Most wedding gift registries tend to specify actual products but a new Canadian one, UponAStar lets you see inside the wishes and dreams of the couple getting married, not how many towels nor knives and forks they need.

It is, in fact, an online “wishing well” asking for money but it’s done so stylishly that guests who normally baulk at being bailed up for cash will enjoy taking part.

UponAStar’s wishes of course, cost money (and they specify how much these “wishes” cost and the quantity they’ll need) but the nice thing about it for many is that it is not “stuff” but memories they can share for always.

Many couples might take the immediate gratification of honeymoon wishes – ie horseriding on the beach, Hawaiian massages, hot air balloon ride or whatever – to enjoy right after the wedding. Others may wish to start a family (many brides these days are super-efficient and are already pregnant at the ceremony), while others may be further along the parenting path and wish for an education fund to put their pre-teens through university. Still others will be in renovation mode and wishing they didn’t have to spend their weekends covered in sawdust but to get a tradie to do some of the work.

You can wish for anything you want of course, but the catch is that you will still have to price it (even approximately) if you are to receive your wish.

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