Wedding Gift Registries

The wedding and setting up house are two very expensive lifetime transitions. The good news is that we don’t have to go through these transitions alone. By signing up with a gift registry and letting your friends and family members know, you allow your friends and family — your community — to have an active part in financially supporting you as you make this expensive change in your life.

Especially if you will be setting up a new home together, you should definitely register with a gift registry and have a bridal shower and a wedding reception — the two key opportunities for your friends and family members to give you gifts!

To avoid people doing their own thing (which can lead to receiving 15 duplicate mixing bowls or an oddball item you would never use), make sure that they know where you are registered and make sure that it is a place that they are likely to shop at. If you live in a medium to large size city, you should register at a place with various locations in the city. Also, if any of your guests are from out of town, make sure you register with a nation-wide chain of stores. You can include your registration information with your bidal shower and wedding invitations.

You should do your guests a favor and choose reasonably priced items.

Gift registries are great. They make it possible for everyone to get you exactly what you need — it’s like a Christmas list for engaged couples.

If you want to save money, then make the most of your wedding registry. Encourage your guests to help you out by purchasing off your registry list.