This is the coolest gift you can ask for your wedding

I find that to have something uncomfortable, throwing a big party because you are getting married marry and that everyone then shows up with an envelope in hand.

But what do you ask for as a gift as a bridal couple? Look, honestly: we don't need any dishes. Or cutlery. Or a new vacuum cleaner. We want a wonderful vacation after the wedding, a nice long trip, to the sun and the beach. Also known as a honeymoon, but I get a bit annoyed by that word, I don't know why. Anyway. Vacation it is. So we would like to ask for a contribution for our big trip to California and Hawaii. Super fun, but yes, on that day... That people just hand you cash or half forget that they need to throw that in the glass jar with golden envelopes and walk around with that for half the day. That you then end up counting all those bills. A bit old-fashioned. But luckily others are also keeping up with the times and that's why the trendiest way to ask for a wedding gift right now is, yes, to create a website. And not just any.

Because you can create a site via Zank You where you can ask for money. That sounds a bit basic, but listen. For example, you check off a few fun activities that you come up with yourself, like ‘swimming with dolphins during the honeymoon’. Or: ‘wine tasting in Napa Valley in California’. Or: ‘renting a convertible and touring for a day’. Then all your guests can transfer an amount that they find nice and appropriate. They choose which activity they want to sponsor. You don't see who transfers what amount and where, so that's quite private. Others also don't see what other guests have transferred, so no worries about awkward bickering among each other.

But what is fun is that your guests are involved in your gifts. If you are having lunch on that one beach with a cocktail tasting for dessert, you get a message from the site that you received that lunch from your colleagues and that your friends have given you a beginner's paragliding lesson. And yes, you got that boat trip over the lagoon from your aunts and uncles. So fun, right? This way everyone is a bit involved, which is nice and cozy. And definitely cozier than a crumpled envelope in a glass vase.

In short: the ultimate solution for the gift list at your wedding. Oh so modern I feel, moreover. It also helps with the anticipation. Now just hope that my dear guests also transfer something to my personalized gift wish: ‘after months of dieting to fit into a wedding dress finally eating hamburgers in America’. I mean this.

FACTS

• Every day about 300 couples get married in Las Vegas
• Just wait for those honeymoon weeks: married couples are happiest in the third year of their wedding
• The longest marriage ever lasted 91 years and 12 days

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