How to ask for money nicely!!

You could add only gift cards to your registry? Or maybe create a honeymoon registry when people gift money toward the honeymoon.. in the end, you can use it how you see fit.

Our situation is similar to yours Amber. We're getting married in St. Thomas, and then we're going to New York. We've already relocated from CA so we pretty much have all the household stuff covered. It would be nice to get some more warm blankets and stuff for storage but there's a chunk of people who won't be able to attend because of the location. Even though we do have a small registry, I wouldn't be surprised if some people still sent us a little something something.

Gifts are great, but cash is nice too.

Just like you we have everything we need for house and home, and we are taking care of most of the wedding finances ourselves. But we DO need help for a great honeymoon. I am registered at Honeyfund.com to help make that possible and because people sometimes still do things, we will have a card/gift table still set up. But with out invitations we are sending out our registry cards stating we are registered at Honeyfund.

Omg, this fact that they said Knome, drives me nuts. It is a garden gnome. Also, if I were a guest, I would find that so rude. Like, I'm already spending 1000+ to go to your wedding. I would say, to have the wedding you can afford. If you are spending SO much money on your wedding and that is stopping you from getting the finances you need to get a house, then I would say plan a less elaborate wedding and go for the house. It's just so rude to talk about gifts at all revolving weddings with the expectation of them.

ASKING FOR MONEY IS RUDE.