Nationwide Bartenders

Hi Lauralee! I was unable to find any reviews for them on WeddingWire, sorry! Are you open to other bartenders? I can find additional ones, just tell me which location you want to me look in!

IF THIS IS THE BUSINESS OWNED BY "TRACY D," IT IS A FRAUDULENT BUSINESS. DO NOT HIRE.

National Bartenders or "Nationwide Bartenders Co" -

FRAUDULENT WEDDING VENDOR - DO NOT HIRE.

Tracy claimed that he hires "local bartenders" in your event's region to service your wedding day. He did not provide phone numbers for these bartenders the week of our wedding and said HE was the point of contact on the day of the event. Well, our wedding day arrived and guess what? NO ONE SHOWED UP. We didn't have bartenders for our wedding. How can someone like this sleep at night? I'm a wedding professional myself (I have photographed over 100 weddings to date) and it makes me sick to my stomach to know that people like this REALLY do exist in the world. DO NOT GIVE THIS VENDOR YOUR MONEY. We never got a refund despite Tracy FINALLY writing us a month after our event saying he had a "medical emergency" and would refund us right away (again, never happened). Also, how does Tracy's "medical emergency" affect bartenders LOCAL to the wedding venue area?! Shouldn't they have known to show up regardless of whatever happens to Tracy, who lives states away?

We met with a lawyer who suspected fraud and was more than willing to move forward in pursuing legal action. Unfortunately the court fees would far outweigh what we paid this vendor, so looks like this fraud makes quite a pretty penny ripping people off and NEVER PROVIDING THE SERVICE THAT IS PAID FOR.

Avoid at all costs if you want bartenders to actually show up to your event.

This man is a sick joke of a human being.

Megan,
OMG thank you so much. I was just about to move forward with this guy. He sounded so reassuring on the phone and via email. The only thing I did find suspicious is that he kept contacting me even though I was still deciding and had told him that. He seemed a little pushy for someone just wanting a $200 deposit. I am sooo glad you posted this. Thank you!!!!

I'm also thinking of hiring this Tracy Dupree for my wedding. Seem to be either the reviews are 5 stars or 1 star. There's no middle ground which concerns me. To anyone who actually hired this guy, where was your event and what phone number did he give you? I'm in Philadelphia, PA and got a 610 area code phone number. (Please no replies if you decided not to go with him as this will not help me)

We are a professional bartending service based in Washington State. We just got Tracy - using the fake name Terry - banned from GigSalad. He contacted us offering $20/hr cash (insulting and SO shady in our industry) for an "attractive female", with "additional work for the right person". Wow. Just...wow. When we called him out for offering minumum wage in cash for an "attractive female" for what is an illegal house party (COVID-19 regulations), he became juvenile and insulting. We found out his name is really Tracy Dupree from 'National Bartenders' and reported him to GigSalad, who promptly banned him. After reading these stories...this is exactly the amateur hour garbage (and likely drug/alcohol use) that us reputable vendors have to swim against every day to clients who have been burned by scumbags in the past. Run from this guy!

View Quoted Comment The number I got from him is 267-400-7535. I’m so happy, but annoyed that I found this page. His business name is now Sean’s Bartenders & found him on some site called Gigi salad or something.. he hasn’t responded to my fiancé and I at all. He’s responded with the same message I included. I’m angry and annoyed because I wasted $280 on him and he hasn’t been present. It’s weird because he said his head bartender Jessie May will be contacting us & she hasn’t. The closer our 10/8/21 wedding gets I became more anxious because we haven’t talked to anyone about what we want to happen with their services at our wedding. I am even more angry because my fiancé spoke with him on the phone and he said the same thing. He has no reviews on Google & he only has one review. The reviews on his site is all from 2019 . I can only imagine what my fiancé will say now at this point. If I’m correct my event coordinator spoke with him when we first booked him and he let us know everything was set. I’m so annoyed. The reviews on the salad site seemed so sincere now I can’t even find that site.