Wedding Registries Soar in Popularity
A wedding registry, also known as bridal registry, has grown in popularity in recent times. It is actually a catalogue that allows engaged couples to suggest what gifts they would like to receive, from their wedding guests. Usually, the couple selects items from the master list of the registry merchant, or the couple express their desire and the registry merchant identifies such items. The list containing such items is made available to wedding guests, either by the family, or by the merchant themselves. When someone purchases an item from the list as gift for the couple, the registry is updated, allowing other guests to gift something else from the list.
Wedding Registries: A Win-Win Solution to Gifting
Such wedding registries offer a win-win solution, allowing newlywed couples to get what they desire, rather than be straddled with useless or unwanted gifts. At the same time, such a catalogue offer guests’ valuable insights on what gifts are expected, and would be relevant or useful.
Traditional Wedding Registries
Traditional wedding registry such as a department store registry offers an extensive range of quality merchandise, ranging from electronic gadgets to home appliances, and from linen to fancy decor, to fill the home. Such registries have innovated to become more flexible, allowing guests to include any merchandise from anywhere in Australia, or even beyond. Variants include a wine registry, allowing couples to list out the collection of wines they prefer, a dining registry, or anything else. Wedding registries have also started offering many innovative top ups, such as sourcing, delivery, and other options, which add value to the registry, and make it more attractive.
Innovations in Wedding Registry Offerings
As the popularity of wedding registries grows, they have also become more and more intuitive and innovative in the nature of inclusions. The possibilities for wedding registry are virtually infinite. In fact, if receiving material gifts is not something the couple looks forwards to, then it is even possible to set up a wedding registry that channels gifts as donations to charities.
Honeymoon Registries
Of late, there is a marked shift from traditional bridal registries that comprise of items to deck up the new home, to travel and honeymoon registries. The newlywed couple creates an itemised and categorised honeymoon registry that incorporates all elements of the honeymoon trip, including flight tickets, hotel, dinner, cocktails, honeymoon shopping, and everything else. Guests who patronise the registry can pay for any of these elements by transferring money.
Skydiving: A Good Inclusion
One excellent inclusion in a honeymoon registry is skydiving, especially at the long and beautiful Australian coast. Not only does skydiving offer a unique and enchanting experience, the sheer adrenaline and thrill help the newlywed couples to bond better. Skydiving is a relatively costly and taxing affair, and the odds are that one will not opt for such an adventure during normal vacations, and more so when the couple have kids. Honeymoon is the best time to experience skydiving and a honeymoon registry makes it possible to experience it in the fullest, without cutting corners. Skydiving is highly regulated and safe, and comes with only as much dangers as one would encounter when driving a car on the fast lane.
Skydiving Locales
The South-West of WA, with its many beaches, ranks amongst the most popular skydive drop zone in Australia. The stunning coastline, the crystal-clear waters, the neat and pristine beaches, the azure sky, and the pure and sweet air here makes this an experience of a lifetime. This, however, does not mean that other locations are unsuitable. Skydiving hotspots dot the entire coastline of Australia, in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, and all other coastal cities.
Other Adventure Options
Apart from skydiving, several other activities make excellent inclusion in a honeymoon registry. Trekking, water rafting, mountain climbing, snorkelling, or even a sedentary river cruise are good inclusions. The underlying idea is to spruce up the honeymoon trip beyond the necessities, with adventures, indulgences, and extravagant splurges. Getting adventurous ranks amongst the best way to take advantage of the wedding registry opportunity to the hilt, as rarely would such golden opportunity to bond present itself later. The unique experience leaves memories that last a lifetime, perfectly suiting the occasion.
Why Get Adventurous in Honeymoon Registry
An added benefit of using a honeymoon registry is the certainty and convenience that comes along with it. All registries survive on their reputation, and as such, they take extra care to include or recommend only good services, and they offer a tailor made schedule as well, which remains flexible as well. Trying to identify good providers and scheduling the itinerary by oneself, during the busy and crucial wedding time, can be quite daunting and overwhelming. The registry takes care of all the hassles associated with the trip, leaving the honeymooners free to enjoy their marital bliss.
A wedding registry is akin to having one’s own wishing well, and it pays to utilise it to the hilt when the chance presents itself.
*Author Bio: Skydiver Geronimo offers tandem skydiving experiences off the pristine Busselton coastline, just 2 hours south of Perth. Enjoy the best skydiving experience for your honeymoon, over the spectacular Margaret River wine region with magnificent views of the WA coastline.
*This is a sponsored blogpost by Southern Skydivers.
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what a great adventure! every woman’s dream
This is great!
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Love all the options compared to when I was married and only the traditional registries were available.