For the bride and groom with EVERYTHING
By Never teh Bride
Nowadays, when more brides and grooms than ever have plenty of china, kitchen gadgets, and linens, it has become increasingly difficult to find wedding gifts that stand out. While a nice fat check is always appreciated, some people loathe giving monetary gifts for their simple impersonality.
XperienceDays (also known as XD) offers a unique solution to your gift-giving quandaries. They sell gift certificates that will have the bride- and groom-to-befloating in zero grav over Florida, learning to tango in California, staying in the Mandarin Oriental in New York, driving Formula One race cars in Nevada, or learning to pilot a helicopter in Pennsylvania.
While XD may not have the perfect gift for your timid cousin Sally and her vanilla beau, you’ll find plenty of gifts great for extreme brides and grooms* who make a habit of living on the edge. When I get married, I hope someone buys me the Dogfight for two. Nothing says true love like an intense airborne battle!
*Or moms! Mother’s Day is approaching fast!
May 4th, 2006 at 9:38 pm
These all sound so ambitious! All I wanted to do in the days after my wedding was lie on a deck chair with a frosty tropical beverage in my hand and my sweetie by my side. Really. Total and complete exhaustion.
May 5th, 2006 at 12:52 am
One might hope, on the other hand, that the bride and groom with everything would ask guests to donate to non-profits whose work they find worth supporting.
May 5th, 2006 at 10:35 am
There are plenty of great organizations where future brides and grooms can create registries that help people donate to charitable organizations, Lauren. I have some friends getting married soon who did just that! I was happy to see they’d included their local humane society on their registry
May 8th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Awesome ideas for gifts.
Lauren, I totally hear you — more people should have non-profits on their registries. But I also think that guests often want to give the couple gifts, even if they already own the basic kitchen/linens type stuff, and they might be a little insulted if there is no option for that (”what, are you too rich for anything I could get you?”). And I don’t think there is anything inherently wrong with accepting gifts even when you’re well off.