How to politely ask for money instead of gifts

If people don't want to purchase what's on your registry, they'll give money on their own. I wouldn't add any particular message on the website pertaining to it.

People know cash is a good gift without being told.

I would skip a registry completely. Asking outright for money can be viewed as tacky and greedy

We registered for a few things at Bed Bath and Beyond and Amazon. Our amazon also has the option for gift certificates. I know people will still give cash/checks and that’s ok.

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That's what I was thinking too.

It's incredibly rude to ask for gifts of any kind. We had a small registry for people who prefer giving non monetary gifts and still walked away with tons of cash without ever mentioning gifts aside from linking the registry on our wedding website.

EVERYONE knows that money is a great gift, there’s absolutely no need to say anything at all. Just have your small registries for the people who want to gift, and call it a day.

We're also not making a registry. We've lived together for years and don't need anything. FH's parents paid for our honeymoon. (We are crazy blessed). We know people will give us money so we're not bothering to ask.

But that being said, I don't think it's tacky to do so. It's 2019 - every day is the future. Etiquette is rapidly changing. I've personally been grateful when people have just flat out asked for money or gift cards on their registries. It's so much easier to make a quick paypal transaction, write a check or hit up an ATM on the way to an event. But that's just me I think.

If people aren't shopping from your registry, they know that cash is a good gift. Don't mention it anwhere.

I think you can just make a honeymoon fund then at that point too

There is no way to politely ask for money instead of gifts. The absence of a gift registry (or having fewer items on the registry) will send them the message.

Agree with others. There is absolutely no polite way to say this.... (Basically, saying it is impolite.)

You don't have to tell people to gift you cash if they don't want to buy a physical gift, they know that and will do so in the card.

I have a registry posted on our website but do not plan on putting it anywhere else. Keep it simple