Honeymoon Funding Apps

Keep in mind with these sites they will take a % of the money guests are giving to them so if someone wants to give you $100 you will not actually get the full amount. And this might not site well with some guests when they want to give the whole amount to you and not a portion.

You can just skip the registry all together (or do a very small one) and let people who ask know your saving for your honeymoon or a down payment or whatever other big expense you may be saving for. In that case guests who are looking to give you a gift will usually just give you cash or a cheque and no overhead fees required.

I actually made a simile thread a little while ago! Most people seemed to have recommended Honeyfund but after everything mentioned there and things from my family I've been talked out of it... I think just asking or mentioning accepting cards and cash (in a nicer way of course) at the reception is the way to go

If you are not wanting gifts, get your guests to do monetary cards. Simply put on the invite NO BOXED GIFTS PLEASE. I did the same and then use that towards your honeymoon.

We didn't say anything about gifts as we were hoping people would contribute money towards our honeymoon fund. About 90% of our gifts were money and the rest were homemade gifts, which is perfect.

I would say you could add a little note about contributing to a honeymoon fund on your invites, something like this

https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/380976449713659941/

That way you avoid the fees taken from websites and guests who prefer not to contribute online.

Usually those sorts of sites or apps collect a portion of the funds! I'd suggest going with a bank account that they can deposit to, or do an old fashioned card table

View quoted message Good things to think about, hadn't thought of sights not being trust worthy.

We are also doing a honeymoon fund instead of the traditional gift registry. We made a personal PayPal account and added a link to our wedding website. The guests click the link that says "donate" and it takes them to a new page asking them the amount and way of payment. We will also set up a money box at the reception for those that prefer to give in person.

I know a few websites and apps charge a fee to either those giving the money or the couple so we decided we didn't want to deal with that. Plus using an app or website kind of makes me nervous and I know PayPal and have been using it for ages so for me, that's more trusted.

View quoted message Very cool! I like this so much, will def check into it.

This is what we are doing... I've started looking into HoneyFund... I like the layout a lot, you can add the "pieces" of your honeymoon (flights, hotel/cruise, drink package, excursions, etc)... then you add quantity able to be bought, and a price value.

For example, our Cruise was $3000 CAD, so I can do a quantity of 20 x $100 gifts, and 20 x $50 gifts... or I can add our drink package (about $1000), and put different options.

Or you can just leave it as an open gift amount... But I like you can personalize it, change photos, talk about what you're going to do on your honeymoon, etc.