Travel has become an essential in everyone’s lives today. While business travel is on the rise, so is traveling for pleasure. Millennials are the largest groups of people to spend most of their money opn travel. Experiencing different cultures, language, people and places gives you a whole new perspective on things and millennials are not going to pass on such an opportunity. Another notable trend rising at weddings is a gift registry.
So, if you’re a traveller couple and getting married, here are 5 reasons why you should create a gift registry!
#1. Guests can contribute toward your tickets
Creating a gift registry is the norm at weddings in the West. Although not a norm at Indian weddings, people are steadily and slowly embracing the concept of a gift registry after seeing its benefits. One common thing that everyone adds to their gift registry is gift cards. So, if you’re a traveller couple, add gift cards from companies like cleartrip, makemytrip etc. so that it’ll be much easier for you to fund tickets for your travel as your guests will know how much it’ll mean to you and contribute towards it.
#2. Travel in style and in comfort
If you’re a traveller couple, you definitely know how important comfort is during travel. So, don’t forget to add things like neck pillows, noise cancelling earphones/headphones, silk eye masks etc. so you can travel comfortably. Add some trendy luggages, backpacks, personalised passport holders etc. also to your gift registry so you can travel in style.
#3. Picture perfect memories
Millennials are also known to photography enthusiasts. Highend cameras donot come cheap. Add polaroid cameras, DSLR or a GoPro so you can capture some memories along the way. Moreover any guest will be happy to get you such a meaningful. So, it’s definitely a win-win!
#4. Guests would love to be a part of your adventures!
Even though the gift registry is for you and created by you, essentially the end user/buyer are your guests. So, you must design it accordingly with various products and price ranges for the guests to choose from. Your guests will be happy and satisfied gifting you something meaningful and useful. So, it’s definitely a great idea.
#5. Fund your travel!
Travel does not come cheap. While planning a wedding, I’m sure you would’ve planned your honeymoon first to your dream destination. Adding a cash fund to your gift registry can make all the difference as you can use the money to fund your travel and truly have whatever you want.
Happy trails!
