Setting up House

One To-Do I have been looking forward to for awhile, is setting up our registries. It feels like shopping, but I'm not spending any money... its perfect! I've been really looking forward to setting up a registry at Crate & Barrel (my all time favorite) and we also added a few things at Target (for the Yakima locals).

But we were feeling torn - we have been living on our own for quite a few years but we are definitely still in housing limbo. Renting apartments and moving around a lot, we don't really need fancy dishes and decorations at this point in our life. Plus, I'm sure some of our guests would much rather gift us with an hour of snorkeling with sea turtles to a set of new bath towels. Solution? We set up a honeymoon registry in addition to our more traditional ones!

"Skip the blender. Create lifelong memories with your honeymoon registry. Our service is similar to a traditional wedding registry, but rather than offer gifts such as housewares and fine china, Traveler’s Joy helps you register for the honeymoon of your dreams."

After researching a bit, I decided I liked Travelers Joy the best for our registry. But there are a lot of good options! I'm sure you remember Kadee set up her honeymoon registry with HoneyFund. Honeymoon registries are becoming more and more popular and guests really seem to appreciate being offered a choice of gift options. I think the key is to set up a traditional housewares registry in addition to a honeymoon registry, give your guests choices!

According to Travelers Joy, a honeymoon registry is similar to a traditional wedding registry, in which you sign up for the gifts you would like to receive for your wedding. With Traveler's Joy, you build a registry with your anticipated honeymoon activities and experiences. Guests contribute monetary gifts towards your dream honeymoon activities and experiences listed on your registry page.

So what do you think? What are you doing for your registry? Traditional? Or spicing it up with a honeymoon registry?