wedding registry

double happiness

so far, we've got a couple of 'where are you registered' questions, particularly from out of towners. so after talking to future hkFIL, we decided to find a place to register. my first thought was lane crawford as i knew they did gift registry there.

so today, hkgroom and i went to lane crawford (a department store i normally love) in tst and we were extremely unimpressed with their service. three of their staff tried to help us and they really had no idea what they were doing (like asking if we had vip membership- i asked if this meant that we couldn't register if we weren't, and them admitting that they were unfamiliar with the gift registry process, and not knowing where the forms were on their computer system). when it comes down it it, it was poor service. so yeah, i got talking to the person and it turns out that they don't do online tracking of gifts or an option to purchase gifts online!!!! seriously!!! lane crawford, what day in age do you live in?!?!

so that was not an option for us, again, out of towners will find hunting down a lane crawford difficult and doing things online is just soooo much easier.

so then i remembered double happiness from when i was googling wedding stuff. they have loads of partner merchants (including indigo, pantry magic, bed & bath, miele, ovo, zwilling knives, royal doulton, kenwood) and even merchants for expectant mothers such as bumps to babes and mothercare. so we can download an 'order form' and take it to one of their partner merchants, and make orders, which then get put through to double happiness, which then make it available for guests to purchase.

so far, the site has been awesome as registering with them is free and they even offer the option for guests to pay 'partially' for the gift (if over $2000hkd or something like that) and cash option (with something like a 12.5% service fee)... they do online tracking of gifts and free delivery to hk island and some parts of kowloon. they will also deliver on a date that is good for you (we chose a date in november, leaving enough time for after the honeymoon).

they've given us our own link that i can add to our wedding website or they have an option of providing our guests' emails and so they can email guests with our registry info. they also have an online rsvp system! also, the prices of products are in line with the official shop itself, so guests will not get ripped off.

gosh, i'm totally raving about this site. tis awesome!

i can't wait to check out some of their partner merchants to get some kitchen and bedding stuff! hurray! soooooooo exciting!