts during your honeymoon. Can you still take advantage of those gifts after your honeymoon?

Purchased registry gifts may expire too. In that case the money minus fees may or may not be returned. There is nothing wrong with it. It's up to you to read the contract carefully and if it's not included ask for it.

While honeymoon registries may have their disadvantages, a honeymoon registry remains an effective way to offer the newlyweds the dream trip of their life!

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