I need help with some invitation wording.

[ladydelaidra]

It's a small thing I'm needing help with.

FH and I don't drink and we can't afford to do an open bar for our reception. Cue the CASH BAR. (Dun dun DUUUUN!) I know some people find it tacky, but I consulted a few family members who assured me they would be fine with paying for their drinks instead of us having a dry reception.

Anywho, what I'd like

Comments

[amelia_eve]

In a recent discussion about this here, I think the consensus was that the classier term was "no-host bar." I do think you should tell people ahead of time so they know to bring cash.

[specialk268402]

whatever you do, warn people somehow. my husband was a groomsman in a wedding that was a cash bar, but no one told us, so we didn't have any money on us! it was incredibly frustrating.

[vawawwee]

We are having a cash bar and we're not putting it on the invites, it's pretty common practice around here so i think people would expect it!

[grinnellian2001]

Sorry, that last line should read "cash bar" rather than "open bar".

*shrug* If it's not awkward to you then fine, I'm just sharing my perspective. It may be because I spent the last 10 years as a broke student, then a broke museum employee and so I'm sensitive to things costing money.

[autopsycorpses]

I think it is perfectly fine to have a cash bar. Infact, I think a cash bar helps some people to drink more responsibly. The times I have been to open bar receptions, people drink like fish out of water just because they aren't paying for it. It's sad, but it happens.

Where I am from, there tends to be a "half-cash" bar: That is, the wedding party pays for beer and soda. Any other alcoholic beverages (wine, liquor, mixed drinks) are paid for by the person ordering.