THE WEDDING REGISTRY
The common wedding registry (also wedding list) is a list of products a bridal couple wishes for their wedding. Quite often the registry is set up at a local store, which is vested historically.
HISTORY OF THE WEDDING REGISTRY
In the past couples first founded their common household with their marriage. Besides the venue itself, which often was sponsored by the parents, the wedding couple needed the basic equipment, e.g. for the kitchen. The wedding society donated these articles. The problem now bestood in organizing the gifts, so the couple would not end up with 5 coffee maschines, 10 kitchen sieves and one frying pan and no cutlery, plates or kitchen knife. The solution was found with the wedding registry. It was placed by the local store and contained all necessary items. The wedding society was now able to select the right gifts for the couple and it was assured that no double gifts were made and that there could be found something for all budgets.
THE MODERN WEDDING REGISTRY
Habbits change with the time. Today it is quite usual that wedding couples live together for some time before they get married. In average this might be 2.3 years, so their household should be well equipped. Therefore the wedding couple has no interest to set up their weeding registry at a local store. The modern wedding couple has wishes that exceed the possibilities of the traditional wedding registry. Of course, there still may be some items wanted for the household, usually though these are luxury articles such as the "good porcelain" or the long wished-for leather couch. Often the couple wishes for donations towards their honeymoon, so that it will stay in memory as a very special time. This development passed the "traditional" wedding registry unnoticed, it does not serve the needs of a modern couple any longer. Some stores have noticed this development and offer wedding registries, e.g. the travel agency. Still one problem remains: Should the wishes range over one category then several registries are required to cover all wishes of the wedding couple. In this case the setting up of the wedding registries becomes quite elaborate and the couple at the same time forces their guests to a shopping odyssey through all shops where the registries have been palced. Due to the technical development we today have the possibility to set up an online wedding registry. Besides the comfortable handling from the home PC the online wedding registry offers many more advantages.
ADVANTAGES OF AN ONLINE WEDDING REGISTRY
Here we have to highlight the enormous variety of available products. By adding as many partner shops as possible the portfolio grows in size and width. Also, the online wedding registry can be customized. The bridal couple can upload their picture and welcome their guests with some nice words. Some technical features ease the use, too. For instance, some gifts might be too expensive for one guest to pay (e.g. honeymoon) so good online wedding registries offer a splitting of the products. In this way the trip to the Maledives is splitt into affordable 50 Euro packets.
An online wedding registry is also very nice for the guets. They can shop their wedding gifts from home and do not have to spend their precious time running from one store to the other to find the right gift. The link to the registry can be sent via email. And for those who do not participate in modern communication the registry can b printed and sent by post. So there are no excuses...
THE WEDDING REGISTRY AT VAN LISTEN
All this and much more is offered to you by the virtual wedding registry at VAN LISTEN. It is free of charge, easy to use, offeres thousands of gifts and many functions for your registry.
