Open Bar
Mon, 09/07/2009 - 20:36
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So my Fh really, really wants to do an open bar & "thank" everone for coming. But it's really, really not in our budget.
I was willing to give everyone say 2 free drinks on us then after that let them buy their own.
do you think that this is stupid? or that it's not showing our appreciation?
Open bars are very expensive. If you decide to have a cash bar, just make sure that it is in the invitation. I don't generally bring alot of cash with me to the reception and if they end up having a cash bar with no notice, we usually end up leaving early since we didn't bring money with us.
You can have a keg of beer and then punch bowls of drinks instead of the open bar. This would be way cheaper. Maybe have the beer, a wine punch, a whiskey punch and a vodka punch.
I agree with Antkmom - you need to be concerned more about your budget than pleasing everybody. Of course, it is important that your guests be happy nonetheless; but two free drinks are pretty generous to me in today's economy. Open bars are way too expensive and some people end up overdoing it unfortunately.
My Fh and I thought about an open bar, but decided that given a) our budget and b) our families' tendencies to drink too much, we weren't going to have one. We compromised and have drinks with dinner, and have a limited number of wine and beer that we paid for. Once that runs out, the bartenders will switch to cash bar.