Registry Logistics
April 1, 2008 10:48 AM Subscribe
How do I register for wedding gifts but have them delivered to a yet unknown address?
I am getting married in Portland, OR at the end of July. Then, in August, only a week after returning from our honeymoon, we will be moving to New York city.
We need to register soon, but we don't want gifts delivered to our address in Portland because then we have to move them across the country. Plus, we don't know where we will be living in New York, i.e. we have no apartment yet.
What to do? What to do???
I am getting married in Portland, OR at the end of July. Then, in August, only a week after returning from our honeymoon, we will be moving to New York city.
We need to register soon, but we don't want gifts delivered to our address in Portland because then we have to move them across the country. Plus, we don't know where we will be living in New York, i.e. we have no apartment yet.
What to do? What to do???
Best answer: Rent a temporary mailbox at one of those private mailbox outfits. It qualifies as a street address, and can accept deliveries from pretty much any delivery outfit... UPS, FedEx, all those "no post boxes" companies.
posted by Xere at 11:04 AM on April 1, 2008
posted by Xere at 11:04 AM on April 1, 2008
Retail stores may enable you to pick up items from any location, but that might preclude gift-givers who like the ability to wrap up stuff or add other personal touches (i.e. add pictures to a picture frame).
posted by catkins at 11:15 AM on April 1, 2008
posted by catkins at 11:15 AM on April 1, 2008
Got a friend in NYC who can accept your packages in a secure way (and has the space to hold them for you)? Even someplace within driving distance would be fine. I served as the delivery address for a friend similarly in flux, we just put C/O on the registry address and it was no big deal.
posted by nkknkk at 12:11 PM on April 1, 2008
posted by nkknkk at 12:11 PM on April 1, 2008
For the most part, you can't. Once you register, people are going to buy you gifts. The stores need to know where to send said gifts, so they force you to provide a mailing address. Creating a registry is a big message to the world that says "buy me gifts pls" and you don't get the option of saying when they may buy you a gift. Some will have the gifts sent to themselves, but most will send it directly to you. The stores aren't there to hold on to things for you.
People I know in your situation, who don't want to have to move a shit ton of wedding gifts, tend to just not register, or to put like 5 things on the registry. If anyone asks why, just say "we didn't want to register for a lot of stuff because we are moving and we don't know what we'd do with everything in the meantime".
This doesn't mean they won't give you anything. This means that most people will give you money and/or gift cards. With some exceptions, because there are always going to be people who go off the registry anyway and give you what they think you should have (or what they have on hand to re-gift).
posted by tastybrains at 12:14 PM on April 1, 2008
People I know in your situation, who don't want to have to move a shit ton of wedding gifts, tend to just not register, or to put like 5 things on the registry. If anyone asks why, just say "we didn't want to register for a lot of stuff because we are moving and we don't know what we'd do with everything in the meantime".
This doesn't mean they won't give you anything. This means that most people will give you money and/or gift cards. With some exceptions, because there are always going to be people who go off the registry anyway and give you what they think you should have (or what they have on hand to re-gift).
posted by tastybrains at 12:14 PM on April 1, 2008
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posted by chickaboo at 11:04 AM on April 1, 2008