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"Macy's told us that we needed 250 gifts on our registry."
WHAT? Mandatory or suggested?
I think the only problem would be that you risk not getting a lot of what you want. Maybe just pick WS or C&B? Otherwise, maybe just prepare yourselves for not getting everything...
Um, 4 registries seems like a lot - how many guests are you inviting to the wedding?
As for a honeymoon registry, we used Honeyfund and I would recommend it to anyone else thinking of doing a honeymoon registry. It worked great for us.
I'm limiting myself to 2 registries. I guess my main reasoning is that I don't want to send people on a wild goose chase in order to be able to get me a gift off my registry. I have a fear that someone will go to a store without checking the website first and that there will be nothing left on the registry (since by registering at multiple places, you are reducing the number of items you are registering for at each place).
We started registries at 4 places, but Macys and C&B are going to get axed because we didn't register for enough at either place. We really want glasses from C&B, so we will just go buy them after the wedding with some gift money.
@MissACS - haha I KNOW!! It was only suggested, but I understand with the parties coming up that we'll need to have a decent amount to choose from at least...
Crazy!
I'm guessing that Macy's told you 250 gifts based on the number of guests you told them you were inviting. They probably based that on one registry... not four. If that's the case, you would (if you listened to their advice) go for 250 gifts on all your registries combined.
Four does seem like a lot. I agree with PP that you should maybe pick either Crate and Barrell or Williams Sonoma...
Hey Jacqi - thanks for the note! I didn't realize you could eliminate them after you already signed up. What were the two you ended up choosing?
That makes a lot of sense to limit it by the stores since people will go in store and try to cover some stuff. I don't want people limited in each store. I guess I just thought a lot of people were shopping online these days!
Then you don't NEED that at Macys. They are trying to supersize the business they get from you and masking it as "advice" that they are ultimately going to benefit from. Don't count gifts at your Macys registry - Pick what you like and need and nothing more. Because ultimately? It's going to be clutter in your house.
Pick 2 retail stores and the Honeyfund if that's what you want to do. There's a lot of reduncancy between WS, Macys and C&B. And you don't need to over register, if people can't figure out a registry gift for you, you'll get cash and you can do whatever you want with that.
It really depends on how many guests you are having how much you need to register. Plus are you having showers and a bachelorette party? It still might be easier if you narrow it down to only one or two and the honeyfund if you are set on that.
Yes - I may eliminate the Macy's one. I didn't find much of anything I liked on there, but actually registered there for the electronics since they were cheaper than at WS and CB.
CB has cheap (great) home decor
WS has the plates I LOOOVE (literally I'm in love with a set of plates - never knew it was possible 
) + some awesome cooking utensils
Macy's has inexpensive electronics and Luggage
Ugh! I dont know!!
Oh, and I'm having about 180 guests w/3 showers in the next year.
When's the wedding and how big of a guest list (confirmed/invited) do you have at this point?
Ah, you answered it. Three showers... hmm... if you can consolidate into two solid and thorough registries at 2 stores and a Honeyfund, I think that'd be fantastic. Easier for you and easier for your shower hostesses, too.
Print out what your registries are now, sit in front of the computer and see where you can consolidate. WS and Macys are similar, but I know WS has speciality items too. Crate and Barrel does have a lot of everyday kind of items, and also has some electronics as well.
We're going with Pottery Barn and Bed Bath and Beyond. I actually haven't eliminated the others yet, and I'm not sure how to go about it, but I'm sure at least you can delete all the items and not tell anybody about it :)
@Jacqi - I would recommend actually deleting any registries you don't plan to use. My husband & I were invited to one of his relative's weddings. I didn't know where they were registered at so I did a search through The Knot's registry search and found over 6 (I lost count) separate registries!!! As I started scrolling through the registries, I saw the same items over and over on each different registry... towels, sheets, etc. Looking at the registries left me confused so I decided to go with a gift card and forget the chaos of her multiple registries. My point? Just because you don't advertise your multiple registries doesn't mean someone won't find it!
Macy's suggested that we do 250 gifts as well because we have 200 guests coming. But I am not registering for 250 gifts at Macy's because I have the BB&B registry too. I think that the suggestion of 250 gifts sounds right when you figure some people will buy 5 little items and some will buy 1 larger item (in terms of cost). I agree that 4 registries really is too much. You should think about which stores are closer to your guests you are inviting. For example, CB is an hour away for half of our guests so I choose BB&B over them. Remember that you will get cash so you can use the cash gifts to get the odd ball items at the other stores that you want.
Also, my brother and SIL did the honeymoon registry that their cruiseline offered and they didn't get anything from it. I think this was because of the outdated means of buying off the registry guests got discouraged. I.e. you printed a form off the website and filled it out and faxed it in.
I think 4 registries is fine (we had 3 regular and one honeymoon one), but any more than that can get a bit confusing. We didn't have that many items per registry, so that was part of it. We used Traveler's joy as our honeymoon registry. They have a really pretty website but they take a 7.5% cut of your gifts (your guests don't have to pay this fee, it gets deducted from your total gift amount.)
I tend to think of two registries as the magic number, but I'm not really sure that you *can't* have more... it will just spread your guests thin and you might not get as much of certain stuff as you wanted (e.g., your china, if you registered for it, will probably be a lot harder to complete!).
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Hey all!!
Okay - so my fiance and I registered the other day at Williams Sonoma, Crate & Barrell and Macy's. (had a blast too btw
)
Macy's told us that we needed 250 gifts on our registry. We have like 150 total so far. Everything from high to low end gifts.
My mom is dead set on this Honeyfund thing. She really wants us to register for the Honeymoon Registry.
Now I'm TOTALLY fine with doing that... (I know some of you have your opinions about honeymoon registries, but I don't think they're all that bad) BUT a) is 4 registries just TOO much? I'm thinking it's okay because the 4th is a different sort of registry? Gives guests options to what they feel like they want to do??
b) What's the best Honeymoon registry out there? I know of Honeyfund & Travelers Joy - but which is the best/most user-friendly that you may know of??
Thanks all!!!