Has anyone registered to have their guests give monetary gifts towards a down payment on a home or towards a honeymoon?
This seems like a really appealing option to my FI and me. Can anyone recommend a service to do this through? I keep seeing postings about scams and I certainly don't want my guest contributing money to a scam artist. Featherourhome.com and travelbride.com are two I came across.
Also, I'd like to have my guests contribute to a home account, but not necessarily towards a particular house or plot of land as we haven't started looking yet and don't even know exactly where we want to buy.
Secondly, has anyone found a honeymoon registry that doesn't tie you in to a pre-planned trip? Also, if people end up buying your hotel and some activities and you can't afford to pay for, say, your flight, what happens?
Offbeatbride recommended this site: http://registry.buy-our-honeymoon.com/ and I like it the best of all the ones I've looked at because they don't take a percentage of your guests' gifts. I've emailed the customer service people with some questions and they were fantastic, as rumored. I imagine you could put a general "down payment" item on your registry and have people contribute to it, though I haven't seen it done specifically. That's what I'm planning to do.
We used Honeyfund because they don't even deal with the cash flow. It's free and the cash comes right to us, it doesn't go through their service. It's been great and people have loved it.
Has anyone registered to have their guests give monetary gifts towards a down payment on a home or towards a honeymoon?
This seems like a really appealing option to my FI and me. Can anyone recommend a service to do this through? I keep seeing postings about scams and I certainly don't want my guest contributing money to a scam artist. Featherourhome.com and travelbride.com are two I came across.
Also, I'd like to have my guests contribute to a home account, but not necessarily towards a particular house or plot of land as we haven't started looking yet and don't even know exactly where we want to buy.
Secondly, has anyone found a honeymoon registry that doesn't tie you in to a pre-planned trip? Also, if people end up buying your hotel and some activities and you can't afford to pay for, say, your flight, what happens?
posted by MsSeaGlass 15 posts 5 months agoYes, we registered at http://www.ourwishingwell.com/
They had the lowest fees and ease of use. plus you could personalize it and make it your own.
posted by emmecj 1 posts 5 months agoOffbeatbride recommended this site: http://registry.buy-our-honeymoon.com/ and I like it the best of all the ones I've looked at because they don't take a percentage of your guests' gifts. I've emailed the customer service people with some questions and they were fantastic, as rumored. I imagine you could put a general "down payment" item on your registry and have people contribute to it, though I haven't seen it done specifically. That's what I'm planning to do.
Good luck!
posted by MissSauce 65 posts 5 months agoWe used Honeyfund because they don't even deal with the cash flow. It's free and the cash comes right to us, it doesn't go through their service. It's been great and people have loved it.
posted by jma19 364 posts 5 months ago