September 30, 20267 min readYou've seen what a great wishlist can look like. Now here's how to actually build one: choosing what to include, pricing it right, and writing descriptions that make guests excited to chip in.
A Honeymoon Pot works brilliantly on its own. But when you add a wishlist of specific moments guests can choose to fund, something shifts. Guests stop handing over cash and start feeling like they're funding memories. Here's how to build one.
A Honeymoon Pot works brilliantly on its own — one link, guests chip in, money comes to you. Simple, and couples love it.
But when you add named moments guests can contribute towards — a dinner on the last night, a room upgrade, a sunrise boat trip — something extra happens. The contribution stops being abstract. It becomes something they chose. Something they helped make happen.
The wishlist doesn't change what happens to the money. It just gives guests something to picture — and that makes giving feel like more of a gift.
Before you think about amounts, think about the moments you're most excited about. The things you'd circle in a travel guide. The experiences you'd splurge on if money were no object.
That's your wishlist.
It doesn't need to be exhaustive. Five to ten moments is plenty — enough to give guests a real sense of the trip, and enough variety that guests giving different amounts can all find something that feels right.
A good wishlist has something for everyone. Not because guests need to be guided to a particular amount, but because different guests will want to give different things — and you want all of them to find something they feel good about.
A rough guide:
£15–30 — something small and lovely: a cocktail, a local market visit, a guidebook for the trip
£50–75 — a lunch, a wine tasting, a day trip
£100–150 — a dinner, a spa treatment, a cooking class
£200+ — a night in the hotel, flights, a boat trip or excursion
You don't need one at every price point. Just make sure there's a spread, so no guest feels like their contribution is too small. Guests can choose to either fund an item outright, or chip in towards something larger like flights.
The name of the moment matters less than the way you describe it. "Dinner" is fine. "A long dinner on the terrace on our last night, watching the sun go down over the water" gives guests something to picture.
You don't need to write a paragraph for every item. A sentence is enough. The goal is to make the guest feel like they're there — or at least, like they're helping make it happen.
Some examples:
A glass of champagne when we arrive — £18
A lazy afternoon at the beach club — £45
A sunset boat trip around the coastline — £75
Dinner at the restaurant we've had bookmarked for two years — £120
A night in the overwater villa we've been dreaming about — £250
Specific beats generic. Every time.
That's fine — most couples haven't. You don't need a confirmed itinerary to build a wishlist. You just need a sense of the trip: where you're going, what kind of holiday it is, and what you're most excited about.
If you know you're going to Japan, you can add a sushi dinner or a night in a ryokan without having booked the specific restaurant. If you're going to the Greek islands, a sailing day or fresh seafood on the harbour gives guests something real to picture, even if the details come later.
Update as you firm up plans. Guests appreciate the specificity when they see it.
Being too vague. "Help towards our honeymoon" is a fund, not a wishlist. Give each item a name and a description.
Setting everything at the same price. Variety is the point. A wishlist where everything costs £100 doesn't give guests options.
Overthinking it. You don't need ten perfectly curated items before you share your Pot. Start with three or four moments you're genuinely excited about, and add more as you go.
A Honeymoon Pot is free to create, and guests don't need an account to chip in — just a link. You can keep it simple or add a wishlist of moments at different price points so guests can choose what they'd like to fund.
Related reading:
Sam and Merel’s honeymoon wishlist
Jasmine Stone is a marketing manager with nearly ten years’ experience in digital fundraising and tech, creating campaigns that feel human rather than transactional. At Collection Pot, she focuses on content that makes group gifting easier and more joyful. When she is off duty, you will usually find her with her nose in a good book or exploring a new city.
