GIFT LISTS

When it comes to gift lists, put simply, you have two options – to manage your own, or to let a company do it on your behalf.

The popularity of formally managed gift lists has soared in recent years and now numerous well established high-street chains are offering them to couples across the UK. In short, a formal gift list is a superbly convenient way of managing the whole gift process ensuring you get just what you want for the least amount of hassle. You will be guided through the whole process from beginning to end by skilled sales staff and catered for at every stage along the way. Over 60% of UK couples now choose to have professionally managed gift lists and we're willing to put money on the fact that figure will rise even higher in the next few years.

Conversely, self-managed gift lists have fallen in popularity in recent years as more couples stride to ease the burden of the whole wedding process. However, having a DIY gift-list does have a number of advantages so it is not necessarily just a matter of immediately plumping for a company to do it on your behalf.

To help you decide what to opt for, let’s take a look at the pro’s and con’s of a professionally managed gift list.

Pro’s

·         Ultra-convenient: There’s no getting away from it, you have a lot to organise for your Big Day. A professionally managed gift list can help alleviate some of the burden by taking pretty much all of the management of the gift process away from you.

·         Professionally managed: This is probably the first time you will have managed a gift list – the experts do it day in and day out, so why not leave it to the pro’s?