Forget blenders: Wedding invites now seek honeymoon cash
Honeymoon registries also provide a polite way of hinting to guests to give money instead, without breaking wedding etiquette.
Most guests gave the couple cash-stuffed envelopes at the wedding, but the 14 donations they got online covered their hotel and airline tickets, even after GoFundMe kept more than $230 in fees.
Asking for cash in the invitation is a wedding faux pas, says Kristen Maxwell Cooper, deputy editor at The Knot.
Crowdfunding site GoFundMe has collected $2 billion to date for all sorts of personal campaigns, raising money for medical emergencies, crime victims and other local causes.
At Carnival Cruise Line, for example, couples can ask wedding guests to pay for scuba diving excursions or horseback rides.
The money goes straight to Carnival and couples can redeem the gifts on board, says Nancy Williams, the business development director at Honeymoon Wishes.