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Do not charge your friends and family for drinks. If you need to cut costs, do a limited beer and wine bar with a specialty cocktail
I agree with this! You can also do a time limited open bar!
Yes, people will be pissed off if they have to pay for their drinks
If they’re spending even a little to come to your wedding, yes you as the host should pay for their alcohol
We are just doing free beer and wine with no other options. I've also been to a wedding where the beer was free and guests could pay for other drinks which was a great compromise.
Rising Star
please do not throw a party and then make your friends and family pay for things there. there’s plenty of ways to do an open bar in a cheaper manner but i promise people will feel gross about it if they have to carry cash to get a drink at your event
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As someone who was a bridesmaid who had to spend to be one and then buy a gift for wedding and bridal shower, yes, they will be pissed lol
Pro
My brother did the same!! He pre-mixed all the cocktails so you could just serve yourself from a big glass jug with a spout. He’s a mixologist for fun and they came out so good. Only cost a few hundred dollars and everyone was happy
I feel that open bars are a must for weddings. It's weird to expect your guests to pay for anything aside from tipping the bar.
Rising Star
We are buying our wine from Trader Joe’s and beer from Costco and may drive out of state to buy our liquor from Costco (in our state we have to buy it at a state sponsored store). Then we are doing a pre-made Rum Punch and Mint Julep in jugs and beer and wine. That’s it.
Some venues say you must buy thru them so it’s very venue dependent
Open bar is the only way . If you want to save just do beer wine only with decent wine
I personally am not a huge drinker and never have been. I feel like I’m definitely in the minority here but I’ve never understood or agreed with this notion that weddings are only worth it if there’s free booze?? Like maybe let’s not charge people for a $20 glass of wine but if I’m at a wedding to support my friends, I’d be less concerned about dropping a few bucks and more focused on enjoying their day. Weddings are tough and expensive enough to plan as it is.
Rising Star
it’s not not worth it if there’s no open bar, but it’s gross to pass the cost of your event onto your guests. have the wedding you can afford, it also costs enough money to be a guest at a wedding, without having to pay for things while you’re there. i’m not a big drinker either but i would feel gross about having to dish out cash during a party someone else is throwing. id be more ok with an alcohol free wedding than a cash bar
We had open bar, and have no regrets. We made a list of all wedding related items, ranked where we did not see the value of spending x amount of money. For example; the traditional cake was not important, we saved at least $300. Instead we had kick ass doughnuts and reallocated the rest of the money towards the open bar. Some catering companies will not allow you to bring or buy your own alcohol, we luckily chose one that allowed us to purchase our own selection and returned what it was not consumed. I would rather go to a wedding that has open bar or cash bar than no bar at all.
We had an open bar with a per drink max (that only the bartenders needed to know about) and specialty drinks/mocktails.
As guests, I don't mind paying as I don't drink much. But if everything else was extravagant at the expense of the guest experience/our costs, then I wouldn't love that.