A honeymoon registry is much like a wedding registry. Just as a wedding registry allows you to create a list of gifts you would prefer to receive at your wedding, a honeymoon registry allows you to create a list of places you would like to go and things you would like to do on your honeymoon. The honeymoon registry enables your wedding guests to purchase portions of your honeymoon. Yes, your guests could just contribute cash toward your honeymoon, but somehow giving a particular portion of honeymoon—dinner at a fancy restaurant, or a carriage ride, for example—is more meaningful.

Type phrase "honeymoon registry" into your favorite search engine, and you'll get thousands of results. There are three basic kinds of honeymoon registries:

• Registries that require you to book your travel through travel agency offering registry.
• Registries that allow you to book your travel either through sponsoring travel agency (or other affiliated travel agencies), through travel agency of your choice, or on your own. Usually these registries charge an extra fee or higher service charge if you choose not to book travel through registry's parent travel agency.
• Registries that are not affiliated with any travel agencies, requiring you to make travel arrangements on your own or through a travel agency of your choice.

1. Choosing honeymoon registry Search for term "honeymoon registry" on your favorite search engine, and you'll come up with plenty of results. How do you choose one that's best for you? Here are a few basic tips: Different registries offer various mixes of features and costs. Think about what is most important to you. Do you want a slick-looking registry with lots of automated features, or would your guests prefer personal service of a low-tech, high-touch registry? Does it matter how much of a service charge your guests pay? Do you want freedom to arrange your own travel, or would you prefer to lean on services of travel agents affiliated with your registry?

• Take a "virtual tour" of several different registries. Start by looking for registry's FAQ page, then look at a few examples of honeymoon registries.
• Look for professionalism. Does site provide a thorough explanation of its services, including all fees and service charges? Does it explain who you can contact or what you can do if you run into problems? If honeymoon registry is run by a travel agency, does FAQ explain company's policy for cancelled or delayed travel?
• Contact couples who have actually used registry. You can find couples by looking up old honeymoon registries and doing a web search for their e-mail addresses. Or look for e-mail addresses associated with wedding home pages hosted by registry service. Send a friendly e-mail explaining your situation and asking for advice; most couples will be happy to offer their advice.
• Talk to someone from registry service, either by phone or e-mail. If registry service falls short on customer service when you're signing up, don't expect better service if a problem arises.

2. Creating honeymoon

Both wedding bands and engagement rings are very special items of jewellery; in fact, they are more than just jewellery - they are symbols of many emotions and promises such as:

• Love
• Commitment
• Fidelity
• Eternity
• Honour

But where - and why - did these popular and sentimental pieces of jewellery stem from?

The History Of Wedding Bands

These items of jewellery have a history that spans many centuries and passes through many countries from all around planet. Below, you will find a brief history of wedding and engagement ring, as reported from country to country.

EGYPTIANS

The now-famous wedding band is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt, where it is said that plant sections were fashioned in to circles to signify never-ending and immortal love. It was thought that fourth finger (which we now know as ring finger) contained a special vein that was connected directly to heart, and therefore this became official finger for wedding band.

ROMANS

The Romans also agreed with Egyptians with regards to wedding ring finger and its meaning, but rather than offering wedding bands as a symbol of love, they awarded them as a symbol of ownership. Roman men would "claim" their woman with giving of a ring.

ASIANS / ARABS

Puzzle rings were a complex type of jewellery that were once popular in Asia, and these jewels had charming knack of being able to fall apart and put back together again - if you knew how to do this, of course. Wealthy Middle Eastern men then began to use these rings as wedding bands for their wives, who were often forced to wear a puzzle ring when their husband was away. The husband would know upon his return whether any of his wives had been disloyal by removing ring whilst he was away, because ring was designed to collapse upon removal and could only be put together again if you had skill and knowledge required.

EUROPEANS

Several centuries ago, Europeans became rather taken with what we would class as an engagement ring, but was then called a Poesy Ring. This ring was given to a loved one as a form of promise, and signified fidelity and love. The Poesy Ring was offered as a pledge of eternal togetherness, much as today's engagement rings are offered as a promise of eternal marriage.

AMERICANS

During Colonial times, all items of jewellery in America were prohibited due to their apparent moral worthlessness. Instead, a more practical thimble was given as a token of love and as a pledge of eternal togetherness. However, after they were married, women tended to remove bottom of their "engagement thimble" to form a type of ring.

History Of Engagement Rings