How Would You Handle This Shipping Situation?

[brendaziz]

Hi!Possibly doing my first bridal shower soon. However, the bride lives here but will be moving out of state shortly after the shower and b4 the actual wedding.

I made it seem as if it would be no issue at all to have all her gifts shipped to Oregon where she'll be. But now i'm wondering how to even do that??
B/c if people are buying for her and for themselves, wouldn't all items ordered by a person need ot be shipped to the same place?

I'd love for her to not have to move all of her new gifts with her.

 

[mrshamel3808]

What you could do is make another guest with her new address. That way whatever people order for her you can put under the the guest with her new shipping address. All you would have to do is cover the $4.25 shipping and possibly whatever the difference is in tax (hey, it might even be cheaper where she's moving!). I'd say figure out people's orders normally, including what they're buying for her and then split it once you're inputting it into P3 so as not to confuse them and yourself with the difference in tax. Plus, this way she gets all her items under her own name for warranty purposes. You can split payments, even if they're credit card payments. Just let the guest know that there will be 2 charges to their card instead of one but it will still be for the same total amount. And you can have multiple payments for one guest's order, even if it's totally different credit cards. Just make sure you have the correct totals for each guest's credit card when doing the bride's order.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I put everything in under each individual's name, and charge them $4.25 tax. Then, after I've taken their payment, I delete the bride's items from their order, and put it in under a new guest's order (under the groom's name) - but this one with direct shipping. There are usually some who only purchase for the bride, and their shipping charges would cover the direct shipping charges for the bride. (and yes, you can have a $0 order for someone with payment....)I also put the bride in as the co-host with direct shipping for her. Everything else gets shipped to the host.I use a special order form for Bridal Showers to help keep this all straight. I think if you do a search in the files for Bridal Shower Order Form, you'll find some different ones.