Drink tickets?

@gymrat mmmmm. Chocolate.

Wtffff nooooo

I've been to weddings with drink tickets

Honestly, between a cash bar and a ticket bar... I'd take the ticket bar. However, please know people will likely trade and usually will get more tickets (this happened at my last company party and my roommate ended up with like 15 tickets... he's a popular guy). I do feel that having a bartender and some trust in the guests (and security ?) would also work out.

Bad idea. I'm leaving it at that. If you can't afford full open do just beer and wine.

@love b what is your background. You brought up your culture more than once.

Yea..... no thanks

Nope I nixed that idea when my husband thought it was cute for our wedding.

I'm going with no on this one. Sounds rude for your guests, like you don't trust them to not get sloppy at your wedding.

Keeping your alcohol offerings to just beer and wine will help your budget. Doing open bar, but closing the bar during dinner will also keep costs down (just make sure this is noted somewhere or announced so people know).

The way I look at tickets/cash bars is that the bride/groom are cheap. They'd rather spend money on flowers, favors, etc than really honestly considering their guests enjoyment. Nothing's worse to me than a cash bar and a bride in a $2,000 dress with a flower wall that costs who know's how much. I don't even drink that much and I still find it rude.

I charge for editing, Love.

Just for shits and giggles, I ran the 'ticket and cash bar' scenario by a few of my random clients, colleagues and other vendors; a pretty diverse group.

They looked at me like I'd lost my freaking mind.

But hey, you do what you want. If one side of my family all got drunk and fought in the parking lot, I'd elope.

The day stops being about the couple when you invite guests. The ceremony=couple, the reception=thanking the guests.

I went to one wedding with drink tickets. Finished my meal, left my tickets on the table and got out of there.

UO I don't feel like this is a terrible idea. IMO people should be happy to be there with you and as long as you're feeding them and providing entertainment people shouldn't complain.

"and as long as you're feeding them and providing entertainment people shouldn't complain."

Smacks of poor hosting/attitude.

People spend a lot of money (clothes, gifts, gasoline) and time to celebrate your wedding. Most if not all ARE happy, not "should be."

BLORP.

Perhaps it's a poor guest attitude if you think " can you believe I only got 2 drinks?!" I was raised to be greatful for what people could afford

Alyssa idk what tf "greatful" is supposed to mean (It's "grateful" btw hun) but I would never feel grateful for my friends or family treating me like a kid that can't handle alcohol when I'm in my 30s. It's cheap, rude, and a shitty way to treat guests.

Yeah^

Because LilyBeanie always words things the besta.

@JesseJV, nowhere did I say your guests should pay for their own drinks or anything. No need to be rude. But you should not drop an exorbitant amount of cash to have alcohol if you don't have it. I'm all for open bar, but don't bitch at someone else because they want to get married with their friends and family and would prefer to skip the booze It's her wedding, and she's entitled to have an awesome time, despite what you think. People have the wedding they can afford and it's to celebrate the union of two people they love, not to get wasted. but some people just can't economically spend 30,000 dollars on a wedding. Quite honestly, that's wasteful. One can host guests by providing them with food and hospitality. Taking out a loan for your wedding just to imbibe your guests is just dumb.

Think again, this is a bad idea.

It's tacky better to have a non alcoholic wedding than to do something as tacky as that