Honeymoon Fund Wording: Wedding or Shower Registry
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Many couples are opting for honeymoon funds instead of traditional wedding registries. Honeymoon or cash funds are a great way to receive exactly what you want, as your wedding gifts. It’s easy to set one up, then share the information. See the best honeymoon fund wording for your wedding website and shower invitations. You can keep it simple and share the link. You could write a personal note, or you could use a honeymoon fund poem.
How Do You Ask For Honeymoon Money Instead of Gifts?
The best way to ask for honeymoon money instead of gifts, is by setting up a honeymoon registry. Most people expect the couple to have a registry of the gifts they’d like to receive. By registering for your honeymoon, all your guests will know exactly what you’d like for a wedding or shower gift.
If you decide to register with Honeyfund, your guest will be able to choose and purchase gifts like flights, hotel stays, meals and activities. You’ll receive all your gifts as cash or gift cards that you can spend any way you like. Your guests will have the fun of picking out a present, and you’ll receive exactly what you want.
The best way to approach the situation is to realize there’s nothing wrong with asking for money/honeymoon donations over gifts. If your guests already planned on spending money on a physical gift, they were already giving you money - just in a different format.
Your guests will understand, especially if you’ve already lived together and consolidated your belongings. Simply explain to your guests that you would enjoy an experience over items.
Using a Honeymoon Fund For Your Wedding Registry
Giving cash is pretty traditional for a wedding. The biggest difference will be asking people to contribute online rather than putting it in a card.
Most guests are happy to contribute to a honeymoon fund. They know they’re giving you exactly what you want, without having to go out shopping. They won’t have to make a last minute stop at the ATM. And no one has to worry about losing the cash gifts on your wedding day.
Honeymoon Fund Etiquette
Etiquette-wise it’s perfectly acceptable to set up a honeymoon fund for your wedding registry. The point of the registry is that the couple receives the gifts that they want or need. No one wants to look money hungry, though. For the best etiquette, share your information the same way as traditional registries.
There’s only two main things to remember:
Don’t put your registry information on your wedding invitations.
Do put your registry information on your wedding website and your shower invitations.
Honeymoon Fund Wording Examples For Your Wedding Website
Write your registry information to match the style of your wedding and your website. For a more formal style, use longer words and avoid contractions or slang. For more casual styles, write the way you would talk to a friend.
Formal Style Wording Example:
In lieu of wedding gifts, the couple would appreciate a contribution towards their honeymoon fund: www.honeyfund.com/wedding/couplesname
Semi Formal Style Wording Example:
The couple is registered for their honeymoon and would appreciate contributions at www.honeyfund.com/wedding/couplesname
Casual Style Wording Example:
In place of wedding gifts, we’d love to receive honeymoon experiences from our online registry: www.honeyfund.com/wedding/couplesname
Honeymoon Fund Wording Examples For Your Bridal Shower Invitations
Most bridal shower invitations include a line at the bottom for registry information. You can fill it in with the web address for your honeymoon fund. Include the entire address, exactly as your guests will type it. For example,
Honeymoon Fund: www.honeyfund.com/wedding/couplesname
Registered at www.honeyfund.com/wedding/couplesname
Using a Honeymoon Fund For Bridal Shower Registry
Most bridal showers are planned around the gifts, so people might wonder if it’s ok to have a honeymoon fund, instead of a traditional registry. If you don’t want or need any traditional gifts, it’s fine to use your honeymoon fund for your bridal shower registry.
If you include your registry information on the shower invitations, all the gifting will happen online. Most people won’t bring anything to the shower except, maybe, a card. You do want to make sure all the gifts are acknowledged, though. Plus, looking at the gift table is one of the main shower activities.
One way to make sure everyone sees the gifts is by setting up a gift table. Go to the dollar store or thrift shop and pick up some cute picture frames. Then fill them with vacation brochures or printouts of the resort, hotel, cruise or excursions you’ve registered for.
Set up the table with a nice cloth and travel themed shower decorations. You can arrange the picture frames so that everyone can look at them.
If you’d like, you could add some cards with your guests names written on them. Place the cards in front of the gift that the guests contributed to. Add a thank you sign and you’ll have a fantastic way to show your guests your appreciation for their gifts.
If guests do bring physical presents, you should open them during the shower. If guests brought cards, there may be gift cards inside that you’ll want to acknowledge during the party. If you receive gift cards, don’t read out the dollar amount. If you know what you’ll be spending them on, you can mention it when you thank the guest.
The traditional time for opening gifts is during dessert. If you don’t have any cards or gifts to open, you can take a minute to thank your guests for all the gifts they sent to your honeymoon registry. If you’re not sure about a typical wedding shower timeline, read this next Bridal Shower Ideas: Planning Themes, Activities and Food.
Honeymoon Fund Poems
Some couples like to include a poem on the shower invitations. Or maybe your wedding website has some space you need to fill. You can write a few simple lines about how much you’d appreciate gifts to your honeymoon fund. Or you can use a cute poem to let your guests know that your registry is a honeymoon fund.
Honeymoon Fund Poem #1
We know it’s not traditional, it’s not the way it’s done.
But instead of a registry, we’d like a bit of fun.
So if you’d like to give a gift to help us celebrate -
Something towards our honeymoon is what we’d appreciate.
Honeymoon Fund Poem #2:
We know it’s not traditional, it’s not the way it’s done.
Instead of a wedding list, we’d like a bit of sun.
We’ve lived together quite a while, and all the bills are paid.
We’ve got our plates, our pots and pans.
Our plans have all been made.
So if you’d like to give a gift, to help us celebrate.
Something towards our Honeyfund, we would appreciate!
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