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Registry Info Question
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I like to lurk here because my experience with showers is so vastly different then what the norm here seems to be that is just amazes me that showers are so formal other places. Anyway, so I have read a lot of times that registry info in the invites (which by the way I have never recieved an invite for a shower, it's always a word of mouth general announcement type thing so shower invites seem way over the top to me) is a mixed review type of thing. Some say ok, some say tacky, but mostly everyone says that registry info in wedding invites is a no-no. So here is my question: how many of you have actually received registry info in a wedding invite?
Daughter #1 - February 12, 2010
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Ectopic pregnancy discovered November 6, 2012 at 6 weeks
Daughter #3 - January 19, 2014
Started our exploration into the world of international adoption June 2012. We have no idea what this is going to look like but we are excited to find out!
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Re: Registry Info Question
So now I'll answer my own question.
Since registries have become more common in the last few years (so in the last 10 years) I can honestly say that I have never received a wedding invite without registry information. And I have received invites from a couple weddings in the States and all over Canada, but every single one included registry info. I have no problems with it and find it very helpful and would never consider it tacky, but maybe that's because I think of weddings as a gift giving event as well?
Daughter #1 - February 12, 2010
natural m/c March 11, 2011 at 8 1/2 weeks
Daughter #2 - January 11, 2012
Ectopic pregnancy discovered November 6, 2012 at 6 weeks
Daughter #3 - January 19, 2014
Started our exploration into the world of international adoption June 2012. We have no idea what this is going to look like but we are excited to find out!
I have never seen registry info included with a wedding invite.
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I have never received a wedding invitation with registry info and I also make wedding invitations as on of my services in my side biz.
That being said, I think its normal for a shower invite of any kind to contain it. Some just add the store given cards in the envelope though.
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A wedding invite?? ICK. Never received one of these gems, and I've been to weddings in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. In my 34 years, I would say I have attended at least 200 weddings.
It's common-place for showers though.
Mainly because showers are a gift-giving occasion. Yes, many people give wedding gifts, but that's not the point of the party the day of the wedding. Showers are solely gift-giving events.
I am in the Pacific Northwest, and I always get registry info with the wedding invite. For the few baby showers that I have been invited to, there has always been registry info.
ETA: I probably shouldn't say that it's based on where I live, because I know that that has nothing to do with it. I think it's more of my family thing. Every family or close friend invite to baby showers or weddings, I have seen registry info.
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I have never received registry info with a wedding invite. Wedding invites are so formal. Where would you put that info when you already have to include so much?After you include directions, hotel info, and food choices, why would you put anything else?
However for every wedding I was invited to, I was also invited to the bridal shower. This invite did include registry info. Every single one I've been invited to had registry info inside the invite.
I have never received a wedding invitation that included registry information. Registry information should not be on wedding invitations.
I have received wedding shower and baby shower invites that included registry intformation. I am ok with this, since the showers are not being thrown by the bried or mother-to-be.
Maybe it's just my circle of friends/family then. However here bridal/baby showers are different. Like I said, I have never recieved a formal invite for and shower, it's just word of mouth/general announcements at gatherings. I also have never recieved an invite to a shower for any family/friends who live in different locations. Showers aren't a "invite all family/friends from everywhere" type thing, they are for your local friends and family, so maybe that's why the registry info is included in wedding invites, and in my circle of friends/family there is always a large table at the reception to put your gifts, so it is definately a boxed gift type event.
As to where it is located, well usually it's the little card from wherever you have registered, but some people include it on the insert with hotel information. I have also never recieved an invite with food options though. Why would you need food options for a wedding?
Daughter #1 - February 12, 2010
natural m/c March 11, 2011 at 8 1/2 weeks
Daughter #2 - January 11, 2012
Ectopic pregnancy discovered November 6, 2012 at 6 weeks
Daughter #3 - January 19, 2014
Started our exploration into the world of international adoption June 2012. We have no idea what this is going to look like but we are excited to find out!
In a wedding invitation? Only once, from my extremely tacky cousin who a) requested cash, b) sent Xeroxed fliers that I suppose were intended as some sort of thank-you note, and c) hosted her own baby shower.
I've occasionally received shower invitations with registry info - tacky, but more misguided than anything. That's definitely not the norm for my circle of friends/family.
I am OK with registry info in a shower invite - that is what a shower is for (giving gifts). It is NOT OK to include it in a wedding invite since a wedding is not a gift giving event.
Funny, you just asked this. I just got an invite from my niece (and her mom knows better!) that included the registry info. I figure it is because I'm not invited to the shower. Oh well...one less gift I have to purchase. We always give a check in a card at the wedding anyway.
BTW...that is the ONLY wedding invite I ever got registry info in and I'm embarrassed to say it was from my own family!!!! lol