Over 20,000 couples have used the
registry earning, on average, over $2000 in honeymoon gifts through
TheBigDay.com

Guests often feel a more personal connection when they purchase honeymoon
gifts rather than household items for the wedding couple.5-9% of the total dollar value earned through the registry apply.com and TheBigDay Travel

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Spending Patterns: Over vs.

-- More planning time means more time to budget.04 months.com, is the most powerful and
easiest-to-use shopping search site on the Web.

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com. Couples feel like they say the word
'wedding' and prices double.shopzilla.

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Some couples are more adventurous than others and
list exotic gifts like going shark feeding, tandem skydiving or even whip
cream and chocolate for the hotel room!

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Why the Regrets?

New trends and the desire to have saved money are often the causes
for regrets. Under Budget

On budgeting for the big day, 85% spent less than $10 ,000 for
their ceremony or reception. It's more expensive to reorder
additional invitations later.

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items like champagne breakfasts in bed, horseback rides on the beach or
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3 . The Web helps even those odds, making
sure you get your money's worth," said Denise and Alan Fields ,
consumer advocates and authors of "Bridal Bargains + The Bridal
Passport.

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Marrying high-touch with high-tech, the Oregon-based
company, founded in 2001, has quickly grown to become the most widely used
honeymoon travel agency and honeymoon gift registry in the world. Photographs

7. While 69% spent what they expected to
pay, amazingly, 17% of men and 21% of women said their wedding or
reception was under budget and 36% of them said that not having a
preference for branded items brought costs down.

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Having two gift registries is one of the
hottest wedding trends this season -- one for traditional gifts and one for
the honeymoon. They just inflate the prices higher for
those guests," said one survey respondent in a study of 677 married or
once married respondents conducted by BizRate Research for Shopzilla
(www. Wedding flowers

Men and women have different perceptions about wedding costs.

Preparation Pays Off Online

Women use the Internet more on wedding-related expenses with 29%
of them researching honeymoon plans on the Internet vs.

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Websites containing information of interest and use to brides , grooms and others planning a wedding.

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12% of couples honeymoon for two weeks or more.

Men
most often reported that their rings cost less than expected (18%).
However, among the 13% of men and 11% of women who had spent more
than expected, 36% reported that having more attendees than originally
intended escalated costs. For more
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average honeymoon costs $4,000.
"Couples who are planning a wedding need not worry about looking
back and saying , 'could-a, should-a, would-a' like the 16% of men and
8% of the women we surveyed about life's expenditures who wished they
had spent less on the wedding to save for a home, car or education.

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countries having used the service.

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Today's Bride Worries About:

-- Exceeding budget - 66%
-- Forgetting a crucial detail - 50%
-- Party not being fun - 40%
-- Guests not showing up - 25%

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Most Searched for Wedding Items on Shopzilla:

-- Wedding dresses
-- Wedding shoes
-- Wedding rings

-- May 2005

Tips:

-- June is the most popular month to have a wedding.:

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A
third (33%) of men and 42% of women reported that if they could do it
over again, they would approach their ceremony and reception
differently.

The most frequently mentioned
wedding-related item bought online is:

-- Honeymoon travel (17%)

-- Invitations and thank you notes (13%)

About The Study:

The study, conducted by BizRate Research, a division of Shopzilla
Inc. Every week
Shopzilla prepares millions of shoppers to make smarter, more
confident purchases and send them directly to the checkout page of
thousands of online merchants. also operates the
BizRate consumer feedback network and powers shopping search for many
of the Web's largest consumer sites including AOL, Lycos, Time
Warner's RoadRunner, and many others.

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honeymoon registry also allows guests to quickly and easily purchase gifts
online any time of day or night.com than all other honeymoon registries combined.
According to Shopzilla , which has more than 30 million products
and 50,000 stores, everyone seems to have some wedding regrets . Today, engaged couples search for wedding ceremonies in
different places like zoos and gardens, black-and-white
photo-journalism style pictures, couples showers, longer, more exotic
honeymoons and platinum rings, to name a few.

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the only limit to the registry
is the couple's imagination! Gifts on a honeymoon registry can also ask for
contributions towards airfare, hotels and rental cars.

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average honeymoon is slightly less than 8 days, more than twice as long as
a typical vacation .com was named a Better Business Bureau "Business of the Year" in
2004 for Innovative Business Practices .
Shopzilla, which has more than 12,000 wedding products in one
location, can help couples navigate the overwhelming wedding product
choices on the market and save money too," says Helen Malani, chief
shopping expert, Shopzilla..even if that just
means using sites to check prices on small items to make sure local
stores aren't gouging them.

Most researched items are as follows:

27 % of women and 15% of men researched wedding invitations and
thank you notes

24% of women and 13% of men researched the facility rental

23% of women researched their wedding gown and shoes

21% of women researched wedding party gifts

In contrast to the relatively high proportion of consumers
researching wedding-related items online, a smaller percentage
actually make a purchase. This is
followed by May, August and September. Shopzilla also features powerful comparison
tools and BizRate consumer reviews of stores and products, the Web's
largest and most trusted consumer feedback network.

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com features the most free tools and features of any online
honeymoon travel registry, including announcement cards, a wedding web page
and email, images and photos, thank -you notes, e-postcards and more!

For couples who book at least a $3500 trip through TheBigDay Travel, the
honeymoon registry is free! For couples booking smaller trips, fees of
3.
-- 99 % of couples who choose a traditional wedding take a honeymoon.

About TheBigDay., was based on a point-of-sale survey with a sample of 677
married, divorced or widowed persons (257 male, 420 female ) from May
5, 2005 to May 9.

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The record is over $28,000! TheBigDay Travel's registry
(TheBigDay .com, instead of registering for towels and toasters, couples
list things that will make their honeymoon an unforgettable experience:
romantic dinners, sunset cruises, massages.com), the most powerful comparison shopping search site
on the Web. Interestingly, nearly the
same proportion (27% of men and 24 % of women) reported they would hold
a larger reception.

Top Expenses -- Expected and Unexpected

The top highest-expenditure items reported were:

1. 50% reported taking
1-6 months to plan their weddings.

-- The traditional "rule of thumb" is that there should be one usher
for every 50 guests.

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The benefit for couples who use TheBigDay.
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registry is that they can often afford a more extraordinary honeymoon than
they could purchase on their own.. Each couple has an average
of 2.com and TheBigDay Travel help couples plan and afford spectacular
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Women most often reported that their dress and shoes cost less than
expected (28% of women reporting, but only 11 % of men agreed). 22% of men. Try and plan your wedding
in other months to avoid the high demand .com

About Shopzilla, Inc.

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-- According to a study performed by Conde Nast, brides make more than
177 purchasing decisions while planning their weddings.

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LOS ANGELES----"Never tell the hotel
that you're on your honeymoon. Almost 30% of men and 23% of women indicated they would
have a smaller, more intimate gathering. Gown and shoes

4. Facility rental

6. With an index of over
30 million products from more than 50,000 stores, Shopzilla uses
ShopRank, a proprietary patent-pending algorithm, to help shoppers
instantly find virtually anything on sale from anyone, anywhere on the
Web at the best price.

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More Tips:

-- Order 10 - 25 additional invitations than what you think you 'll
need in case you forget someone. Shopzilla, Inc.

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Maybe they
remember what a wonderful time they had getting a couple's massage years
ago, or a sunrise breakfast on the beach, so it gives them pleasure to
provide the bride and groom with a similar experience.
"The Web is a key weapon for couples to keep soaring wedding costs
from swallowing their budgets. Founded in 1996, the Los
Angeles -based company is profitable and privately held.

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PRESS RELEASE Hot New Trend for Couples -- Travel Gift Registries

Couples devote more than three times the
amount of money to a honeymoon than they would to an ordinary vacation. More couples who create honeymoon registries choose
TheBigDay . Couples will direct
$6 billion toward gift registries and spend a total of $7 billion on
honeymoons. 2005.

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Weddings are a $72 billion annual industry in the United States:

-- 3 out of 4 couples use a wedding registry. Today's brides and grooms are
Internet -savvy and know how to get a good deal.