We’ve covered the basics for getting your wedding registry set up previously, but a registry won’t always run itself. Registering online, spreading out on items, stores, and price points, and getting word out in your wedding shower invitations are all first steps. But once your registry is set up, then what? The good stores will help you along with instant updates and email reminders as your wedding day approaches. But you should also know how to manage your own wedding registries since you are bound to have more than one.
Double-check
- Read through all the items on your registry at each store to make sure there are no mistakes.
- Make sure you leave the store with a way to get in touch with registry services should you need to correct anything.
- Check your mailing address, so that it reflects where you want gifts to be shipped.
- Check the spelling of your names, because this is how guests will find you.
- Use your maiden name (you aren’t married yet!) and if you commonly go by a nick name, use it so guests can more easily find you.
- Include your fiance’s name, so guests from his side of the family can find your registry.
Communicate
- Wedding shower invitations are the best place to print the stores where you are registered. No other information is necessary, unless you need to include exact website addresses for lesser known stores or for online-only retailers.
- Your personal wedding website is the next best place to list your wedding registry stores. Provide links to make it even easier for guests to shop.
Under no circumstances should you ever list your wedding registry information on your wedding invitations or on any other wedding invitation enclosures.
Track & Update
- Review your registries periodically to add new items or remove anything you may have received that wasn’t bought through your registry. Wedding party events are good times to review, such as after the engagement party, wedding and bridal showers.
- Update your wedding registry one final time about two weeks before your wedding.
- Always log every gift you receive and the person who sent it. This list will be essential for writing thank you notes.
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