Can’t take gifts 😭😭

Gift information of any kind never goes on a wedding invitation. If someone offers to host a shower you can politely decline. Most people will bring cash or check to the wedding. There will be people that will give you a physical gift no matter what though.

Best of luck on your move! I’m so jealous!!

We have a registry set up on Honeyfund for guests to buy excursions but you can set it up however you’d like. We also have a cancer charity gift/donation registry. There’s lots of options other than gifts

Similar to what Kat_ said, we used Zola as our registry, and they have options where people can give cash towards an item more desired than physical gifts (e.g., our first home fund, honeymoon fund, dinner at ___ place, or some neat experience in ___ location). That way people will likely feel they are giving money towards an experience for the two of you, and I felt it seemed less rude than just straight up asking for cash. Just a thought!

I'm typically FIRMLY in the "don't bring up gifts/certainly don't ask for cash" camp, but given the circumstances, I'd clearly mention on your wedding website that, "Brielle and X are excited to move to Switzerland immediately after the wedding. Unfortunately, they won't be taking any material possessions with them" and leave it at that for the guests to figure out. Congratulations on your exciting adventure!

View Quoted Comment Can a guest just donate money that way
like if they only could give 30 bucks. Could they just donate that?

If you get physical gifts most people always give a gift receipt. It’s a wedding so people know you could get double gifts and have to do some returning. I would just return all the physical gifts you get! People will still get you things even when you hint towards cash. But they won’t know if you return it! And i would tell people who are close to you like your mom or sister or MOH to just spread the word if people ask. People will ask where you’re registered and you can just tell them that you actually aren’t registered anywhere and then you can explain to them why. Most will get your hints! Good luck with your travels!

Maybe add that you’ll be moving on your wedding website. And spread the information by word of mouth.

I think you can do an insert card or website, and even word of mouth to say
Bride & Groom are very excited to announce they are moving to Switzerland immediately following the wedding and will not be bringing any material goods with them, therefore there is no physical registry. The couple is registered on honeyfund/Zola.
You can do honeyfund or Zola for money. I think given the circumstances it's fine.

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I agree- don't put it on the invitation but on the website. If someone offers a gift or to host a shower and politely decline.

I think you have a few options!
As PP said, an easy out would be to just address on your wedding website that you are moving and will not be able to take any material possessions with you. People will get the message and I don't think anyone would care due to the circumstances.
Another option would be to find an address people could ship things to if there is a popular registry site there that will allow them to ship in Switzerland. You could have things shipped to someone you trust that you'll be living near if this is an option for you.
If you're worried about it, a good thing to do might be to make a really specific zola. You could say at the top: We are excited to move to Switzerland immediately after the wedding! This does mean we will not be able to be gifted material possessions at the wedding, but if you select an option below, Zola will take care of the rest once we're settled in over there!
You could then use zolas stuff to make a normal registry, you just upload a photo, give it a title and price and my understanding is it should tell you who put funds towards it. You can put all the normal registry stuff there, and price it about what you'd think it'd cost. Multiple people can put towards items. I think it should all just collect as funds for you, and then you can thank people for specific things this way instead of them just giving cash. It'd be a bit of effort and you're really fine just saying you're moving, but it could be a good option!

View Quoted Comment Yes, you can set it up however you like ☺️ Honeyfund has lots of flex with how you set it up.