Brides Helping Brides ™ - Wedding Bar tab

Post new topic

Wedding Forums > Brides Helping Brides ™ > Wedding Bar tab

Wedding Bar tab

suemac Posted: Nov 21, 2004 11:05 PM+

suemac MEMBER SINCE: 11/04 TOTAL POSTS : 52 WEDDING DATE: May 06, 2006

Posted: Nov 21, 2004 11:05 PM

Wedding Bar tab

Has anyone ever had a wedding where the bar was charged by the amount of drinks consumed and then had to be paid at the end of the night?
I think in Mass. they need to do this. I'm trying to figure out a realistic amount that it would be, so I'm not shocked at the end of the night.

nferrandi Posted: Nov 21, 2004 11:14 PM+

nferrandi MEMBER SINCE: 12/03 TOTAL POSTS : 5367 WEDDING DATE: Oct 09, 2004

Posted: Nov 21, 2004 11:14 PM

Re: Wedding Bar tab

I have no idea how much that could add up to, but if your friends and family are anything like mine, you might as well take a secong mortgage out on your house now! lol!

My hall actually said they had never gone through so many beers. I had a little under 200 guests and we went through 800 bottles of beer. And that's not even taking into account all the wine and alcohol that was consumed. If yiu guess that they charge $3 a beer that would be $2400 just in beer!

suemac Posted: Nov 21, 2004 11:22 PM+

suemac MEMBER SINCE: 11/04 TOTAL POSTS : 52 WEDDING DATE: May 06, 2006

Posted: Nov 21, 2004 11:22 PM

Re: Wedding Bar tab

That is what I am thinking... but that is how the place I want to have my wedding at does it.

A lot of our friends can drink!

nferrandi Posted: Nov 21, 2004 11:32 PM+

nferrandi MEMBER SINCE: 12/03 TOTAL POSTS : 5367 WEDDING DATE: Oct 09, 2004

Posted: Nov 21, 2004 11:32 PM

Re: Wedding Bar tab

Did they at least give you a price list so you can know what you're getting yourself into. They may only charge you by the case for beer and by the bottle for liquor and wine, which would make it much less $$ than if you paid by the glass. If you're really stuck on the hall I would look into the details, otherwise I would just keep looking.

suemac Posted: Nov 22, 2004 10:55 AM+

suemac MEMBER SINCE: 11/04 TOTAL POSTS : 52 WEDDING DATE: May 06, 2006

Posted: Nov 22, 2004 10:55 AM

Re: Wedding Bar tab

The place said they would be charging by drink. $4.50/beer, $7.50/Drink and I'm not sure about the wine glass price. It just seems like it could really add up.

nferrandi Posted: Nov 22, 2004 11:00 AM+

nferrandi MEMBER SINCE: 12/03 TOTAL POSTS : 5367 WEDDING DATE: Oct 09, 2004

Posted: Nov 22, 2004 11:00 AM

Re: Wedding Bar tab

WOW!!! Those are insane prices, where the heck is this? A nightclub in Manhattan?
If they're going to charge you per drink, they need to do a lot better than those prices or you're going to be paying an obscene bar tab at the end of the night.

My wedding would have gone through $3600 in beer alone.

suemac Posted: Nov 22, 2004 11:03 AM+

suemac MEMBER SINCE: 11/04 TOTAL POSTS : 52 WEDDING DATE: May 06, 2006

Posted: Nov 22, 2004 11:03 AM

Re: Wedding Bar tab

They add in a charge of $50/head as an estimate at the beginning of the night She said you could raise it and pay more per head for the alcohol. It isn't in Manhattan it is at East Hampton Point. It is really beautiful, but I think this may kill it for us.