Registry Etiquette
- Question:
- Is there any point in registering for expensive items like a set of luggage or a plasma-screen TV?
- Answer:
Why not? Your wedding is one of the few opportunities you'll have for receiving elaborate presents. Sign up for high-quality gifts the two of you will love and use for the long haul. Furniture, rugs, sterling silver, even a work of art, are options. Don't have any rich relatives to spring for the pricier presents? No worries—groups such as your co-workers, sorority sisters, or book club may consider that garment bag, carry-on, and weekender the perfect collective gift. They'd probably welcome the chance to make a splash by pooling their resources to buy you something that you'll always treasure—and associate with them.
- Can I send registry cards with my invitations?
- How much cash do I give a friend's son?
- How do we ask for cash gifts?
- Can I change my registered china pattern?
- Can we register for a courthouse ceremony?
- Should I register for expensive items?
- Must I register for champagne flutes?
- Should I register for a themed shower?
- How many gifts do I register for?
- How should our table linen monogram look?
- Is it OK to bring gifts to the reception?
- To whom do we send our registry info?
- Can I choose china from my 1st wedding?
Submit Your Own Etiquette Question
Have an etiquette question you'd like our editors to answer?
- How do you say thanks for a check?
- Must thank-you cards be signed by bride and groom?
- When must the thank-yous be sent?
- When do we open and close the registry?
- Is it OK to register for wine?
- Is it OK to register for gifts for a second (or third) wedding?
- Can I register at local boutiques?
- Can we register for a mortgage?
- Can we return gifts?
- Can we ask my fiancé's guests not to give gifts?
- Does the maid of honor have to give us a gift?
- Can we ask people not to bring gifts to the reception?
- Can we register for gifts for a vow renewal?
- At which wedding-related events am I expected to give gifts?
- Do we need to wait until thank-you notes are sent to our guests before depositing their checks?
- What do I do if a wedding check from a guest bounces?
