The venue that is our #1 choice just sent us their bar packages. One is cash bar ... We don't want to do that. Two is $50 a person 5 hour open bar w/ top shelf liquors and Three is 5 hours beer & wine for $30 a person.
$50 a person seems insane to me because SO many of the aunts & uncles don't drink or will have one beverage with dinner. That's a $50 drink! FI & I were thinking about just doing an on-consumption open bar but Im worried about the bartenders padding the tab to increase gratuity or simply forgetting exact numbers and estimating in the venues favor. I'm a bartender & have heard of this happening! With that concern the $30 beer & wine might even out to be our best choice. Would you be annoyed if you traveled out of state & were only provided beer & wine, no liquor?
What option would you choose?
