Cash bar

This is all so crazy! To me it's simple it was never an option of alcohol not being in the budget! It's how much is the food and open bar at this venue.....okay sounds good. Not can we cut out the alcohol or do a cash bar.....neither of those have ever been a thought in my mind!

Since this is the thread that never ends...

1) I'm from Southern Ontario, I've never been to a wedding with a cash bar. My mother went to one, 30 years ago, she still talks about how tacky it was.

2) If you can't afford a fully open bar, beer and wine plus soft drinks (juice, pop, water, etc) need to be available. Budget accordingly.

3) Stop be a bad host. Do you invite people over to your house and charge them $5 for every glass of wine or bottle of beer they consume? If you do, then I have no hope for you as a person or host, if you don't, then why would you at your wedding?

Also, can I just say I wish Celia could officiate at my wedding? I'm sure most of us wish that too.

Awww.....thank you Jessie!

One of the weddings I'm writing now is having a toast to the guests right after the welcome, lol....we just can't decide whether they're going to toast with Patron (coffee flavored) or Prosecco!

My FMIL just commented That she wanted a cash bar and that her side of the family would take advantage of an open bar and become bad. I have gotten the advice on a cash bar from others saying that if you have an open bar your just asking for trouble.... so how do you handle people getting out of control? I am with you guys I would prefer an open bar for my guests I just want some ways to rebut any comments about cash bar

Send your FMIL to this thread. If she's smart, she'll get it.

@Benjamin, tell your FMIL that your open bar will be served by licensed bartenders who are trained to know when someone has had enough and would cut them off, IF that happens.

@Benjamin The bartenders should anticipate when to cut people off and if your family is really THAT bad, hire security.

Can you just hide this post. Cause that would be great....

I have never seen alcohol at a wedding and my family wont drink it if it is there so I have no Idea what to expect but my FW wants it so I am ok with it.

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Benjamin pls start a new post and let this one stay in hell where it has been. Thanks.

O&S right? Someone just kill this post.

In all seriousness - if your worried about people being out of control - that is an issue cash bar or not - you need to trust the staff to not over serve

How are you guys still falling for these? You realize they are all fake, right?

If you stop feeding it, it will die lol

Doesn't sound rude to me because people tend to abuse "FREE"...so cash bar at our reception too.

I just read through 28 pages and am sorely disappointed that it was revived for this nonsense. Flagging to put it out of our misery.

Oh Loooooorrdddd this thread is STILL going?!?

I have officially moved from being slightly impressed to totally impressed that this thread is up.

Oh boy..

If this is someone who posted about having a cash bar to get a reaction out of everyone and now has 500+ responses, then I truly applaud their efforts lol!