No Gift Registry?

Honestly i feel like no one brings boxed gifts anymore. i am not registering anywhere and having a money box at the wedding. im also not specifying no boxed gifts or money preferred or anything. i think most people walk with cash no a days

Personally, I think most people give cash these days. You can mention something on the wedding website but I think it's still a little faux-pas to say anything about gifts or cash on the invitation itself.

I'm also worried about this. We've lived together for almost 5 yrs, bought our first home a yr ago. A friend was asking me about gifts & I told her we weren't doing a registry & she said if we just ask for money people will be offended. But we don't need little things for our house, we definitely need to upgrade big things & will need to renovate in the next 5 or so yrs. It would be nice to have a little money to be put for a honeymoon, but don't expect others to pay for it entirely.

We have lived in our house for 3 years. and I had a very hard time making a registry.... but I did as I have family that wanted to give me something not just money. so we went through our house and picked things that we wanted to upgrade EG: toaster, waffle maker, some new towels, sheets, plates. I think I only have 40 things on my registry.

View quoted message I completely agree with this.

View quoted message It seems easier to know ahead of time than getting asked often and posted on the website.

If you don't provide a registry most people will give money.
Your website is a great place to put a little blurb about saving for your home together instead of a registry for those who go looking for ideas of what to give you.

The polite way to 'ask' for money is to not have a registry. People know that cash is a good gift that will be appreciated without having to be told so. i would suggest not mentioning gifts at all with invites or on your wedding website. If someone happens to ask you where you're registered/ what you want as a gift then you can say something like "oh, we don't need household things as we've lived together for sometime, but anything to help us with our future purchase of a home would be appreciated"

As long as you aren't having a Bridal/Wedding shower - then I would say that all you would need to do is mention by word of mouth if somebody asks or just have it listed under a "Registry" page or a FAQ page that this is what you are thinking. As for the FB page if you find that you are getting more than a couple people reach out and ask then maybe make a little post with other FAQ's. People should understand that you have nowhere to put physical gifts until you have said home.

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I already got the invitations printed, I didn't put anything on them about gifts. I'm not sure if I should add that to the website, or the description on our facebook event we created. or just wait for people to ask what we want and let them know cash.

Guests don't usually ask where the money is going unless its family. Phrasing Monetary Gifts or No Boxed Gifts on the invitation is easy enough to bring a card only to the wedding. Money Box is all that will be required to place the cards as they go to the gift table.