The Honeymoon

her than purchasing material gifts, our friends and family purchase activities in the honeymoon registry (in our case, a trip to Hawaii). Here’s our page. . https://www.thehoneymoon.com/couples/61555/registries/51789/guest_view . Looks wonderful, doesn’t it? However, there is one fatal flaw – what if, for some reason, the money doesn’t arrive in time? In order to mitigate that risk, I wanted to alter the disbursement plan per the instructions on their website. As instructed, I called several times, leaving messages that I wanted to have the funds disbursed a week BEFORE our scheduled departure, to ensure that there were no glitches. I also left instructions on their “contact” link (you know, the one that says they "promise" to return all contact inquiries within 24 hours, 7 days a week). I also sent an email to them at info@thehoneymoon.com. I never heard back. I was forced to trust them with a critical piece of our honeymoon plan. I was wrong to do so. Today is the 14th of December, and if you look at our site this is the day our honeymoon begins, and we still have not received the nearly $3,000 in our account. I have called both numbers listed on the website 38 times, leaving nine messages. I have emailed five times. I have used the “contact” link twice, and even sent an email to the registered CEO, Scott Ellingboe, to no avail – not even an autoreply. They and our money have simply disappeared. Our plane leaves in 13 hours, and I have no idea what we’re going to do. I do know this – from my perspective, thehoneymoon.com cannot be trusted. UPDATE: After finally reaching the CEO of the honeymoon.com, he has agreed to wire the funds to my bank on Monday morning. This still does nothing to change the fact that thehoneymoon.com failed my wife and I at a critical moment, nor does it even begin to compensate me for angst, frustration, and and suffering due to their failure to treat me with the basic respect that any human being deserves. It does' however, legally fulfill their contractual obligation to me and my wife.

re going on your honeymoon, pregenerates a list of different activities and expected dollar amounts you'd pay, and gives you free range to pick and choose what you'd like your guests to "buy" for you. After planning a whole wedding, I was relieved that FINALLY I could sit back and just enjoy an essentially pre-planned honeymoon. None of that wake up, get ready, then asking and debating "what should we do today?" and before you know it, half the day is gone and you've done nothing. This way, it was more of "okay, someone bought us surf lessons so let's do that in the morning before we go on the coffee plantation tour that so-and-so bought us." You have the flexibility of choosing your own specific vendor so we shopped around and went with the best deals and ended up not spending as the website suggested in most cases. A week before your scheduled departure they send you a large check to cover the activities purchased... Which we cashed right away. One of the things we registered for was 5 nights at our resort, even though we'd already made reservations. The pre-generated amount was slightly higher than the actual price we got the room for, so as a result we were able to upgrade to a much nicer room. :) Friends and family were also really excited to hear about our experience with the thing they bought us, and everyone thought it was a really neat idea, much better than another few toasters!

ns and packages! and they are all customizable. Their customer service is great at answering questions about how to set up the registry and any other questions you may have. it is easy for guests to purchase from the website and easy for us to keep up with our gifts :)