Top 5 Wedding Registries in the UK

The tradition of offering a gift to a newlywed couple has been a custom adopted across the world and within all cultures throughout history. In modern times though it has become far more necessary to create an online or instore registry where couples can choose items that may help them get set up for married life together, including items for their new home or funds for a once in a lifetime trip. Finding the best gifting options for you both can save the drama of guests worrying about what to gift you on your special day. We’re sharing our Top 5 Wedding Registries in the UK to help you create the perfect gift list as you head into an exciting new chapter as newlyweds!

1. Prezola

Prezola is a cover-all-bases type of registry where you are able to set up a personalised page to allow guests to choose from your hand picked pieces, support your honeymoon fund or donate to a charity. Perfect! This is the perfect fuss-free gifting solution as you can mix and match your gifting options to create one bespoke list of gifts, experiences or charity funds - all available under one single wedding registry. So, if you are the type of couple who likes the idea of mixing options to suit each guest's preference (and budget), Prezola may be the registry for you. These guys also have a huge 114 charities to choose from! Donating to the perfect cause just got so much easier.

2. The Wedding Shop

The Wedding Shop are experts in the wedding registry space. They offer an in-person service at one of their London showrooms where they pride themselves on taking care of their couples through offering gift bags and discounts as well as continued top quality customer service. Couples are able to curate their stunning registry list with anything from luxury tableware to a trip-of-a-lifetime honeymoon fund to charity donations. You will even be assigned your own personal advisor who can assist with all your gifting ideas and needs, ensuring each and every couple can create the perfect gift list for them.

3. Patchwork

Elle magazine called Patchword ‘gift list innovators’, which sounds pretty great to us! Patchwork are a fun and imaginative registry that allows you the freedom to create both a traditional registry and/or a give list that is broken down into, ‘make’, ‘do’ and ‘fund’. For example, guests can get as involved as they like to support your newlywed journey by offering to ‘make’ a food item for you once a week or ‘do’ a task through babysitting every other weekend or guests can help ‘fund’ your dream honeymoon. The options are flexible, fun and literally endless, allowing guests to potentially use their skills rather than money to commemorate your wedding day. A sweet alternative to the traditional monetary gifting ideas.

4. John Lewis

The iconic retailer John Lewis will always be a solid option for traditional couples with style to create their dream gift registry. They offer a wish list service where guests can pay for an item chosen on your registry, they wrap it up and deliver it to you directly after the wedding. They’ve moved away from the instore tagging experience and moved everything online for the modern couple and for their convenience, which let’s be honest is very useful in these busy times! John Lewis also offers travel funding and charity donation options too which means a brilliant mix and match service for those of you, and your guests, who prefer a bit more of a variety.

5. The Wedding Present Company

For those couples who like to step things up a notch, you must take a look at The Wedding Present Company. Showcasing high-end brands to unique independents, The Wedding Present Company offers a huge selection of all things stunning for your new home or for your just-married revamp. They also offer charity donations, honeymoon funding, furniture contributions and art curation along with a personalised consultation at their inspiring London showroom. Another great thing about The Wedding Present Company is that 2% of the value that has been purchased from your wedding list goes directly to a charity of your choice. A wonderful feel-good addition to the already beautiful items you’ve selected.

So, there it is, our Top 5 Registries in the UK to help you find the perfect gifting options to commemorate your big day along with your special guests.