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Destination weddings are becoming an increasingly popular venue of choice for a variety of reasons, from offering a more intimate celebration experience, to a centralized location for friends and family to converge from across the globe. Though the motivations to get married far from home run the gamut from the romantic to practical, every destination wedding has one thing in common: the inherent host of logistical challenges. From making long distance decisions, to navigating the gifting, there is a lot to manage.
Really?! I have to "manage" even the gifting? Well, yes. But it doesn't have to be that hard if you take advantage of the tools and resources at your fingertips. (You can thank yourself later for getting married in the Internet age.) Read on...
From the get-go you'll find many a couple fraught with concern about how to handle the delicate topic of "gifts." Being sensitive to the added expense, travel and time that comes with a destination wedding, some may avoid registering for gifts and tell their guests that being at the wedding is gift enough. Though certainly noble, the reality is that most of your guests will want to buy you something to celebrate your marriage. The issue then for guests of destination weddings is not only the traditional "what should I buy?" but do I need to carry it to the destination? The unique issue for the wedding couple is how do I bring all these gifts back? Every choice makes a difference, and this certainly is not the greenest of them all.
So what to do? Well, first: BREATHE. And remember those tools and resources I mentioned before.
A simple and environmentally friendly solution is to use an online gift registry service. Take advantage of the ease and flexibility it offers both you and your guests - no trips to the store, no shipping, no gift wrap, no returns. You can create a gift list that you feel good about, that is helpful to guests and that doesn't create a logistical nightmare of shipping or the possibility of misplaced envelopes at your destination. With a registry like this you have the opportunity to share what's most important to you and let guests have the fun of being part of it in a safe, secure and streamlined way...even a small gift can feel big because it's part of a larger goal like:
So remember, when it comes to gifting and destination weddings, keep things simple, keep things virtual, keep things green. Now Bon Voyage!!
Written by Dana Ostomel of Deposit a Gift
Years before Dana Ostomel got married, she wondered how anyone could store so many presents-and even if they could, how they had the time to unwrap, return (often), and store all of them. Her marketing background led her to believe she could simplify the registry process-and not just for weddings, but for any big gifting event. And so Deposit a Gift, the next generation gift registry, was born. Read more about Dana.
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