Money for honeymoon instead of Registry

Some people use Honeyfund, which is pretty much a registry for your honeymoon. I think you can get money for like nice dinner, hotel, etc and it comes to you as cash. I’ve never personally used it so not 100% sure.

You don't put anything about gifts on an invitation. This is something that you can put on your website. Be aware that if you don't have a registry (and in some cases, even if you do), you will likely receive items that you have no interest in, and cannot return. You'll also need to forego a bridal shower, since the purpose of that event is to "shower" the bride with physical gifts.

You shouldn’t mention gifts at all on the invitations. Skip the registry and people will default to cash. Everyone knows money is a good gift without being asked for it.

You don’t say anything on the invitation.


Ask your social circle (family/friends) how they react to that. Many people do not find asking for money to be appropriate and don’t gift cash because they prefer to give physical gifts only. Others only gift money and outright refuse physical gifts so every group is different. Guests will give whatever they normally do at any other wedding. If you don’t have a registry, you will receive gifts you don’t want and can’t return, so have a small registry of things you want to upgrade or that you have eyed in the store but would never spend your own money on.

This is how we worded ours after debating and researching it after awhile 😅

No! Not at all!! I just can’t find a good resource to ask for the money since everyone does gift cards or Amazon now a days.. any one has recommendations?!

View Quoted Comment This is soo helpful!!! Thank you!

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View Quoted Comment We did something similar but instead of a Honeymoon fund or Registry we asked for donations to St. Jude

On our website on the RSVP page we said:


If you would like to help us start our new life together, we are accepting donations to our Honeymoon fund instead of a traditional registry.

Hi Amanda,

This is what we are using as we are in the same position . don't need things and been living together for 8 years.. I got this done on a card online through Vista print as it was cheaper .. and it came out great!! Congrats to you !!

Your presence at our wedding is the greatest gift of all.

If it is your wish to bless us with a gift, we would greatly

appreciate a contribution to our wishing well.

We look forward to celebrating our

wedding day with you!

We did this. On the invite we said that we had been together a while so don't need gifts however, if they were able we would appreciate a contribution towards our honeymoon. At the venue we'll have a box for cards for people to drop them in.


If you know where you're going you can always name it so people buy you that currency as it feels more like a gift.

Same boat, we didn't put anything on the invite. I've had a couple people text and ask me and I just tell them we aren't registered anywhere. If you want money specifically for the honeymoon, set up a honeymoon fund. There are a bunch of website where ppl can put money into specific honeymoon things (towards flights, dinner, activities, hotel)

We’re doing a Honeyfund as well. We have a small registry with a few things, but we don’t need much and have large families, so Honeyfund it is! My MOH used it a decade ago when she got married and it worked out great. They took photos of the stuff that people could pitch in on and sent them that with the thank you (they did a cruise, so it was like massages, snorkeling
Etc). We plan on doing the same. We have items you can contribute to like dinners, accommodations etc. It also lets people contribute as little or as much as they want or can.

I googled cute honeymoon fund quotes!