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Wedding gift spending

Earlier this week, our friends at men’s wedding magazine Staggered unearthed some research showing that wedding guests are, on average, spending less on wedding gifts now than they had in 2008. The research claimed that guests are spending £28.26 now, compared to £42.91 two years ago — a dramatic cut of 34%.

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Three minor updates

In our efforts to be the UK’s best wedding list service, we’re always keeping an eye open for things we could do better, and making little improvements whenever we can.  This past week, we made three.

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Faster notifications

We’ve made a small change to the way we send out notification emails for gifts reserved on your honeymoon registry.

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PayPal gift transactions

At Buy Our Honeymoon, we don’t ever touch a penny of the gifts made to you by your friends and family, but your guests can nonetheless use a credit or debit card to make a simple online payment directly into your PayPal account, without needing to set up an account of their own.  This means that your gifts are yours from the moment they’re given, and you can securely manage your honeymoon fund however you please.

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Wedding list, cash, or honeymoon vouchers?

Earlier this week, Wedding Magazine published the results of its latest annual reader survey, revealing that nearly half of respondents would prefer cash wedding gifts. As the UK’s top honeymoon fund website, we’re not at all surprised by this!

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