Best honeymoon collection website

Pollycat

meer53 wrote: »

Exactly ! It's still a gift at the end of the day.

Then just be up-front and ask for money instead of dressing it up in a cheesy poem...

Gycraig

Just be upfront and ask for it, I always give £100 quid when I attend weddings as it's normally about 50 quid per head at weddings so I pay for myself as I just enjoy weddings.

I don't think it's being cheeky to say I'd rather have money for a honeymoon than loads of random gifts I would never use.

I'm getting married in June, if they want to give me nothing that's fine I just want my friends and family there. if they want to give money I'm grateful.

pickledonionspaceraider

It isn't cheeky. T'is the norm these days

If people care, they will want to give you something you both enjoy, not a toaster.

I do love a thread like this though, these are the bread and butter of MSE shoot-outs

DD265

We said nothing unless we were asked, then it was, 'thank you but we'd really just like you to be there' and if they pressed, I think we said we'd really appreciate gift cards to a couple of specific stores because we were looking to upgrade XYZ at home.

We mostly received cash, a few gift cards and some boxed gifts. There are people who are going to give you what they want to give you anyway, and people who will take on board what you say. I think most people recognise if you say 'no gifts' it is implying that you'd prefer money over something tangible.

ska_lover

Good luck OP

I didn't even know there was such a site, but what a great idea these days

Times have changed so much, these are a great idea

Malthusian

gettingtheresometime wrote: »

My take on these websites is that someone has to pay for the service - so if your guest gifts you say £100 then you would only receive £80 (I've made up the figures so you can get the idea)

No-one would ever use a rip-off like that.

Trailfinders apply no charge and give you £100 towards your honeymoon if you use them to book it. The disadvantage is that you have to book with Trailfinders, and you forfeit £75 if you get cold feet and the donations have to be returned. But Trailfinders are great, and well worth considering even without the £100 off.

AlexRose wrote: »

I don't just want to give paypal details but also conscious that some companies could go bust and take the money collected with them?

In theory the money should be segregated from the company's own. This is certainly the case with Trailfinders. (I'm not on commission, it's just that I've only had one honeymoon so they're the only one I'm familiar with.)

In practice if the company you use does a Farepak, "in theory" isn't going to protect you unless they are part of some sort of compensation scheme. (The FSCS for example is unlikely to apply, unless they say otherwise.) It is a risk you have to take unless you want to source the gifts yourself.