While I did see that this has been addressed in the past, I'm curious, especially given the economic climate that is plaguing America currently
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Can you do beer, wine and a signature drink instead? If I went to a wedding which had fancy decorations, dress or whatever and I was paying for drinks, I might be annoyed. I would think guests should come before an expensive dress or whatever. Just my opinion though.
It's hard to decide. We are also having an afternoon reception at a restaurant. Everyone has told us they went to drink and its not cheap there. But we are going to suck it up and offer an open bar. Wine/Champagne starts at 39 dollars a bottle and corkage fee was 20. Not much option!
Well everyone has their choices. For us, the place we're having it has really reasonable prices. $3 house pilsner, etc. While I would love to be able to buy everyones' drinks, it's simply not feasible.
One champagne toast, maybe, but I'm not going to skimp just so others can have some crappy beer they probably wouldn't want anyway.
I don't think it is tacky at all..then again I am also doing one! My FH and I do not drink, so we don't feel like we should be paying for a service we will not use at all. Also, I hope it will help limit the number of drinks people have at my wedding, I don't want anyone to get trashed.
According to etiquette (at least where I come from), there are certain rules of hosting. The bare minimum is providing enough food to make sure people aren`t hungry and there`s water to drink. Not providing alcohol is not a big deal. Asking guests to pay for it is not appropriate.
It`s your call what you do but I`d rather not see a bar than a cash-bar. And most people don`t take cash with them when going to a formal event.
My feeling is that we're having free juice, soda, etc. It's their choice if they want to pay for something else. It's a restaurant, so it's not like we can not have it. It's just an option. I don't see what the big deal is. There's going to be tons of food.
Honestly other then the alcohol that's more selection then most. The fact that you have juice is better most. It's always Soda, Tap water, and Alcohol.
I don't think it's tacky. I have never been to an all open bar wedding in my life. Most of them have had free beer/wine and then cash for everything else. Does your venue offer kegs? Those aren't that expensive and can usually serve quite a bit.
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It's not an expensive dress. It's $300.
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One champagne toast, maybe, but I'm not going to skimp just so others can have some crappy beer they probably wouldn't want anyway.
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It`s your call what you do but I`d rather not see a bar than a cash-bar. And most people don`t take cash with them when going to a formal event.
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