Crowdfunding a honeymoon...

I think to the modern couple, a honeymoon registry is acceptable, as long as ITS NOT THE ONLY REGISTRY.

Personally its not that big of a deal. Everyone is so concerned about etiquette lately. Just do what works for you.

ETA: referring to honeymoon registry and not crowd-funding or whatever its called.

I didn't have a strong opinion. I signed up for a Honeyfund account to see how it works. I didn't love it. I told FH about it and he hated it. I told him I'll look into others and show him, but we both agree we probably won't do one. We will use gifts from our store registry. We want to buy a house in the months prior to the wedding (a whole other thread itself I'm sure).

Just because you choose to marry someone, doesn't make you entitled to someone else's money for it. end of story. gifts are wonderful but are never expected.

I don't like them.

@Celia- Why thank you! You're so sweet!

We had a honeyfund as one of our registries and I would say 75% of our gifts came from it. I didn't know how it would be received by our guests so I did one at macys and crate & barrel. We love to travel so our guests were more that happy to give us a travel related gift. People are pretty opinionated about these but if you think it is something that you want...then ask for it! It can't hurt. I am so happy I asked for a candle lit dinner on the beach instead of china dinnerware - the memory is worth more to me. We were going regardless but our guests were happy to help us make our honeymoon even nicer. I just wouldn't count on this actually being able to fund your honeymoon.

I like the idea of the honeyfund. It is not expecting a gift or feeling entitled to someone else's money- if that is the case then it's not appropriate to register at retail stores either. A lot of people find more satisfaction in buying the couple a romantic dinner, a massage, or a fun excursion rather than simply writing them a check. Yes, you should register at a retail store as well and no, you should not register for a honeyfund if you cannot afford it on your own, but otherwise, I'm all for it!

I agree with Pezzy. I think in most circles a honeymoon registry is perfectly acceptable as long as you also have a traditional gift registry if guests choose to go the more traditional route. A few friends actually suggested a honeymoon registry to me. (We haven't decided if were actually going to do one or not- we have been saving for our honeymoon and will go on it whether or not guests give us gifts).

My FH and I have lived together for 2 years and own our home and we each lived on our own for 3 years prior to meeting after graduating college. We don't need much if anything.

Usually at weddings I give cash anyway. If prefer not to lug around a large gift and then it's really none of my business what they do with my gift once it's theirs.

I like the honeyfund.... it also gives someone the option of giving you a gift if they aren't able to make it to your wedding. I say ask for what you want and whats important to you. But I do agree dont' expect your guests to pay for your honeymoon.

I actually work at a crowdfunding platform...and people can raise money for their honeymoon, wedding, downpayment on a house. Anything really. The "crowd" in crowdfunding is generally YOUR crowd anyway (very rarely do strangers contribute to crowdfunding campaigns). I think it's totally fine to put it out there...if people want to donate to it great...and if they don't, then that's fine too. I prefer to give cash myself. MoveYourMountain.org Here's an article where I talk about this very topic: http://bit.ly/1twFzbk

I'm one of the people that got help with crowdfunding but not for event expenses mostly with wedding registry, using http://goo.gl/ldcB8D but I wouldn't mind it as long as it's targeted to the right people.

Why not? And if the reason was that you can't afford it, then what's wrong with that? That's the whole point: you want a honeymoon...you can't afford it...you don't need a bunch of crap from Pier One. I fail to see the downside. Apparently, it's "tacky"? Says who? I'm planning on doing it but there seem to be so many haters trying to make me think twice about it. I don't get it.