honeymoon fundraising - Page 3

Nanners52674 · #1 08-30-2013, 10:48 PM

$750 for a dinner gift card? Are they serving the food on China with Silver settings you get to take home with you?

How on earth would a couple spend that much on dinner in one night?

ADPi95 · #2 08-30-2013, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Nanners52674

$750 for a dinner gift card? Are they serving the food on China with Silver settings you get to take home with you?

How on earth would a couple spend that much on dinner in one night?

I didn't even mention the upgraded gift card for $800! According to DH, who is a professional chef, French Laundry (in Napa) is THE restaurant in the US. I hope it's one of those places where "you get to keep your dish" that's encrusted with gold.

I looked up their menu and its a choice of two prix fixe starting at @270 each (9 courses each)!!! Then of course, there's wine. I hope they have doggie bags!

DubaiSis · #3 08-30-2013, 11:23 PM

Including a honeymoon registry along with the other registries I don't have a problem with. But blasting it on Facebook seems mighty impersonal. If someone ASKS you about your registry on Facebook, then sure, answer them with all the places where you're registered. And there are regional/cultural differences in what people like to give as gifts. For example, the Greeks in my hometown liked to buy linens (sheets, towels, etc.), but nobody else did. Others prefer the china/flatware/crystal, I think because of its permanence. I'm all about travel, but it is a single-use item, so for some it absolutely doesn't belong as a wedding gift. And then there are the people who buy picnic baskets... And then you just hope you can figure out what store it's from.

ASUADPi · #4 09-02-2013, 09:59 PM

For me what makes it tacky is for my SIL and the bride to continue "sharing" the link all over facebook. Yes, we understand that you and your fiancee live together and have a house, you don't need much, but don't go blasting all over facebook that you want us to pay for your honeymoon.

Create a wedding page with a link for people to donate in lieu of gifts.

The thing is my SIL continues to share the link and then say she is getting them a gift!

Leximarie · #5 09-04-2013, 12:25 AM

My mom got married over the summer and was determined to have a wedding under 2 grand. We got the bands from a pawn shop, decor from Ebay, did the ceremony on the courthouse steps and walked to a local restaurant for dinner. Everyone had a great time and only about $2500 was spent. She's in her forties so she definitely doesn't need any of the things on a registry so we just didn't make one. Everyone brought cash and she pretty much made back what she spent. They didn't even go on a honeymoon! But they also didn't go into debt.

I just think it's tacky when it's "expected," per say, especially with my generation of social media.

lovespink88 · #6 09-04-2013, 03:32 PM

^^ Are you talking about a photobooth? I have not seen any DJs with props.

I was at first kind of sad that we couldn't do a photobooth at our wedding (budget did not allow) but after being to a wedding with one I felt "meh" about it.

ColdInCanada11 · #7 09-04-2013, 06:15 PM

^^ I agree, lovespink88! I never understood the point of them, to be honest. There was one wedding I attended where the couple wanted at least one picture from the photobooth of each guest, and I spent probably 45 minutes in line. It just doesn't make sense to me!

AGDee · #8 09-04-2013, 09:52 PM

They are all the rage around here and I don't really get them either. I think it comes from the generation of "selfies" who do snapchat all the time and post their pics on social media constantly.

ASTalumna06 · #9 09-04-2013, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lovespink88

^^ Are you talking about a photobooth? I have not seen any DJs with props.

Oh, I have. It's terrible.

When my dad got remarried, their DJ brought props. He made me and 4 other people dress up like The Village People and do the YMCA. It was so lame. And the stupid hat messed up my hair.

Munchkin03 · #10 09-05-2013, 07:24 AM

Awww, I love photobooths at weddings! Every wedding in California I've been to in the last 3 or so years has had one; none of the east coast ones have. Maybe it's regional?

Wedding this weekend, in Maine. Lets see if they have one!

Munchkin03 · #11 05-25-2015, 09:37 PM

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Sister Havana · #12 05-25-2015, 10:35 PM

My cousin in Michigan had a photobooth at her wedding. It was super fun! We were able to get a picture of my parents, sister, her husband, me, and my boyfriend - the only time all six of us have been photographed together. : )