The Newlywed Fund - digital cash registry! What?!?

@Jameena I agree with you 100%.
I found one online that you can include your honeymoon items such as a couples massage or an excursion, but also add other things you may need, such as bedroom furniture, I liked it because the guests were given an option to what they wanted to donate to. You include the photo and the amount requested. The person can offer to pay whatever amount from 1$ to the full cost of them item(s). Then, the bride could add a traditional registry for people who prefer to give gifts. I feel like it's the modern way to give the bride and groom something they need or want rather than here's 100$ use it how you please. I'd prefer to give to an item needed rather than just including money in a card.

If you’re already established, own a home, and all things needed for that home, then what would the couple ask for? I don’t think it’s tacky at all. There’s no sense in asking for more towels or a toaster to clutter your home unnecessarily. My fiancé and I are requesting no gifts, but if some feel obligated, they can donate towards our “swimming pool” fund for the installation of our pool this fall. We already own a house, nice cars that are paid off, and fully furnished our home. Why would I want a bunch of random stuff?!

If you don't need any household or material items why would this be so bad? I can imagine registering for honeymoon experiences like scuba diving, snorkeling, tours, zip lining, flights, etc that way your guests feel like they are still contributing to something and not just giving you cold hard cash. I don't need any more material items in my life and my house is already full so why would I not do this?

This is amazing! Most cultures specifically give cash only wedding gifts! This is genius!

Some people have destination weddings which is why they prefer cash gifts versus physical gifts. Imagine having to ship all that stuff back home. It's much more convenient FOR EVERYONE to just ask for a small cash gift much like a gift card for a birthday so they could go ahead and get what they really wanted when they got back home. If a guest is already going to put $20 down for an accessory, what's wrong with just asking for the $20 to use it towards what they really need instead...?

View Quoted Comment You wrote exactly what I was thinking!

Yes, they are rude. But you may not realize that honeymoon registries that let you think you are choosing activities or experiences, are also deliberately misleading you. The couple will not get or do anything ex ept receive a lump sum of cash, usually with the company keeping 4-9 percent of your gift. And most cash out 3-5 weeks after the wedding. At best, maybe the couple did what you thought you chose, put it on a credit card, and paid themselves back when the lump sum came. Then again, maybe they used your gift (minus fee) to pay back bills, tuck into a stripper's thong, or for one really expensive bottle of whiskey. Honeymoon funds are deliberate deception instruments, you do not purchase what you think . If someone wants to give cash, they should give it to the couple directly. Or buy a gift certificate for a particular thing. But to pay a percentage of your gift so the couple and the HF can deceive you, is no better than the digital funds, may even be worse . . . Both are monumentally rude.

@Celia needs to get a life and any other person who make snide comments and things this is disgusting. You sound like a bunch of bullies instead of grown women. So many sites do this now and so many people do this. It is all in how you word things. Not everyone has a billion dollars to plan a wedding and go on a honeymoon. I am creating mine now thank you very much! We are having the option for a registry and a cash donation option.

My fiance and I are doing a cash registry option because we live a minimalist lifestyle and also have a rather small apartment in a big city. So we do not have room for a ton of gifts nor do we desire much. The cash registry, whether it's for a honeymoon fund or future home purchase, gives guests an alternative giving option in the event that the gift registry is already completely fulfilled.

I've lived with my fiance for a year, and will have for 2, by the time we get married. We don't need any physical items. We already bought them because we couldn't wait 2 years for the things we wanted. We also currently live in a relatively small apartment and have no room for anything in our kitchen that we don't already have. I could register for upgrades of the few things I would like to improve, but it wouldn't be much probably towels and sheets - which most people won't buy bc it's not personal. I'd much rather register for a honeymoon or cash fund and get something useful out of the arrangement. Most of the people I know who have gotten married in the last year have accepted venmo gifts of money. More and more people live together before marriage and don't need physical items. How is saying what you actually want any tackier than asking people to outfit your home with expensive gifts?