Comments on: Honeymoon Registries: Because You Already Have Enough Bath Towels http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/14/honeymoon-registries-because-you-already-have-enough-bath-towels/ Online travel magazine dedicated to exploring travel in the 21st century. Offering travel news, compelling interviews, online travel tools, and more. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:14:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Claire Walter http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/14/honeymoon-registries-because-you-already-have-enough-bath-towels/comment-page-1/#comment-51850 Claire Walter Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:55:52 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/14/honeymoon-registries-because-you-already-have-enough-bath-towels/#comment-51850 OK. Color me a semi-traditionalist. I prefer to buy something that the couple will have and be able to remember us when they look at it or use it. Other than very young couples who want/need to set up housekeeping, I don't give household goods. When it's an older couple who already have all the kitchen and tableware stuff they need, I try to find a distinctive piece or artwork or a fine craftwork (art glass being my current favoite). When it's a younger couple who have been housekeeping together or separately but "student-style," I look at the registry to get an idea of their taste and usually try to find something harmonious. My husband would just as soon get the couple a gift certificate. We went to a wedding a couple of years ago where there was a regular registry and also the opportunity to contibute to their honeymoon fund. Frankly, the traditionalist part of me didn't care for the concept -- though I've been to numerous Italian weddings where the bride walks around the reception with a white silk purse for monetary donations. Some couples use them to pay off the wedding; others for the honeymoon. Claire @ http://travel-babel.blogspot.com OK. Color me a semi-traditionalist. I prefer to buy something that the couple will have and be able to remember us when they look at it or use it. Other than very young couples who want/need to set up housekeeping, I don’t give household goods. When it’s an older couple who already have all the kitchen and tableware stuff they need, I try to find a distinctive piece or artwork or a fine craftwork (art glass being my current favoite). When it’s a younger couple who have been housekeeping together or separately but “student-style,” I look at the registry to get an idea of their taste and usually try to find something harmonious. My husband would just as soon get the couple a gift certificate. We went to a wedding a couple of years ago where there was a regular registry and also the opportunity to contibute to their honeymoon fund. Frankly, the traditionalist part of me didn’t care for the concept — though I’ve been to numerous Italian weddings where the bride walks around the reception with a white silk purse for monetary donations. Some couples use them to pay off the wedding; others for the honeymoon.

Claire @ http://travel-babel.blogspot.com

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]]> By: Anca http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/14/honeymoon-registries-because-you-already-have-enough-bath-towels/comment-page-1/#comment-47493 Anca Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:46:46 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/01/14/honeymoon-registries-because-you-already-have-enough-bath-towels/#comment-47493 Great article! I agree that this sort of gift can be a lot more meaningful than a monogrammed napkin ring! Great article! I agree that this sort of gift can be a lot more meaningful than a monogrammed napkin ring!

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