Not all guests drink alcohol - any bar tips?

So tickets would be if you are only going to offer x number of drinks to each person and after that they would have to pay for their own. I wouldn't ever ask your guests to pay for their own drinks. Consumption you would have to pay for each drink rather than per person so it would really depend on how much you think every will consume and if they will charge you this way for all drinks or just alcoholic drinks. Typically per person is the best option because you pay the same price and they can drink as much as they want. Your best bet might be to offer just beer and wine as that tends to be cheaper while still offering something that guests don't have to pay for.

Open bar is best. Consumption bar has no oversight so guests will get a drink, take a sip and the waitstaff picks up the glass while they are away from the table so they get a new glass. Tickets are not considered polite in most company. Open bar is best because it’s a flat fee per person for the entire event, regardless of what they drink. You may be able to negotiate with the bartending service to limit the selections if cost is a concern. But you need to talk to your VIP guests about what they like and what they don’t. For example, if your guests drink rum or whiskey and don’t touch wine, then it makes no sense to have beer/wine/vodka only as an example and you are limiting it so they don’t have anything to drink beyond Coke or Sprite.

If you know you have guests that will not be drinking alcohol then you give that number to the venue, caterer or event planner; whomever is supplying the beverages. We opted for an open bar and we were charged a set price per guest. We told the caterer how many guests that would not be drinking alcohol and they just subtracted that cost from our bar tab so we were really only paying for those who where actually going to drink. Ask your caterer as mine didn't care why the person wasn't drinking just the number, so that they could buy the correct amount of alcohol.

Also ask the caterer if you are allowed to take home any unopened alcoholic beverages. Our vendor told us no when we asked a week before the wedding, but as the reception was ending they gave us 6 leftover cases of beer to take back to the hotel.

Yeah don't do tickets. I would opt for a consumption bar if you're sure there aren't many drinkers I your group.

Don't do tickets I find them to be tacky, I suggest that you tell your bar tender we are in the same boat, I am paying per person to drink so I told my bartender out of our 100 guests only 70 will be drinking

We are having beer & wine, along with the usual soda. One thing we have already talked to our venue about is supplying N/A beer. (Heineken Zero) Our toast will also be non-alcoholic something (haven't decided yet) I am also tossing around a signature N/A drink along with a regular one ..... that can wait until we see what the rsvp's bring ($&dollar My FH is a recovering alcoholic and we have many friends who don't drink, so it was very important for us to have liquid refreshments that THEY could enjoy without feeling .... left out.