Overwhelmed with registering for gifts

I was in the same boat when we did our registry! I found a china pattern I really liked, but there wasn't one place that had all the pieces, and I didn't want to make an entire registry just for one thing which we may never even receive in the end. We had formal registries at Macy's and Walmart, and then I found MyRegistry.com, which lets you pull items from any website as well as sync up your current registries so it's all in one place and shows up as one list.

It sounds like you'd just have to sync whatever registries you have already and then add whatever miscellaneous things you also want to show up on the list, so it may be worth a look!

We registered at 4 different places - Bed Bath & Beyond, Amazon, Dillard’s, and Frontgate. I was a bit nervous like yourself that 4 would be too much, but the towels we really wanted only came from Frontgate, and I didn’t want to settle for ones we didn’t like as much and end up just tossing in the back of a closet or returning. I don’t think guests were overwhelmed, and we actually received items from all 4 stores. We used The Knot for our website, so we entered all 4 links and The Knot had buttons for each of them at the top of the registry page, so it was very easy for guests to click the button for the store they would like to shop from for us!

We went with Crate and Barrel because I really liked a specific dinnerware set there (plates, bowls, utensils, etc.) and Bed Bath and Beyond for essentially everything else, like a couple small appliances I wanted to upgrade, glassware, etc. I printed one of the store's registry checklist and crossed out anything I had that I didn't want to replace, as well as linens like sheets and towels since we were planning on moving shortly after the wedding and I didn't know what colors to choose lol. We used The Knot for our wedding website and they merged the two registries into one page, but I don't think that really matters to guests - as a guest, I usually see which stores a couple is registered, start with one (usually BBB because coupons) and see if there's something in my budget to get them, and if not, move onto the next store.

Thanks everyone! I actually did the bulk of things through The Knot’s integrated registry and was able to then sync in a Sur La Table registry. I also am using MyRegistry for everything else, although it doesn’t show up nicely in the Knot registry list but it does link to it, so I’m hoping folks can find it as well. My fiancé and cousins didn’t see the links at first as they are at the bottom of the page - does anyone happen to know if there is anyway to move them on a wedding website from The Knot?

We’ll just be accepting money. It’s not taboo in our circle and we’re actually downsizing and selling stuff right before so we don’t need anything else lol

We did Honeyfund and only small registries at BBB & Macy’s. Like you, we didn’t need many things.

I have 8 different registries, which I’m aware is a lot, but they’re all consolidated in one place on MyRegistry.com! Most of them only have 2 or 3 items (ex. the only things we registered for at Macy’s were a down comforter and a coverlet), and the bulk of our registry is coming from Crate & Barrel and Pottery Barn. I love the ease of having a universal registry, but I wanted to make sure we maintained our individual store registries for older guests that prefer to shop in-store, and I also wanted to be able to take advantage of all of the completion discounts we’ll have access to after the wedding (ex. we’re not expecting anyone to buy our Wayfair outdoor conversation set, but we get 20% off of it after the wedding!). My only advice would be to make sure you register with at least one accessible brick and mortar store (ex. Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Crate & Barrel, Pottery Barn), and make sure you have a wide price range so guests have enough options that work within their budgets. Also don’t be afraid to register for nice things! The Waterford crystal items on our registry were the first to go!