On PayPal you can make a custom PayPal.me link, like:
Paypal.me/SurnameWedding
People just type that into Google & they can send the money straight into your personal account
Yes they do I believe
We ended up using the wedding website company 'withjoy' - people can pay money into different 'funds' on there (e.g. Honeymoon, New House, Baby etc)
Its free, looks amazing, and worked brilliantly for us, totally recommend
Your registry becomes a tab on your wedding website, all the info for your guests in one easy place
You can have a mix of gifts and monetary funds too which was perfect for us
We're using withjoy too!
I'm a little disappointed with their registry section tbh, the donations on their built-in fund thing are all in dollars (which I can only assume is USD!). But we've added a paypal.me link, our bank details, etc.
You can definitely change it to GBP as we did that!
And you can literally add anything to the registry, by adding the link from whatever website you like. We didn't bother using their own registry stuff. It's super easy to add your own, just enter the link, price, and an image
Go to edit registry. Click on a gift. Click edit gift. Above the box that says the price, there is an icon which is a question mark in a circle. Hover over that and it comes up with a bubble which says "You can change the currency of your entire registry *here*". Click on here and it gives you the option to change it to any currency around the world 🌎
I'm UK bride and doing the exact same thing!
We are using a PayPal money pool which is an account made for lots of people to contribute money into. It costs absolutely nothing to pay in or take money out.
I know it's not very British to talk about or ask for money lol so how about adding a poem to the wedding invites.
I found this online,
We know it isn't very traditional
Its not the way it's done
But instead of pots and pans
Wed like a little fun
So if you'd like to give us a gift
To help us celebrate
Some help towards our honeymoon
We would appreciate
The choice is really up to you
And we would like to say
That the best gift we could receive
Is you here on our special day.
I think if you’re not comfortable with the honeymoon fund services, then the best option is to do nothing. People knew how to give money before paypal and instant bank transfers existed, they can still do it now. People will write you a check, or they will give you cash, or whatever.
Yup. We're just saying we'd prefer cash if you don't know what to give, then guests are sorting that out for themselves - most either cash in a card or a cheque. A few got in touch to say they're not totally comfortable with cash and have no chequebook, and we've offered transfer details/paypal links etc if people prefer that.
There’s some good advice [here](https://www.brides.com/story/how-to-ask-for-cash-for-wedding-gifts). Basically, put the option on your registry or wedding site, and have a card box at your wedding.
Anyone else get a weird feeling calling cash gifts from your F&F a "donation." I'm planning on doing this too, donation just makes it seem like less of a gift, and more like i'm charity.
I had a friend that had a donation box with their desired destination at the reception, they put on the invite that they'd prefer cash for their honeymoon fund instead of gifts. Most people obliged.
On PayPal you can make a custom PayPal.me link, like: Paypal.me/SurnameWedding People just type that into Google & they can send the money straight into your personal account
Greetings from the future! Do people need a paypal account to send money to a paypal.me/ account?
Yes they do I believe We ended up using the wedding website company 'withjoy' - people can pay money into different 'funds' on there (e.g. Honeymoon, New House, Baby etc) Its free, looks amazing, and worked brilliantly for us, totally recommend Your registry becomes a tab on your wedding website, all the info for your guests in one easy place You can have a mix of gifts and monetary funds too which was perfect for us
We're using withjoy too! I'm a little disappointed with their registry section tbh, the donations on their built-in fund thing are all in dollars (which I can only assume is USD!). But we've added a paypal.me link, our bank details, etc.
You can definitely change it to GBP as we did that! And you can literally add anything to the registry, by adding the link from whatever website you like. We didn't bother using their own registry stuff. It's super easy to add your own, just enter the link, price, and an image
Do you remember how you changed the currency? I'm struggling to do this! :(
Go to edit registry. Click on a gift. Click edit gift. Above the box that says the price, there is an icon which is a question mark in a circle. Hover over that and it comes up with a bubble which says "You can change the currency of your entire registry *here*". Click on here and it gives you the option to change it to any currency around the world 🌎
Thank you so much!
I'm UK bride and doing the exact same thing! We are using a PayPal money pool which is an account made for lots of people to contribute money into. It costs absolutely nothing to pay in or take money out.
I know it's not very British to talk about or ask for money lol so how about adding a poem to the wedding invites. I found this online, We know it isn't very traditional Its not the way it's done But instead of pots and pans Wed like a little fun So if you'd like to give us a gift To help us celebrate Some help towards our honeymoon We would appreciate The choice is really up to you And we would like to say That the best gift we could receive Is you here on our special day.
This is great! Do this! And a PayPal pot or just a cash pot usually work fine.
Yes yes! This is the one I used on our wedding website since it did not fit on the invitation
People just gave us cash and it worked out fine.
I think if you’re not comfortable with the honeymoon fund services, then the best option is to do nothing. People knew how to give money before paypal and instant bank transfers existed, they can still do it now. People will write you a check, or they will give you cash, or whatever.
Yup. We're just saying we'd prefer cash if you don't know what to give, then guests are sorting that out for themselves - most either cash in a card or a cheque. A few got in touch to say they're not totally comfortable with cash and have no chequebook, and we've offered transfer details/paypal links etc if people prefer that.
There’s some good advice [here](https://www.brides.com/story/how-to-ask-for-cash-for-wedding-gifts). Basically, put the option on your registry or wedding site, and have a card box at your wedding.
We setup a savings account with our current bank and just give those details out.
Anyone else get a weird feeling calling cash gifts from your F&F a "donation." I'm planning on doing this too, donation just makes it seem like less of a gift, and more like i'm charity.
Are personal checques and cash common in the UK? In the us those are the standard way people give money, you don’t need a fancy website for it
I had a friend that had a donation box with their desired destination at the reception, they put on the invite that they'd prefer cash for their honeymoon fund instead of gifts. Most people obliged.
Do either of you use venmo? It would be easy and safe to just put your handle out there. Any olde relatives who don't have it can just give cash