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You’ve had a good think about it, and you’ve decided to have a Honeymoon Registry. Which one do you choose?

As in everything else, not all Honeymoon Registries are equal. Not only do they have different charges, their charges may sometimes depend on your own plans.

There are those Registries who have set up charges, and those that haven’t. Then there are those who have service charges and set up charges, while others have service charges but no set up charges. In some cases the service charge will be waived if you book your Honeymoon through the Honeymoon Registry and a service charge will be applied if you choose to book your Honeymoon elsewhere. And others, who do have a set-up fee irrespective of where you book your honeymoon, will lower the charge if you choose to book your Honeymoon with them.

Generally speaking, while not all Honeymoon Registries are connected to Travel agencies or are run by Travel agencies, those that are have the expectations that you will use them, and this is reflected in their charges.

The service charge percentage varies from 5% on. The difference in charges may be reflected in different type of service provided. In others, the Honeymoon Registry does not supply as full a service as those who charge a higher fee.

The service charge itself may be added on to the gift, resulting in the guest paying the amount stipulated for the gift, plus extra for the service charge. Other Registries allow the couple to decide whether they want the service fee to be deducted from the gift amount so that the guest pays the nominated price only.

When you start comparing facts and figures of the various Registries, it’s a little bit like buying different brands of the same item. Compare the similarities and the differences before making your choice.

Vlady Peters is an author of “Honeymoon! A Sizzle or a Fizzle?”, a book about planning the perfect Honeymoon no matter what your situation happens to be. To find out more, visit Vlady’s website betterhoneymoon.com

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I guess, most of us know what a Bridal Registry is, so it must follow that we should know what a Honeymoon Registry is. Right? Wrong!

We all know that when a bride and groom register with a Bridal Registry what they’re doing is registering for the gifts that they would like to receive. A shop, or shops, keep a list of these preferred gifts and when a guest selects one they wrap it and send it to the bridal couple’s nominated address.

But how does that work in the case of a Honeymoon, when there are no actual gifts involved? And with whom exactly does a bride and groom register? Considering that Honeymoons are mostly associated with travel, would it be a travel agent?

For a moment we need to stop thinking about the Honeymoon in connection with travel, and return to the original concept of Registry as a place where a bride and groom register a list of their preferred gifts. Even in the case of the Honeymoon, it is still a question of gifts. But now, the Honeymoon itself is the gift. And, instead of selecting a cup and saucer, or a kettle, as a guest would in the case of the traditional Bridal Registry, a guest will give the bridal couple a sliver of the Honeymoon.

To most of us, the newness of Honeymoon Registries makes the process seem a great deal more complicated than the Bridal Registries, until we realize that even Bridal Registries, familiar as they are to us, are not necessarily exactly the same. A young couple, starting almost with nothing, will have a vastly different list of preferred gifts than a couple who have everything, including their own home and half a dozen children.

One could almost say, that the Honeymoon Registry is just another facet of the Bridal Registry, trying to accomodate a need, that in the past was always considered the responsibility of the couple concerned, rather than their relatives and friends.

Vlady Peters is an author of “Honeymoon! A Sizzle or a Fizzle?”, a book about planning the perfect Honeymoon no matter what your situation happens to be. To find out more, visit Vlady’s website betterhoneymoon.com

Article Source: bestweddingarticles.com

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