Beirut – As the wedding season starts in Lebanon with the first hints of summer, many engaged couples think about executing their wedding vision exactly as they have imagined it to be. However, without smart planning, wedding woes can really spoil the couple’s excitement and the dream of a perfect wedding might in reality become a series of unfortunate events.
To take the stress out of nuptial planning for brides- and grooms-to-be, Khoury Home, Lebanon’s leading retailer of household products, has come up again this year with an inventive new feature that brings peace of mind back to the planning process. The household retailer’s “Wedding List” allows couples about to tie the knot to interactively create and manage their online bridal registry, from dreaming up the perfect wedding gift list, to tracking their account online and thanking contributing guests.
Once couples open their Wedding List account with Khoury Home, guests can deposit a sum of their choosing as a gift to the couple, which the bride and groom can use to purchase items they fancy from Khoury Home or spend however they wish.
Every time a guest makes a gift contribution, the Wedding List account is updated and a free SMS notification is instantly sent to the couple of the amount transferred to their account, in addition to a ‘Thank You’ SMS that is sent to the invitee who deposited the gift money.
“At Khoury Home, we are happy to celebrate with our customers the best moment of their lives. Offering a stress less gifting and planning service is the least we can do for our couples-to-be who usually need to focus on the preparations of their Big Day. Khoury Home’s Wedding List truly offers this helping hand”, said Joy Yazbeck, Khoury Home’s Marketing Manager. “Besides adding point-and-click ease, interactivity and excitement to the process, Khoury Home’s Wedding List saves the twosome of receiving duplicate and unwanted gifts as they benefit from guests’ cash contributions that they can decide on how to spend, while giving them the luxury of planning for and coordinating their future home according to their preferences. They can even just use the deposited amount to go on their dream honeymoon if they like”.
The system also liberates wedding guests from the agony of figuring out the perfect gift for the couple and makes their contributions more meaningful and appreciated, as it is up to the couple to decide how they will use guests’ deposits. Guests can deposit money to the twosome’s Wedding List account via in-store payment, online payment, or bank transfer.
An amount equal to the cash money deposited in the Wedding List account is to be paid in check or bank transfer to the bride-and groom-to-be. Alternatively, the couple can choose to buy the items of their liking from Khoury Home and get 3% of the purchased items’ net amount as cashback, with the remaining sum, if any, to be paid to them in cheque or bank transfer.
Other perks the Wedding List offers couples include a free Khoury Home Visa Card to shop instantly and pay later, a $200 gift voucher from Antoine Saliba, a free $200 gift voucher from Wild Discovery for any honeymoon booked for a value of $2500 and above, free cooking session from Lamina’s Kitchen, 15% discount on Mode & Deco products and 20% off to spend at the Little White Box; an entertainment company for event services. Instructions for opening a new Wedding List account are available at Khoury Home’s website.