TheBigDay Mentioned in Elite Wedding Collection Magazine

Because the lead time on magazines is so great, we sometimes talk to reporters and then forget about their stories until we stumble across them a few months later. That's happened recently with a feature on honeymoon destinations in the Portland Monthly Bride and Groom, which included recommendations from both Patti and David. It also happened today with an article on untraditional registries in Beverly Clark's Elite Wedding Collection magazine - an interview that happened way back in July!

TheBigDay Mention on Good Morning America

It's definitely wedding planning time! This morning, the executive editor of Real Simple Magazine talked about honeymoon registries on Good Morning America and highlighted TheBigDay's experience-based registry. Although we can't link to the video directly, you can go to the GMA website and look at the video link associated with Bridal Savings. Thanks to Real Simple and GMA!

Oh my my! The Wizard of Oz and Honeymoon Registries

With Halloween right around the corner, and Dorothy's, Scarecrows and Cowardly Lions aplenty underfoot, we took a look at some of the registries that have made odes to the Wizard of Oz and all its timeless characters:

Swimsuits, beach clothes, and shades oh my!
Aberdeen, Inverness and Dingwall, oh my!
Museums, Art and Haunted Houses - Oh my!
Waffles, and Pancakes, and French Toast, OH MY!
Hula dancers, fire, and roast pig, oh my!
Flowers, birds, and butterflies -- oh my!
Strawberries and chocolate and wine-- Oh My!
Sloths, Monkeys, and Quetzals oh my!
Taxis, transfers, and trains.... oh my!
Taxis, Trolleys, Trams, Oh My!
Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh My!
Exploring, Tours, Expenses, oh my!
Jeeps, helicopters, and boats, Oh My!
Sea turtles and sharks and sting rays, oh my!
Mojitos, Margaritas & Pina Coladas oh my!
Sloths, Monkeys, and Quetzals oh my!
Butterflies and coffee, oh my!
Lions and Tigers and Bears... Oh my!!
Caves, Gloworms, and Trees...OH My!
Pagodas, museums, cathedrals... oh my!
Gratuties, Cabs, Tube Fare, Oh My!
Running of the Bulls, Oh my!
Bikes, Boats & Elephants...oh my!
Shades, flip-flops and togas, oh my!
Backpacks and suitcases, oh my!
Rain storms, sun burns, and sand flies... Oh my!
Roos, wallabies and wombats oh my!
Lions and tigers and bears oh my
Kangaroos, penguins and seals-- oh my!
Coffee, Ukeleles, Pooka Shells (oh my!)
Lions, tigers and bears...oh my! (Kenya)
Three nights of "Lions and Tigers and Bears oh my!
Lions, Tigers and Bears...oh my! (Kenya)
Gravad Lax, Pickled Herring, Cloudberries, OH MY!

TheBigDay.com Site Re-Launch

There are some fantastic changes happening over at TheBigDay.com!

We are pleased to announce that starting today, TheBigDay.com has an entirely new design. Now, it's even easier to search for expert advice, read up on your destination with our travel guides and manage your registry and travel plans with the 'OurBigDay' section.

We've also added some new features in the past few weeks including:

The ability to clone registry items from shared registries

Easy-share of photo albums with guests

Personal resort ratings

Currency conversion for guests who may be traveling from out of the country

In the upcoming weeks, look for additional articles including our guide to destination weddings, improved search functions and social networking opportunities.

Fly on over to TheBigDay to check out the new site. Let us know your thoughts (and any errors you might find!) by emailing us at TechSupport at TheBigDay d-o-t com.

Michael, Jared and the rest of TheBigDay Team

Princess Cruises knows how to spread the "Love"

David Seeberger, one of TheBigDay's travel specialists, recently attained the status of Commodore Travel Agent from Princess Cruises. As an added benefit, David has had the opportunity to rub elbows with the one and only Gavin MacLeod - otherwise known as The Love Boat's Captain Stubing! :)

David, our very own TravelMan, first met the Captain at the Las Vegas Luxury travel show and most recently in Seattle. MacLeod is the spokesman for Princess Cruises and has worked wonders for the cruise industry - so it is always an event to meet a true icon!

Share photo albums with your wedding guests

When you return from your honeymoon, pretty much everybody who was at your wedding will want to see your pictures, of course. But with an average of about 170 guests at a wedding, that's a lot of email addresses to type into whatever website you use for your online photo albums.

We released a new feature today that'll help--a special version of our e-postcards, where you can place a link to the photo album on the card, and select recipients from the people who've bought gifts from your registry and/or you've send an e-postcard to before. We even automatically weed out duplicates, so you don't accidentally send it to the same people 2 or 3 times :-)

Log in to your registry, and click the link that says "Share a photo album with your guests".



-- Michael