MemberWe are expecting around 140 people at our wedding, and individually we have 167 items on our registry (including all sets of flatware, etc.) is this enough? Is this too much? AHHHHHHHH! Help, hive! How much is too much (or little)?
MemberThat sounds about right for now, if you’re willing to registry-stalk… I started with about as many items as guests, and added more as we thought of them, or as the registries got low. We definitely added “low-priority” items later… it started pretty basic, with necessary dishes, linens, etc. (we needed almost all new stuff). Later on, as stuff started to be purchased, we added serving pieces, vases and frames, nifty kitchen gadgets, etc.
MemberMakes sense. Some stuff we can’t add yet… like, sheets. We don’t know what size bed we’ll have! I think we’re good for right now too, but I will definitely be a registry stalker!
worcester, did you receive a lot from your registry list? And did you get a lot that WASN’T on your list?
MemberWe were told to register 2-3 items per guest. We’re not there yet, but we don’t want to register for unnecessary stuff. We have about 130 items each on 2 registries and we’ll be having 250 guests. I hope if they run out of items we can get monetary gifts or gift cards. Btw, make sure you include gift cards too.
MemberYeah, two of our three registries have gift cards, Macy’s and Crate & Barrel. We’re also registering online at Cutco, but don’t need gift cards to there!
MemberWe got almost everything, except that we ended up doing a silver registry, and only got a few pieces of that. There were also a couple of big-ticket items we didn’t receive (kitchenaid mixer, cookware set) that we bought ourselves with some of the cash gifts. I’d say about 5-10% of the wedding gifts we received were non-registry, and some of those were excellent! (Others were less so, but whatever 😛 )
MemberI’ve always heard to register for 3x the number of items as guests. Get a good variety of price ranges, and break up sets if they’re super expensive.
Member3x? Oh my. Haha. I don’t know if I could attempt that!
MemberI heard the same about splitting up the expensive sets. And it makes sense, if you get a lot of individual pieces you can return them and get credit towards the set. We decided to do that with the cookware.
MemberSmart move! I think we’ll break up our cookware too.
Member@Verosara – that works really well with good quality knives. a guest will balk at paying $500 for a block set but if you register for a number of different knives (approx $50-$100 per knife) then people will be more inclined to purchase one. after the wedding collect all the knives gifted and return them to exchange for a block set of your choice with some left over store credit to buy something else
you dont need to advertise you are doing this but it is smarter shopping
MemberYeah, we’ve got about 150 items for 150 guests. As far as I know, there will be one bridal shower. However, many people in our family have indicated that they may give us gifts off our registry for our pending grad school graduations in May, so that’s nice!
MemberI love the idea of breaking up the sets! It makes so much sense. Thank you weddding bee!
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