Is 3 drinks per person enough?

Yeah its not exactly per person, but just a $$$ cap that is based on what it costs for each person to have 3 drinks. Surely the people who don't get to the bar in the first few hours may have to pay for their drinks, while others enjoyed complimentary drinks. Not ideal, I know, but I just don't think we can spend much more than $3000 on alcohol for the day..we're a young couple footing the bill entirely ourselves. I'm just hoping people will understand (or decline on their RSVP's so I can up the amount $pp).

I will definitely check with the venue to see what my other options are and perhaps I can get more bang for my buck. Thanks everyone. Of course if I could I would shower my guests in the finest champagne just for the eff of it, but I think college tuition, rent and a honeymoon might take priority over getting my friends and fam hammered for the night if it comes down to it.

At my venue, we are paying $23 pp for an open premium bar for 4.5 hours. It seems they could do something more for you to cut the cost. I agree with someone else's comment that beer should be a heck of a lot cheaper than a mixed drink. I also agree that you should warn your guest to bring cash. I liked the suggestion of just telling them it is a cash bar and then they can be surprised by a few free drinks.

I'm a public health nurse. Why would anyone want to encourage alcohol abuse at a wedding? Accommodating heavy drinkers is just wrong!! They need help, for their own sake, not encouragement to drink more! WHY would anyone worry about " Will we have enough alcohol for our heavy drinking friends at our wedding?" Too much alcohol contributes to heart disease, cancer, stroke, and liver failure! Alcohol is the third largest drug problem in the USA, and is the third leading 'life-style' cause of death. The people who come to your wedding, I assume, are your friends and family! WHY would you want to contribute to their early death?

Those who "can handle" drinking 4 or more beers a day, will be having serious health problems 10 -15 years from now. Why not "toast" to a long and happy life for all by limiting the alcohol intake at a wedding to what is sensible and potentially good for guests: 2 beers for men; 1 beer for women. If table wine is an option: 5 oz of table wine = 12 oz of 5% beer.

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That's exactly what I was thinking. She said the bartender would tell them but that doesn't help if no one brings cash. If they're like me. I never have more than $10 in cash. lol

I'm buying what my fiancé and I can afford and that is that. No one needs to get super smashed. Leave that for the backyard bbq.