Shannon and Mark
Hi Everyone! First of all, your presence at our wedding in November is the best gift you can give. It truly means so much to us that all of the special people in our lives will gather in one place to celebrate and we cannot say thank you enough for traveling from both near and far to share in our special day. Second, a little about the genesis of our honeymoon registry. Both of us LOVE travel - planning and learning about the destination, stepping off the plane and instantly being thrust into a new and different world, the countless hours after returning home looking at photos and reliving those moments spent in a distant land. Travel creates memories that last a lifetime and our honeymoon will mark the start of many, many years of adventure together. For those of you who are also Adventurers- and Wanderlusts-at-heart, you will understand that we both value memories and experiences from travels as much, or often more, than 'things' we use everyday. So, without further ado....drumroll please.....we're going DOWN UNDER for our honeymoon and we'd love for you to be a part of it! We will do our best to document our trip with plenty of photos and, if you so choose to gift us a honeymoon experience, will include some photographic evidence of your generosity in your much-deserved "thank you" note when we return! Much love, Mark & Shannon
Houston, Texas Cook Islands Sydney, Australia New Zealand Waitomo, New Zealand
Limousine
$75
Limo! Give us a limo to catch our flight from Chicago. We'll be forever grateful to avoid the traffic and enjoy a relaxing, stress-free start to our journey!
Great Barrier Reef snorkling adventure
$300
We'll travel out to the reef on a luxury 29m catamaran and will spend 5 hours visiting three different sites at the Outer Barrier Reef with spectacular coral formations and vibrantly colored marine...
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
$400
The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel, located in Sydney's historic Rocks district, is Sydney's oldest licensed hotel and home to Australia's oldest pub brewery. They only have a small number of rooms but...
Sydney Harbour cruise
$200
We plan to do this Sydney Harbour Cruise on the first day we arrive in Sydney - it's a relaxing cruise that will take us under the Harbour Bridge, past the Opera House and Fort Denison before cross...
Sydney Harbor bridge
$500
We plan to climb to the top of Sydney Harbour bridge on Christmas Day to truly celebrate the holidays Down Under. We'll don BridgeSuits and get 360 degree views of the famous harbor.
Christmas dinner at Eichardt's
$200
We'll enjoy a relaxing tapas-style Christmas dinner at Eichardt's Private Hotel overlooking Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand! This hotel dates back to 1866 and is filled with history and b...
Doubtful Sound overnight cruise
$1,200
This cruise combines it all - relaxing time on the observation deck, cruising the full length of the fiord and weaving through hidden coves and waterways. As evening draws near, the crew will drop ...
Rent a Campervan
$1,125
We are planning to spend a few days touring the coast and spending the nights in our mini-camper van. We've ordered the registry roughly in order of our trip, so we'll have this camper van through...
Give us some culture!
$75
With this gift, we'll rent a Kruse GPS guide for our travels in New Zealand. The guide will give us bits of history and culture as we drive - and we can always use the Best of NZ button to find th...
Fox Glacier hike and ice climbing
$500
This is one Mark has been talking about from the day we started planning! This trip will give us the opportunity to climb spectacular ice walls in the upper part of the Fox Glacier. Armed with ic...
Abel Tasman
$50
The Abel Tasman Coastal Track - This will be a combination drive and hike that alternately winds in and out of gorgeous sheltered coves and golden beaches along the Abel Tasman coastline in New Zea...
Maori
$150
Visit a Maori Marae - We will experience the hongi (the formal nose-to-nose Maori greeting), see deeply moving song and dance performances, and eat from a traditional underground hangi (oven). We'...
Wine tours & tasting
$400
New Zealand's climate is perfect for fine wine growing, wineries, and vineyards. We plan to spend two days touring and sampling the internationally acclaimed wines in the Marlborough region of the ...
Geothermal sites
$75
With this gift, we'll visit the Wai-o-Tapu ( Sacred Waters ) Thermal Wonderland outside of Rotorua. We'll see some of New Zealand’s most colourful natural volcanic environment, including the wor...
Waitomo black water rafting and glow worms
$300
On this tour, we'll go on a 3-hour cave tubing journey through the glowworm-filled Ruakuri Cave. We'll weave, jump and gently float through the caves and may even need to take a leap of faith over...
Splurge Hotel - Te Vakaroa Villas
$1,400
Our trip will end with four relaxing days on the Cook Islands in our very own beachfront bungalow right on Muri Beach with views of Muri Lagoon and beyond the reef to the South Pacific Ocean. Afte...