Honeymoon Fund

Gifts and registries should never be mentioned on invitations. You’ll get mixed opinions, but I believe that the best method of paying for your honeymoon is skipping the registry. People know that cash is a good gift. If you don’t register, people will default to a cash or check gift. Why allow some website to take a portion of that gift?

Zola allows you to register for physical gifts and monetary ones.

I put a honeymoon fund poem in my invite insert. This gives guests a heads up of what you are hoping for if they want to give you a gift. My fiancé and I have been together almost 17 years so no need for a registry.

Gift information never goes on your invites.

I would really do some research before setting up a honeyfund. They are, IMO, a huge scam. They really just take a sizeable portion of your gift and literally do nothing to help with your honeymoon.

If you just want money, just don’t register for gifts. People know cash is the preferred gift.

Agreed, do not include your registry on your wedding invites or website. It’s proper etiquette to wait for guests to ask if you’re registered.

We used Honeyfund and it was easy! The fee they take is so small, not a big deal. We also did tiny registries at a few retailers and linked to those from Honeyfund.

I initially had a honeymoon fund setup, but for my shower no one contributed to it so I ended up just deleting it. Most people will give cash/check at the wedding since they usually dont want to deal with having a gift there, or if you dont even have a registry to begin with, so I wouldn't worry about not getting some money for your honeymoon one way or another!

Not sure if you're having a shower or not but you could do a small registry just for the shower to upgrade things you and fiance already have, or do a lingerie shower, or just a nice luncheon with no gifts expected.

It depends on where you want to honeymoon because some resorts offer a website for honeymoon funds where people put money into it and then you get gift cards and other things from that resort.

The other option that i've seen is to purchase a honeymoon fund box or DIY your own box and place it on the same table as the place cards/seating chart. Typically people come with a card to a reception but they may also leave money into the honeymoon fund box when they see it.

I'm also sure there are websites not affiliated with resorts that only do funding that you can check out. Just leave a note with the invitation so people know that it's there.

Beware: for whatever reason honeymoon funds aren't very typical yet so a lot of guests choose not to use them and instead will send you a gift or bring a card with money.

I like Zola a lot. They don't profit off the honeymoon fund (that's a common misconception on here for some reason), they just charge a small fee to cover the cost of credit card transactions. You can set it up so that your flights, lodging, meals, excursions, etc. are each separate mini-funds and then guests can choose which item they want their money to go towards (even though you'll get the money in one lump sum anyway). The Knot has the same credit card transaction fee as Zola and is another good option.

It's also a know-your-circle situation. Most people I know are very comfortable contributing to honeymoon funds nowadays and I see cash funds at nearly every wedding I attend. However, they aren't as common yet in some areas, and you might find guests who still prefer to give you a physical gift or who'd rather just bring cash/check to the wedding instead. I think the best compromise is to have a small registry of physical gifts - mostly upgraded household items - and then also a honeymoon fund that guests can contribute towards.

I would plan on creating a wedding website and then just including your registry information on the website, not in the invitation suite. We have our website through Zola as well!