For those planning on a partial cash bar

I've never heard of this and it just sounds like it would lead to confusion. Hopefully that was the only thing that went wrong for them.

If I was the bartender I'd be like "screw it!! Cocktails and shots all around!!" Better to ask for forgiveness later than seek permission now

Don't do this. Bartenders hate it, it slows down service and it's not necessary. Just do wine and beer and call it a day.

I second this, I've been to one and it was just confusing and slowed down the service a lot.

That would be annoying. I hope the Bartender had a few shots on them and they tipped him well.

My venue told me straight up do not do this. They said if I'm only paying for beer and wine, then it'll only be beer and wine and our signature drinks. The restaurant part has a full bar so if people really want to have liquor they can go to that bar and get it. I think beer and wine and two signature drinks is enough but I definitely understand the chaos that would come from having people buy liquor at the same bar.

Yes, that would be horrible. We almost decided no alcohol at our wedding. But instead we are going to do beer and wine and being that we will have no more than 30- 40 guest and most of them don't drink we will have a few bottles of vodka for shots. It is a celebration, however we don't want our guest that do drink getting trashed. I could only imagine our that would go.

FH and I went to a wedding in Vegas of all places and they had a list of available liquor and some of it was free and others were a cash upgrade. Tf? It's Vegas. They also had a buffet style that didn't feed everyone and no seating chart so we ended up sitting with FH's ex. So glad I spent over $1000 to go to that one!