Drink tickets?

Nope

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I agree to that! But the couple didn't have a cash bar, they just couldn't afford to provide endless alcohol so they chose a 2 drink max. I wasn't offended but I could see how some guests would be.

Nope. So much nope to this.

Think of it this way, truly think, if you were the guests that you were inviting how would you feel. Me personally I would not care but I know people who would feel it was rude. I have been to ones with caps and it didn't phase me, but it did other people. How do you want your day "presented" to your guests?

"people shouldn't go to a wedding for the alcohol"

-roughly translates to-

"We are cheap and trying to justify it by any means necessary."

@LindseyO, then you can't afford your wedding. If you can't properly host it, you should cut your guest list or push out your date. Way to punish your guests because you're being cheap. Nice.

I honestly wouldn't do this. FYI the majority of people here will tell you not to do this, and very good chances are that your guests will side eye it as well.

Last open bar wedding my uncle and cousin into a drunken fist fight, knocked over the cake and the cops arrested mad people. We can't do holidays outside the house because they get kicked out due to being drunk. I don't trust my family with alcohol and would have a dry wedidng if I could

@Lindsey - Why are you inviting people that get into drunken fist fights?

Oh Lindsey....same old excuses.

It's cheap. It's always cheap; it has nothing to do with sloppy friends.

And a bar should be as much of a part of the budget as silverware.

@snowqueen I really like that comment on how you want your day presented to your guests.

Just because I wasn't offended or felt it was tacky, someone else might..

If I showed up to a wedding like that, I'd be like wtf is this, a company picnic?

Sounds like a great party Lindsey.

Why did you invite them?

It's my whole dads family, they are drunks. But to keep the drama from my dad they have to go

I personally think it's a great idea. Some venues don't do an open bar. What they do is, you put so much money down on the bar for your guests to drink and once that money have run out, then it turns to a cash bar. The drink tickets are to make make sure everyone gets the same amount of free drinks so there's not that one person that downs 8-9 drinks and the money has run out before anyone else can get to their second drink. No it's not the best idea, an open bar would be better, but not everyone has the money to spend on an open bar. Your guests are there to share the experience with you. Not to drink the night away. If you think it's a good idea, then do it. It's your day and no one else's. Everyone is going to be happy just by being there for you on your day. You don't need an open bar to satisfy your guests.

Lindsey, nope. No one is entitled to go to your wedding. These people would not be on my guestlist.

Cops and fistfights should be the last of your worries.

What if they decide to get drunk before the wedding?

Brittany, nope, just scratch the tickets in that case. Tickets are for carnivals and company picnics. The people drinking more will be balanced out by non-drinkers, and ideally people supply enough alcohol that they don't run out in the first place.

Who the hell associates with grown adults that ruin weddings by getting into fist fights and getting arrested?

In the same breath, why the fuck would you invite that kind of classless trash to your wedding, supposed to be one of the best days of your entire life?

They probably will be a little drunk, in all truth. . It's a sacrifice my fh and I will have to make so that my dad will be accepted to stay in the family. A sibling was already exiled because her child didn't invite everyone, only my dad will talk to my aunt,

OP, it is YOUR day....so you can do it however you see fit and according to your budget. Providing alcohol does not denote hosting your guests properly. It really is subjective and depends on the person you ask. When I go to a wedding, yes it is nice to enjoy a beverage but I DO NOT expect it in order to be hosted properly. I am going to the wedding to support the couple not get sloppy drunk or wasted. There are some couples out there who will totally nix having alcohol all together due to their religious beliefs, money or they just do not want alcohol served at their wedding. Yes There are rules of etiquette concerning alcohol being served at a wedding but there are NO HARD AND FAST rules that say if you do not serve alcohol, then you are not hosting your guests properly. You could just have champagne toast if you wanted to. It is really up to you. Do as you please.