Registry Etiquette
With so many couples that 'have it all', when it comes to household items receiving a crystal bowl for your wedding may not be what you had in mind. These days, it is not unusual or inappropriate to have a non-traditional registry such as a honeymoon registry. This won't shock your mother. In fact, she will probably think what a fabulous idea!
A honeymoon registry, or any registry for that matter, is way to ensure that couples receive items they want and will enjoy, as well as items that their guests enjoy giving.What is more fun than having your guests purchase a candlelit dinner on the beach, a couples massage or a balloon ride….whatever you desire to make your honeymoon your dream honeymoon. We all know the cost of weddings is very high and when it comes to your first trip as a married couple, you don't want to scrimp on anything. You will have many trips together but your honeymoon is the trip you will talk about for the rest of your lives.
Registry do's and don'tsDo Register
Your guests want to buy you a gift and by registering it helps your guests know exactly what you would like. It also ensures that you will receive what you want and saves time returning five of the same item that you don't need!
Don't put off starting your registry
Once your family and friends know he 'popped the question', they will start preparing for the engagement party and bridal shower. You want to register up to 9 months in advance and it is never too late to register - use your registry for wedding gifts as well.
Do get the ‘word out'
Give your parents, bridesmaids and groomsmen all of the details about your registry so they can start letting your guests know by ‘word of mouth'. If you have a wedding website, place your registry information on your website (don't forget to include the website address and telephone number). Use the announcement card or email service provided by your registry. Never send a registry announcement in your wedding invitation. An etiquette taboo! The one exception is the shower invitation.
Don't forget to consider more than one registry
There's no “correct” number of registries you can have. Get together with your future spouse and discuss what makes you both happy. Having a store registry and a honeymoon registry is a way to cover all the bases. Besides, it's more fun for your guests to purchase the gifts you want.
Do register for gifts in a range of prices
Registries are not only for engagement parities or showers; also use it for your wedding gifts. By having gift items in all price ranges this will ensure you don't leave anyone one out when it comes to their budget. Having a range of prices will allow guests to purchase lower price items for a shower and higher price items for a wedding gift.
Getting the Word out
If your guests do not know where you are registered they cannot purchase the gift of your choice. Distinctive Honeymoons provides 50 insertions for shower invitations which etiquette wise is fine to insert in an invitation. We also provide 100 registry announcements for your wedding. Etiquette - There should be no mention of a registry in your wedding invitation. We will send the cards in a separate mailing a few days after your wedding invitations are mailed.. Full-service all the way!
DO say "Thank You"
Always send a hand written thank you card. Gifts received before the wedding should be sent within two weeks. Gifts received after the wedding should be received no later than 3 months after you return from your honeymoon. Don't forget to mention the gift by name.
Please find two great sources for Honeymoon Registries
www.ourdreamhoneymoon.com
http://www.thehoneymoon.com/?=9133267
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
A REAL LABOUR OF LOVE GOING GREEN WITH YOUR LOVER!
If this is not what an example ought to be ....... we do not know what is when it comes to going green!
Labour of love: John and Ann Till went out and collected rubbish to recycle for three months and earn air miles to pay for their honeymoon
They came up with the idea after noticing that a local Tesco store was awarding one clubcard point for every four items of rubbish returned.
These points could then be turned into vouchers and converted into British Airways air miles, which paid for the pair's £3,000 business class flights.
Mr Till, 31, a railways communications manager, said: 'We found the recycling machine by accident when we were buying petrol.
'We wanted to make our honeymoon special and were trying to think of ways to raise money for it.
'I saw on the machine that you got a Tesco clubcard point for every four items you put in.
'For every 250 clubcard points, you get a £2.50 voucher, which equals 600 BA miles.
'We worked out it would be possible to turn rubbish into our flights - as long as we had enough.
'We went out most evenings during the spring - we would nip out to the pub and take a long route coming back.
'We soon found the best places to pick up rubbish.
'It was mainly things like coke bottles and cans of lager. I was quite shocked to see how much stuff was just dumped at the side of the road.'
Dedicated: The couple demonstrate how they spent the last three months trawling the streets of Hampshire for rubbish
Mrs Till, 24, a merchant navy navigation officer, added: 'Sometimes we were posting up to 600 items a time into the machine.
'We would be there for hours putting stuff through the slot.
'It was snowing one evening and freezing cold but there we were chucking stuff into the machine.'
The couple, from Petersfield in Hampshire, soon came up with ways to gain more air miles.
From Hampshire to the USA: The couple enjoying their hard-earned honeymoon (right) which they paid for by collecting air miles from recycling at Tesco (left)
They began to find abandoned trolleys filled with rubbish that customers had dumped outside recycling machines which had broken down.
Mrs Till said: 'We had a few lucky breaks. It's funny how you can get interested and excited about rubbish after a while.'
By May, the pair had reached their goal and were able to go ahead and confirm their £3,000 honeymoon.
They married in August, sailed to New York on the Queen Mary 2, visited Denver, Colorado and Nashville before catching their business class BA flights home from Atlanta.
The flights would have cost £1,500 each had the couple paid for them.
Mr Till said: 'While it was nice to get the rubbish for the good cause, it was disappointing to see there's a lot of litter in our town.
'But it did raise a smile when we were in business class on the flight back to Gatwick to think that the litter louts of Petersfield had paid for the pleasure.'
A real labour of love: Couple trawl streets for litter for three months and recycle it to pay for their honeymoon flight
By Bill MoulandLast updated at 10:58 AM on 06th October 2008
For most couples, planning the perfect honeymoon is a labour of love.
But John and Ann Till, it would seem, have worked harder than most.
The couple spent three months collecting an incredible 60,000 pieces of rubbish to gain 36,000 air miles in a supermarket recycling incentive scheme.
By Bill MoulandLast updated at 10:58 AM on 06th October 2008
For most couples, planning the perfect honeymoon is a labour of love.
But John and Ann Till, it would seem, have worked harder than most.
The couple spent three months collecting an incredible 60,000 pieces of rubbish to gain 36,000 air miles in a supermarket recycling incentive scheme.
Labour of love: John and Ann Till went out and collected rubbish to recycle for three months and earn air miles to pay for their honeymoon
They came up with the idea after noticing that a local Tesco store was awarding one clubcard point for every four items of rubbish returned.
These points could then be turned into vouchers and converted into British Airways air miles, which paid for the pair's £3,000 business class flights.
Mr Till, 31, a railways communications manager, said: 'We found the recycling machine by accident when we were buying petrol.
'We wanted to make our honeymoon special and were trying to think of ways to raise money for it.
'I saw on the machine that you got a Tesco clubcard point for every four items you put in.
'For every 250 clubcard points, you get a £2.50 voucher, which equals 600 BA miles.
'We worked out it would be possible to turn rubbish into our flights - as long as we had enough.
'We went out most evenings during the spring - we would nip out to the pub and take a long route coming back.
'We soon found the best places to pick up rubbish.
'It was mainly things like coke bottles and cans of lager. I was quite shocked to see how much stuff was just dumped at the side of the road.'
Dedicated: The couple demonstrate how they spent the last three months trawling the streets of Hampshire for rubbish
Mrs Till, 24, a merchant navy navigation officer, added: 'Sometimes we were posting up to 600 items a time into the machine.
'We would be there for hours putting stuff through the slot.
'It was snowing one evening and freezing cold but there we were chucking stuff into the machine.'
The couple, from Petersfield in Hampshire, soon came up with ways to gain more air miles.
From Hampshire to the USA: The couple enjoying their hard-earned honeymoon (right) which they paid for by collecting air miles from recycling at Tesco (left)
They began to find abandoned trolleys filled with rubbish that customers had dumped outside recycling machines which had broken down.
Mrs Till said: 'We had a few lucky breaks. It's funny how you can get interested and excited about rubbish after a while.'
By May, the pair had reached their goal and were able to go ahead and confirm their £3,000 honeymoon.
They married in August, sailed to New York on the Queen Mary 2, visited Denver, Colorado and Nashville before catching their business class BA flights home from Atlanta.
The flights would have cost £1,500 each had the couple paid for them.
Mr Till said: 'While it was nice to get the rubbish for the good cause, it was disappointing to see there's a lot of litter in our town.
'But it did raise a smile when we were in business class on the flight back to Gatwick to think that the litter louts of Petersfield had paid for the pleasure.'
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Friday, October 3, 2008
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