Liquor at Wedding

AprilVF Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:06 PM

Liquor at Wedding

My fiance and I decided not to have an open bar at our wedding. He came up with an idea to buy wine on our own and put like 2 or 3 bottles on each table. Does anyone know if a reception hall would allow that?

amyandbill Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:08 PM

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Probably not...I wouldn't think the Riviera would allow it. I don't think they would reduce the price at least.....Why don't you want to have an open bar?

AprilVF Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:10 PM

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Well they did reduce the price for us which i didnt think they would. but our families dont drink at all, just our friends do. So he was thinking of just buying some bottles of wine on our own..

RedHead Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:14 PM

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Posted by AprilVF

My fiance and I decided not to have an open bar at our wedding. He came up with an idea to buy wine on our own and put like 2 or 3 bottles on each table. Does anyone know if a reception hall would allow that?

DEFINATELY NOT

amyandbill Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:15 PM

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hmmmmm....Is it worth the price difference...if you don't mind me asking how much are they knocking off per person? Do all your friends only drink wine?

AprilVF Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:16 PM

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They knocked of $15 off each person for us.

amyandbill Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:19 PM

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I don't think it's worth it. I would stay with an open bar. If you were opposed to drinking because of religious reasons I would say don't have an open bar or any alcohol at all but that's not the case.

RedHead Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:20 PM

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they aren't going to let you serve your own wine...

AprilVF Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:21 PM

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So what about if we bought the wine from them instead of buying it ourselves??

july06bride Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:22 PM

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Posted by amyandbill

I don't think it's worth it. I would stay with an open bar. If you were opposed to drinking because of religious reasons I would say don't have an open bar or any alcohol at all but that's not the case.

i agree

Bella Blu Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:23 PM

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You may want to consider having an open bar, but run a tab instead of paying per head.

Talk to your banquet manager and ask the average price per drink. You may be able to guesstimate how much it will cost depending how many people will probably drink and if they are heavy or light drinkers.

Hope this helps!

Maria

RedHead Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:25 PM

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Posted by AprilVF

So what about if we bought the wine from them instead of buying it ourselves??

you wouldn't buy the wine..you would just pay for a only serve wine bar....

imo not worth it..

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:26 PM

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you should call your hall and ask... but I don't think they'll allow that.

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:27 PM

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Posted by AprilVF

They knocked of $15 off each person for us.

just as an FYI, folks who don't drink all that much tend to do so at weddings, IMO.

AprilVF Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:28 PM

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Thanks for all your help.. thats a good idea about the bar itself serving only wine... I'm all new on all this wedding stuff

RedHead Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:30 PM

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good luck

AprilVF Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:31 PM

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Thank you!!

ML110 Posted: Apr 26, 2005 08:33 PM

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Posted by dleeny

Posted by AprilVF

They knocked of $15 off each person for us.
just as an FYI, folks who don't drink all that much tend to do so at weddings, IMO.

this is what our caterer told us, too.... they don't provide alcohol... we go to a liqour store and buy our own and can return any unopened bottles... and the caterer said to keep in mind that when they aren't paying for alchol, even people who usually aren't heavy drinkers tend to drink a decent amount...
i would see if your hall offers an open bar but with a tab instead of a price per head., seems like that would be the best option for you...

buggiegirl Posted: Apr 26, 2005 09:16 PM

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we opted not to do a full open bar- instead we are doing open wine beer and soda.

i know some girls have said in the past that this seems cheap- but we have to save where we can.

IMO I would not think it was cheap. You should check out this option- it saved us $10pp!!

amazon_gracie Posted: Apr 26, 2005 09:22 PM

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We just decided to do wine, beer, and champagne at our reception. 99 perecent of our guests at this reception will be church friends. Only a handful can handle alcohol so we figured it wasn't worth it to pay the extra money.