No Gifts Please!

No registry and if they ask about registry, you say no gift is needed.

We still got checks/cash from 1/2 of the guests and only one random physical gift (which I highly suspect is a re-gift).

We thought about adding "No gift needed" or along the line in the invite but I learned on here that even mentioning of gift is rude.

I would assume just dont make a registry?

We put "No gifts. Your presence is our present." on our invitations. Some of them may give you something anyway. If you have no registry, you may get monetary gifts or gift cards.

We didn't register and got one boxed gift and the rest was cash. If someone asks where you did your registry just let them know that you didn't register.

We're kind of in the same situation. Most people that know you will know about your situation. If you choose not to register then most often your guests will understand and give money. You never know, you just might get something that you didn't realized you wanted or needed.

@FutureMrsL the one boxed gift we got was a really nice 5-wood cheese board. While we have no need for a cheese board, it led me to the local company that makes them and I'll be buying a big wooden cutting board from them.

No registry, no Honeyfund, and for the love of all that is holy, do NOT mention gifts on the invitation, it's incredibly rude.

Spread it via word of mouth and wedding website, but ultimately, wedding custom is to bring a gift and most guests probably will anyway.

Yeah, just put on your website that their presence is a gift- and perhaps pick a charity you feel strongly about and suggest a donation instead? A friend of ours did this and I thought it was really lovely.

I agree, just don't register anywhere. That's what we are doing. We own our home and have lived together long enough that we don't need any of the stuff you register for, so we are in the same boat!

What I've learned, is that if people want to give you an actual gift (and there will be people who think cash is impersonal), they prefer there to be a registry to buy off of, so they don't stress over what to get you. Make a very small registry of any physical gifts you want. And if anyone is throwing you a shower, you'll want to register some stuff.

I'm invited to my cousins wedding in December. I was trying to figure out whether or not I wanted to send cash or an actual gift, so I looked at his gift registry online, and saw that he only had one page of maybe 15 small household items on BB&B. That told me that I should just send cash. So cash it is.