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Good question, I am interested to see the responses. I only have 17 things so far, and am struggling to think of anything more. We are inviting 200 people, but we are also going to register for gift cards at a local furniture store because we really need new furniture.
How many gifts did you register for total? We registered for a total of 146 items between 2 registries (BB&B and Macys).
How many wedding guests did you have? 85
How many showers/shower guests did you have? I'm only having 1 shower but that will include about 40 women.
ETA: We've lived together for 6 years so we have everything we need but it was nice to go through and register for upgrades. I admit, I went a little registry crazy but I figure it just gives our guests more options.
We have about 75 things, and 150 guests for the wedding and 70ish for the shower. FI and I have lived together forever, so we don't really need much. We registered for upgrades, or things we know are going to crap out soon, and my mom and sister have been suggesting gift cards from a local furniture store if asked.
I think we registered for about 100 things? We are registered at two places and have been together forever, so we were looking for upgrades too. I tried to get only what we needed, though. My shower should be about 40 people, and we are inviting about 150 to our big day. Our items also range in pice from like $5-$300 (Our mixer :))
Where we registered, they had a handy calculator:
http://www.hbc.com/registry/content/EN/calculate.aspx?gs=GIFTREGISTRY&langid=EN&site=bay&link=wed_calc
Not sure if that helps?
We have 195 guests invited, I have one shower with around 40 invites. We've registered for about 180 items across 3 main registries and Amazon to show furniture we need from IKEA... if I include each additional item, it's closer to 300 - much of which are our dishware and serveware items fro mCrate & Barrel, almost all under $20.
I too, went a little crazy after having MAJOR guilt over registries at the beginning. Then we realized people want the options and they're happy to gift us with what we need and want.
:)
We're currently registered for 115 items, with about 70 wedding guests and 20 - 30 shower guests.
I think we'll cap it at 50 items. Target has a nice break down of how many items to register for including suggestions for 5 or 6 price ranges. We're inviting 80 people. We decided to only register at Target.
We currently have about 200 items on 2 registries. FI also wants to set up a honeymoon registry.
We are anticipating 300-500 guests total. We're having 2 receptions in two states.
Two showers. One with just my girlfriends - about 20 guests. One with *everyone* else - easily 75 people.
How many gifts did you register for total? 40-something
How many wedding guests did you have? 82
I'm a dork and did an excel table. by price range. I have about 200 gifts, but some items are smaller than others (like one plate is one gift). I have 180 invited guests, estimated that 130 will come, and with many giving cash (Fiance is half Greek)
It won't let me add the template, but I will shortly.
50 items for 120+ guests. Some at $5, one is $350 (a kitchen aid - I also registered for a $30 mixer). I assume that anything over, say, $40 will have multiple buyers, and I assume that many won't buy anything.
We have, and this is embarassing after reading all of the other posts, 520 gifts registered for and 200 guests. But that is every individual towel, kitchen tool, etc. My FMIL used to be a Bridal Consultant for BB&B so she helped us find and think of every single thing we may ever need or want. Our philosophy is that we would rather register for way too many things but then people won't run out of choices than not register for enough and get things we don't want and with return policies that aren't amazing. We are registed at Macy's and BB&B and both have excellent registry incentives and return policies, so we took full advantage of both. We have already received gifts from companies just for registering for certain items- whether they are purchased or not! That was a big part of it for us. For example, we registed for 2 sets of pots and pans- one we actually wanted and one that sent us an awesome Santuko knife for free when we registered for it. Then, when my uncle asked which one we would prefer because he wanted to buy us our pots and pans, we told him the one we actually wanted. I'm all about working the system :)
Registered for about 75 items; 140 invites to wedding, 40 to shower. Yeah, Macy's told us we hadn't registered for enough. I'm sure they want to sell more, LOL.
We're currently registered for about 95 items (counting each place setting of china as 1, we are registered for 12 settings). We are inviting 225 people to the wedding, and probably a combined 50 between two bridal showers. I'd really like to register for some more things but I'm running out of ideas! Oh and our prices range from $8 (a cute little reusable cup I want!) to $359 (for a grill).
We also started a Honeyfund so we're hoping for some gifts of that nature.
IMO, the stores don't tell you to register more because they want to sell more, they tell you to register more so that you are given what you want and because they know what they're talking about. Say you run out of gifts on your registry in the pricepoint someone is looking for, they still may purchase a gift for you from Macy's, it just may not be something you need/want and then you have to go through the hassle of returning it. FH and I put a lot of hard work into our registries in the beginning, but my philosophy was I'd rather do the work then when we weren't up to our eyeballs in wedding stuff instead of not putting enough things on there and having to return things after the wedding while also trying to write thank you notes, settle back from the honeymoon, and working FT. I add almost everything online, so I can do it whenever I think of something that I forgot. I'm a student now (graduating in 8 days- YAY!), and many lectures were spent on my laptop adding items to my registries :)
I just saw this question and noticed that someone posted that they were only registering at Target. Just a recomendation, Target does not normally carry higher end items. I had a friend who as a bride to be picked Target as the primary registry, but choose items that would be expected to wear out within 5 to 10 years. (The flatware had acrylic handles, and the plates were not of a quality that would be expected to last.) I'd be cautious about being limited on the quality. I'm not saying that you picked similar items, but I know that higher end items that would have a longer lifetime use...will be a benefit to your whole wedded life!
We registered for about 120 things from three stores at first. We had 220 people at our wedding. After my shower, we added a few more things (maybe 20-30) because people (our moms) kept telling us to register for more. This was kind of a stretch, as it wasn't things we necessarily needed, but I'm glad we didn't go overboard. There ended up being only four things left on our registry that we were able to pick up with gift cards. I'm sure people that went to the store last were upset about their options, but I'm honestly glad we didn't end up with a bunch of things were didn't need. Money and gift cards were welcome.
150ish Total Items Registered For
220 Wedding Guests
2 Showers
@babybluz That is really helpful! I like the breakdown in price points, that was one of the things we were concerned about.
@NJForever Wow, I never thought of doing that. We're still waiting for our Santuko knife, though :) We really did want that set of pots and pans!
Our registries (Macys, Target, and BBB) keep telling us we need more stuff (we might have 50 items combined between all 3 sites), but I find it pointless because I don't WANT to ask for a bunch of junk that I really don't need.
I registered for what I wanted from those sites, and if every single item is purchased, well then I will trust our guests to get us something more personal. There will only be about 85 people, so we will know everyone very well and I trust their judgement if they have to deviate from the registry.
Honestly though, if you have registered for what you WANT, don't let your mom convince you to register for more stuff just for the hell of it. If you know you don't really want it, you'll be wasting your time and your guests' money.
How many gifts did you register for total? total is 250
How many wedding guests did you have? I will have around 150 guests
How many showers/shower guests did you have? I'm going to have only one. There will be around 40 people at the shower.
I feel really weird about having a registry, especially since we don't really need a lot. We just registered for a few things, some were bigger, and are done with it. We have invited 125 guest and there may be 20 things on the registry.
This is so helpful! I've been struggling with this registry thing.... what to register for and what to avoid. We live in NYC where space is limited. We've lived together for going on ... 7years! I thought this was going to to be the fun part... HAH!
We registered for around 100 items, with 180 guests at the wedding, and about 50 for the shower? A lot of our guests are out of town, and will likely just give money to avoid travelling with a gift, but we also only registered for the bare minimum since our apartment is so small.
We are heavily registered. Probably close to 200 items across 3 registries, in varying price points (some of the items are something like $3, and 2 items are in the $300 range). Both our families are full of gift people (versus cash people), and we wanted there to be a wide variety of gifts, both fun and practical. We do want all the things we're registered for, and a lot of the things are upgrades--no junk here, please; we have enough already! If we don't get everything, I will be unsurprised, but I didn't want to run out and have people frustrated.
We are registered for 165 items. We have 35 showers guests and 100 wedding guests. Our registry breaks down like this. 106 items are under $50, 5 items are $50-$75, 15 items are $75-$100, 26 items $100-$150, and 13 items are over $150. We registered for things we wanted and needed for our home. We went in with the thought process, that whatever we don't recieve off our registry we will most likely buy after the wedding using our completion discounts. We registered at Macys and Target. HTH!
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I know it's not a strict guest/item breakdown because of the different price points, but I'm curious how many items you have on your registries and how many guests you invited. The stores recommended we register for at least a few gifts per guest, but obviously their motive is selling more product. My mom is convinced we have not registered for enough stuff! I'm curious if others will share:
How many gifts did you register for total?
How many wedding guests did you have?
How many showers/shower guests did you have?