Destination wedding - registry??

We are not doing a registry for our destination wedding. We realize the costs incurred by our guests to travel are inconvenient and we are looking at that as our gift. If guests feel they still want to gift on top of their travels, we figure they will just give cards, cash or gift cards at the wedding, as that is most convenient.

No one will want to haul gifts on an airplane so most will default to cash/ card, etc. if they want to do something in addition to the trip.

View Quoted Comment Exactly. I don’t know about y’all, but however many bags I am allowed to take onto a plane… that’s how many I’m bringing! LOL I definitely won’t have room to be hauling home gifts! I think (I hope!) most people would know not to bring physical gifts to a destination wedding though. I assume they would have it delivered to your home. But FH and I have been living together for a year and have everything we need. We definitely don’t need more items cluttering up our home. And I think it may come off as gift grabby to have a registry on top of already requesting guests to spend so much money traveling for your wedding. We wanted to make sure our guests knew that their presence is their present to us, and nothing more is expected of them (which is how registries come off- that you are expecting your guests to bring you gifts). If guests still want to gift anyway, we can at least rest assured knowing that it was not solicited by us, and done strictly because they want to.

I think usually you forgo a registry because people have to pay for a vacation to come. I also think it depends on your area and crowd. We're doing a destination wedding and won't be asking for gifts. I think we'll make a registry just in case and direct them to it if people insist on wanting to give us a gift. Also if they do want to give a gift make sure they ship it to your house. It will be a pain for them to bring it on a plane and for you to bring them all back.

You could list on your wedding website that their gift is attending the wedding and that gifts aren’t needed. I would recommend putting together a small registry for other celebrations like the bridal shower and for guests who can’t attend but want to purchase a gift for you.