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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Unique Online Honeymoon Registry Provides the Perfect Wedding Gift


True or False: For my wedding gift, I'd like a turkey baster.


True or False: For my wedding gift, I'd like a castle tour in France.


When Alexa and Don Mercer got married, they didn’t bother registering with the traditional registries.



“We’d lived together for two years and had already bought the housekeeping stuff we needed,” explains Alexa.



Instead, the Mercers registered with HoneyLuna, the Honeymoon Registry Service, and became part of a growing trend of couples seeking non-traditional wedding gifts. Nearly 80 percent of the guests at the Mercers’ wedding gave gifts from the couple’s honeymoon itinerary by selecting gifts from the couple’s registry.



“Parts of our honeymoon included staying at a fifteenth century farmhouse outside Avignon, France, and having a biking picnic through the French countryside with castles tours along the way,” says Alexa.

“HoneyLuna is the first registry service to focus solely on honeymoon travel as wedding gifts.”
—Nancy Williams, HoneyLuna CEO


Nancy Williams, CEO and founder of HoneyLuna, started HoneyLuna in 1995 after leaving a career in business management. When she got engaged and realized she didn’t need a toaster or blenders, she hit upon the idea for HoneyLuna. At the time, she and her then-fiancĂ© dreamed of an extended honeymoon in Europe. Nancy created her own honeymoon registry and had about 60 percent of her honeymoon paid for by wedding guests.


“HoneyLuna provides couples with a unique option for wedding gifts and gift givers with fun, experiential options to choose from. Our brides and grooms can have fun creating a honeymoon registry wish list for their friends and family. As a gift giver, I would much rather purchase a fantastic memory than a toaster or a towel".

Consider the following two registry items:


2 dinner plates ($50) 1 Gondola Ride in Venice ($50)


Which would you rather register for?

Which would you rather give as a present?



Feel free to replace Gondola Ride with: lift tickets, sunset cruise, snorkeling trip, jeep rental, shore excursion on a cruise - whatever, the answer is the same - honeymoon registries are fun for all!

HoneyLuna has grown each year as more couples are discovering HoneyLuna and learning about the honeymoon registry alternative.


Couples working with HoneyLuna have two registry service choices: A free to the bride and groom "self service" honeymoon registry where brides and grooms simply create and account and use HoneyLuna's destination templates to create their own registry. This is great option for honeymoon couples that have already booked their travel, or prefer to work with their own travel agent.

Or, for a small set up fee, they can registry for HoneyLuna's "full service" where HoneyLuna can arrange their honeymoon, including airline tickets, hotels, activities and more. The company handles the arrangements and creates a customized registry list, complete with gift descriptions and items in all price ranges.

Click here to read more about HoneyLuna's two registry options.

HoneyLuna also provides the couple registry cards to give to guests. Guests contact HoneyLuna—via the Internet or a toll-free number— to purchase items from the registry. HoneyLuna then sends gift acknowledgements to inform couples of the gift purchases.


HoneyLuna has planned honeymoons and created honeymoon registries for thousands of couples desiring traditional as well as exotic itineraries. In addition to the popular destinations of Europe, Hawaii, the Caribbean and Tahiti, HoneyLuna has arranged safaris in Africa, trekking in Thailand, and a 10-month, around-the-world honeymoon. Williams says couples typically find that 50 to 70 percent of their honeymoon is paid for if they register exclusively with HoneyLuna.

Alexa Mercer believes the time has come for a registry like HoneyLuna. She has recommended the idea to several soon-to-be-married friends. By using HoneyLuna for their own honeymoon registry, Alexa says their honeymoon “became a trip of a lifetime.”

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