How to share your wedding registry: wording ideas

Where the note belongs

Traditional etiquette keeps registry details off the formal invitation itself. The usual places are your wedding website, a small insert card in the envelope, or the shower invitation. A QR code on the insert card saves your guests from typing a long address.

Wording for the website or an insert card

Your presence is the greatest gift. If you’d like to celebrate with something more, you’ll find a few ideas here: …

Wondering what we’d like? We put together a small list: …

We’re setting up our first home together and gathered a few wishes. Take a look if you like: …

If you’d like cash

Our biggest wish is a honeymoon. If you’d like to contribute, you’ll find our travel fund on our list: …

We already have most of what we need. A contribution toward our new dining table would mean a lot: …

A cash wish with a purpose reads more easily than a bare amount. On the list it’s a wish that can be given more than once, so many guests can chip in.

For a message to your guests

Dear friends, thank you for your RSVPs! Many of you asked for gift ideas – here’s our list. If you pick something, reserve it there so nothing gets bought twice: …

Better left out

• Amounts or expectations like “at least …”.
• Notes on what you don’t want – they easily come across as ungrateful.
• Several registries at different stores. One list with links from every store is easier for your guests.

Getting the link to your guests

On printed cards, a QR code is handier than a long address: the wishlist creates one for your list, and you print it on the insert card. In a message, just share the link.