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Devoted May 2012

Alcohol byob?

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lovebride, on October 20, 2011 at 12:58 AM

My wedding is going to be very casual with close friends and family at a beach house. I am trying to decide on a byob reception. One of my guests actually suggested it. With everyone having different tastes it seems hard to even pick what alcohol to have. Take beer for example, light/reg, keg. Keg beer is cheap but most say it's nasty. Beer drinkers seem to b pretty perticular about their brands. Then theres your whiskey, rum, and vodka drinkers, red or white wine. I cannot afford to supply that many choices. We thought of having champaign toast and some sangria, and if u want something else you can bring it yourself. I'm starting to wish we'd just ran off by ourselves instead of spending so much $$$.

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Devoted May 2012
lovebride · on October 25, 2011 at 10:35 AM
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Haha Lesli, thats awesome! I feel much better about it all now. I know now that I don't have to supply everyones drink of choice, and will probably cost a lot less than than I anticipated.
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Lesli · on October 25, 2011 at 10:42 AM
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We've bought our hard liquor already; it was only $400 and we can return what we don't open (fat chance of that, lol). We wisely decided to keep it at the store and pick it up a few weeks before the wedding, because otherwise it would already be gone!
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Missy · on November 14, 2014 at 9:49 AM
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I agree the it depend on the you, you style of wedding and the guests attending.
I have a friend who got married in august and she did BYOB. Her wedding was still traditional in many aspects, but it was also very casual... i.e. buffet style BBQ dinner, BYOB, both men and women of the bridal party wore flip flops and the night ended with people camping there for the weekend (was done on an acreage on a long weekend). BYOB worked really well for her, because it suited their wedding style as well as their personalities. It didn't come across as tacky or in poor taste.
On the other hand, because I come from a big Italian family, the expectation is set much higher. Pretty much anything other then an open bar, would be considered offensive to them. lol
So really there is no right or wrong way, just do what's right for you.
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Just Said Yes September 2015
Anne · on March 13, 2015 at 6:36 PM
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Our reception venue actually doesn't have their liquor license, would it be tacky then for us to say it's non alcoholic event if our guests don't bring their own beer / wine? The venue is fine with us bringing in the Alcohol just not the hard stuff.
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