Traveler's Joy Honeymoon Registry

I have had a nightmarish experience with Traveler's Joy. I guess, if you know going in that you can wait up to 10 days total to get your money, it might be a good deal. I didn't see it posted anywhere on the site until I went to redeem the gifts that we were given. The trip was booked, and luckily we went with enough money, but I'll just say that the last two days have been terrible. We're currently on our way home and we've been trying to get the bulk of our gifts for a week now. We hit some snags on our trip (as I'm sure lots of people do) and now we're going home with $2 in our account, We are waiting on $275. Our wedding was a week ago, today.

Just came back from our honeymoon & writing this review brings back great memories from our honeymoon in Aruba. The memories are great thank you so much for helping us chose the right destination & hotel. The staff really was a great help & you guys are really knowledgeable in the places you recommend.
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We were beyond thrilled to have chosen this as our registry. It was easy to sign up, and easy for our guests to use. This was a great alternative registry for us, since we have lived together for years. After all the excitement was done with we were able to transfer the money into our bank account in a few short days. I would recommend this to anyone.

Absolutely loved this registry! Our generous guests paid for our whole honeymoon. We chose this registry because it allowed us to access our gifts at anytime and allowed us to choose who paid the registry fee our guests or us. Everyone told us they thought it was a great idea!

This was such a great choice for us! We lived together for 3 years prior to getting married, so we'd already accumulated a lot of stuff. We would not have been able to afford BOTH the wedding and honeymoon of our dreams without Traveler's Joy! My only advice is to be aware of when your trip is in relation to the wedding, as there is a 72 hour wait period before your funds are eligible for transfer, which then can take another couple of days. We didn't have problems with it, but can see how someone definitely could get into a pickle.

easy to use...my guests loved the idea of the honeymoon registry!

Didn't use it for more than setting up our honeymoon registry and collecting our gifts which was a fine experience.

This worked out great for the guests to be able to contribute to our honeymoon! We have been able to use this to send out our Thank you cards and the money was deposited directly into our bank account. Wonderful service, you just have to plan for the delay of funds getting to you. Really great service, I would recommend it to friends.

Such a great experience and went on the honeymoon of our dreams!

Using Traveler's Joy was one of the best decisions my wife and I made during the entire wedding process. The site was easy to use and our registry page looked great. Without it, there's no way we could have experienced all of the wonderful activities, hotels, and meals on our honeymoon that we did. It made the trip unforgettable and enabled friends and family to be a part of it too. It's a great registry alternative and we definitely recommend it.

We used Traveler's Joy for our honeymoon to Peru in August 2012. It was absolutely perfect for us as we don't need a lot of household items and are big travelers. At first we were a little skeptical that no one would want to use this (a lot of folks still like to gift pots and pans) but our registry on Traveler's Joy was so popular we had to expand our registry! It was fun to check things off the list as we did them in Peru. Plus it made writing the Thank You cards a lot more fun!

My husband and I were together 6 years before getting married and didn't need to register for gifts at department stores. The only thing we desired were contributions to our honeymoon if guests felt so inclined. We went thru travelers joy and it was awesome! Qucik, simple and when you are ready to redeem your funds, DONE! In addition, our guests loved the idea. It was perfect!

My now husband and I enjoyed travelers joy so much. It was simple and easy! And we were able to access the funds on time for our honey moon. Not to mention the fee was not ridiculous like other companies. Safe. affordable and creative this is definitely the way to go for a gift!

I wanted this to be a lot cooler than it was. I think the biggest drawback was that a fee was charged so if my guest purchased us $50 we only got a percentage of it (i forget how much the fee is). Also, only a couple people did it. Oh well.

My honeymoon registry was valuable in that it provided our guests ways to contribute to our trip. We were also able to use the money in a flexible way, in case we were not able to complete some of the ideas on our list.

Super easy to use and retrieve funds.

I used this honeymoon registry for my May 26 wedding. I am NOT good with technology and it was very easy to create a list of gift suggestions that looked very professional. The fee was lower than other services and is not passed on to my guests. It was so much better than blenders and silver candy dishes!

When we thought about a registry, we wanted something that was uniquely us, as a couple. The idea of having a honeymoon registry instead of a traditional "retail" registry was initially suggested by a good friend, who knows both of us all too well. We both loved the idea, as we both love to travel. While we found a number of websites that offered this type of registry service, selecting Traveler's Joy as the vendor was an easy decision - it was by far superior to the competing websites on virtually all parameters (we found a side-by-side comparison of Traveler's Joy to similar sites, which was very helpful in our decision). What we liked most about Traveler's Joy was the fact that we were not obligated to use a specific travel agent to book our trip - you actually get a $$ amount in the end and you can make your own bookings in any way you want. In the meantime, the website helps you "tag" the funds you received for each element of your trip to an individual guest, so when the time comes to send Thank You notes, you know exactly what to thank each guest for (there is a list you can print too, with all addresses to send the cards to). It made our lives so much easier! There is an option for a "general gift" if somebody does not like any selections. We also were able to add items over time (even after the wedding), as needed. We received numerous compliments about our registry - people found it really exciting and "out of the box".

My husband and I are so thankful we used Travelers Joy! It not only provided us with offering a unique gift option but packaged it in a way we barely had to lift a finger. If it weren't for the easy to use webpage and lovely prompts we wouldn't have received so many cash gifts toward our honeymoon. We experienced a lavish honeymoon ,so much thanks to Travelers Joy for that!

Our guests loved the convenience of TJ for our registry gifts and it was so easy for us to use!

This was a great option for our wedding. Most of our guests did not choose to use Traveler's Joy. However, the ones that did didn't have any trouble. Getting our money from Traveler's Joy was easy. My biggest complaint would be the cost associated with using the registry.

My husband and I already had built a life together over the decade we dated. We didn't need a whole lot of "stuff," and I heard about travel registries. After looking at various sites offering such a service, I decided to sign up with Traveler's Joy. Being able to upload unique photos to go along with descriptions of gift options was a big plus, and I felt like I was able to make the registry my own. My husband had fun coming up with ideas for gifts, like a piece of funky artwork or a brewery tour along our driving route.

I also felt quite secure with the financial transfer process. My checking account was hacked and over $3000 racked up the day of my wedding (nice, huh? Be careful at those ATMs!), so I could not have the money put into my bank account as I had planned. It was really easy and safe getting it into my husband's instead, and the process only took a couple minutes.

Most importantly, our guests had a blast picking from the registry! People seemed to choose based on their personalities, like the spontaneous friend who got us hotel rooms along our route that we hadn't even picked yet, or the fun-loving cousins who helped us with beer and wine tastings. It got people interested and excited to hear about our trip, so we kept a little photo blog as we traveled to show them how they helped make it memorable!

Although I thoroughly loved creating my site, I did not have many people use it at all for my gifts. But that may just be my family and friends. I would recommend this for another bride that has family members that aren't so terrified of the internet.

Traveler's Joy was great to work with! It was my wife's idea to do a honeymoon registry. We are both previously married and have lived together for three years so the idea of registering for household items was exhausting and boring. We read about honeymoon registries in one of her (many) bridal magazines. Traveler's Joy made it easy to register and our guests loved that they could choose what to send us on. The best part is that it translates back into cash. We aren't taking our honeymoon for several months and my wife is also addicted to Groupon so she was able to take the "gifts" we received from our guests and upgrade our honeymoon by combining Traveler's Joy and Groupon - not to mention the fun she had doing so.

Love this website! It was easy and it had the lowest fees. It did not charge our guests and we received our money quickly!

This is a honeymoon registry that takes a percentage of the money people give you. I didnt know this until afterwards. So stupid of me.

ZERO FOR VALUE!

This service was a fun way to ask for cash for our wedding without really asking for it. Our guests really enjoyed reading about our honeymoon and helping us have a vacarion of a lifetime. The checks come as often as you want and you get notfiied for each gift. I would recommend this to everyone! It also made for easy thank you cards. The company lists your gift along with the gift givers name and address. So easy!

Traveler's Joy worked really well for us! We had an amazing honeymoon because of them and our guests enjoyed picking fun experiences and honeymoon items from our registry. They have a service fee but when we compared them to others, they had the lowest while still accepting credit cards and not having advertising on our registry page. We redeemed our gifts twice. The first via check where we received it wiithin 7 days and the second time via bank transfer where it took only 2 days. They have a toll free number for guests to use if they don't want to give a gift on the Internet and 24/7 email customer service. We'd highly recommend them! One note that it is important to also register at a more traditional store. We set one up with Crate & Barrel for guests interested in home furnishing items.

Redeemed my gifts via check on Feb 2nd, and it didn't arrive until Feb 19th. The check was postmarked Feb 11th. They blamed the snowstorms, but when I wrote them on Feb 10th, they didn't mention it.

For a 7.5% cut I expect my check as advertised; For it to be sent within 3 business days.

I can't recommend this service to anyone...

My Fiance and I lived together for 6 years befor getting married, so needless to say we didn't need gadgets for our kitchen, bedding, towels, etc. What we really wanted was to spend our honeymoon in Italy and Greece. The Traveler's Joy website is so easy to navigate and customize. All our friends and family had so much fun reading about our future adventures in Europe.

Great service! I'm glad the fee is on our side (instead of passing that cost to our guests), but I still feel that the fee is a tad high.

Other than that, great vendor. I would definitely recommend them!

My wife and I enjoyed a fantastic honeymoon in Maui by using the Traveler's Joy Honeymoon Registry. We didn't get married until we were approaching 40 and both had our own homes and 2 sets of everything to consolidate. So getting our family and friends to pick out a dream honeymoon was much better for us than a third coffee maker... We also had about 150 wedding guests fly in from out-of-town so by using our Traveler's Joy registry no gifts for them to lug across the country! win-win...

We used them for our wedding "honeymoon" registry and it was a complete success! I researched many honeymoon registries and chose them for their appearance, cost, and ease of access. It worked well for us because you can customize your registry and make it very personal. We were able to register for dinning and other activities on our honeymoon, and the guests found it easy to use. We received over $2,000 in gifts and Traveler's Joy takes a 7% fee. Once we had to collect the gifts, it was a simple and easy process. I would highly recommend them.

This worked out wonderfully for us. We already have too much home stuff, so rather than asking for cash, which we felt would be too tacky, we set this up and our guests were able to easily purchase us a gift for our honeymoon to Maui. You can create the gift list yourself, so we were able to choose a variety of activities and dining at various price ranges. This was perfect for us and we got nearly everything we wanted!

We have set up a honeymoon registry through Traveler's Joy and would recommend it. As with many honeymoon registry sites, this essentially allows you to list things you plan to do (or places to stay or modes of transport) on your honeymoon, designate how much it will cost and how many you want, and your guests can underwrite your trip. The registry site takes a percentage of the gift, but this is standard. We liked that it wasn't a travel service that forced you into packaged tours or required prepayment. We listed all the elements of our dream honeymoon in Greece and Turkey, and whether we do everything will depend on what we receive as gifts and how much we spend in the weeks leading up to the wedding. Thus, even though we registered for a couples massage, for example, we are free to change our mind and use the money designated for that massage to go for a special dinner or something.

Wow! What an awesome idea! This company lets you post parts of your honeymoon in a gift registry format for your guests to access. It is a super user friendly platform with lots of room for personalizing your webpage to suit you. We have been getting lots of positive feedback from guests. Also the best rates going for this type of service.

We set this up for our honeymoon cruise (the excursions mostly) and it was a HIT! Unlike our Bed, Bath & Beyond registry, EVERYTHING was purchased from our registry - people got emotionally involved in our trip, and people keep telling me what a great idea it was.

It was totally simple to use and we would completely recommend this to everyone!

++ One of the only advantages of not meeting my soulmate until later on in life is the birth of honeymoon registries! If I would have gotten married only a few years ago, I would have to register for unnecessary items just for the sake of registering. Due to the fact that I have had my own place for more than 10 years and that I love to shop, we have everything that we need and want. After we used the scan gun for luggage and a new can opener, there was nothing else that we needed. This website was fun to set up and everyone loved it! It also forced me to research restaurants, excursions, and prices beforehand. There was a 7% service charge but they allowed people to use credit cards which some of the free services did not allow. Between frequent flier miles, starwood points, and the honeymoon registry, we did 12 days in Hawaii (full of excursions) for less than $5,000.

Our favorite activity on our dream honeymoon, thanks to our Traveler's Joy, was swimming with the dolphins. This was definitely an experience that our budget definitely would not have allowed without our friends and families generous gifts through our registry.

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We came upon Traveler's Joy and the key to our dream trip. We were thrilled! And we loved the freedom Traveler's Joy gave us to invent the trip, and tell a story to our friends using the honeymoon description section.

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It helped so much that we used Traveler's Joy as our primary registry. I lived in my house for five years and did not need any of the "traditional" wedding gifts, so a honeymoon registry was the perfect registry for us.

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Overall, we did the trip the way we wanted to, and don’t have many regrets at all! It was all that we were hoping for, wishing for, and looking forward to – and Traveler’s Joy played a huge part in making that happen. All I can say is, thank goodness for digital cameras with lots and lots of available memory!

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Traveler's Joy had it all. It was easy to navigate, required no setup charge and had a comparatively low fee. Only indulgences were registered for, from breakfasts at our hotels to gastronomic dinners. We searched the web and found canoe rides past landmarks and a hot air balloon above castles. We thought we had it covered, but didn't realize how big of a hit it would be. The demand to add more gifts on our Traveler's Joy registry grew as we kept receiving everything listed on our registry. It forced us to seek more ways to make our trip better! We went through every website and book we could get our hands on to find festivals, concerts and terrific restaurants to register for.

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Mad dashes through foreign airports are a good part of what makes the memories last, and we would definitely recommend the Croatian Coast to anyone who wants Mediterranean views with a unique and historic culture. Thank you Traveler's Joy for helping to make this possible!

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Traveler’s Joy was a little known flawless diamond in a mountain of “cabinet filling” registries... a unique alternative to impersonal cash gifts.

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We never would have been able to make our dream honeymoon a possibility without Traveler's Joy. The cruise and excursions would have cost us about $5000, but our friends and family members helped us to make our dream a reality.

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We were recommended Traveler's Joy through a wedding industry blog and were very excited to have found an amazing option to offer our clients other than another shop to buy a toaster. Plane tickets, hotel rooms, nights in for dinner, spa treatments, Where on earth were Travelr's Joy when I planned my wedding?

We love this company and its dedicated team of people that have helped over 100,000 couples take unbelievable honeymoons! They make it super easy to register for a honeymoon and they don't tie you into any airline, hotel, or activity. Top notch and reliable customer service makes them truly stand out among the crowd.