My fiance and I are getting married in October and moving from Melbourne, Australia to New York in January 2006. We have set up a honeymoon registry and I was wondering if you consider the following to be a polite way to inform our guests of the reasons we would ask them to contribute to our honeymoon:
As many of you would know, we are relocating to New York early in 2006. Accordingly, in lieu of traditional gifts, we would appreciate it if you would consider making a contribution to our honeymoon, as not only are Australian appliances incompatible with the US but it would help keep our relocation costs to a minimum. Thank you (our names)
I don't want to be pushy and I would like people to feel as if the request is one they could reject, so appropriate wording is very important!
Thank you for your thoughts.
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Re: [rach] A polite way to explain our choice of registry.
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If you intend to include this on the wedding invitation than, no, this would not be a socially acceptable way of letting your guests know about your honeymoon registry. This would imply that you are expecting gifts, which is not the case.
The only proper way to do this is by word of mouth, through close friends and family, or to post it on a personal wedding web site, if you have one. Top Wedding Questions Forum Moderator - "Write your sorrows in the sand, your blessings in stone".
A polite way to explain a honeymoon registry.
