Open bar... the norm?!

In WI where I'm from everyone just Has plenty of kegs so you never go dry. Then water, pop and punch. We are also putting 2 bottles of wine on each rectangle table

I’m near Baltimore, MD and every wedding I’ve been to (over a dozen) has been open bar. However, I don’t think I would be upset if I went to a wedding with a cash bar, as long as I knew ahead of time so that I could make sure to have cash on me since I usually do not.

I have never been to a wedding that didn't at least have open beer & wine.

Sorry, forgot to say I'm in FL and used to live in RI!

Around here all the weddings are open bar, Dallas tx

We are in ny in the city of buffalo and open bar is usually what happens here for weddings. Your thanking everyone who came by having the receptreception. . its not like a bbq or picnic that is byob..

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I've attended probably close to 100 weddings at this point in my life, and every single one of them was a full, open bar. I've never been to a wedding with just wine and beer, and a cash bar or dry wedding is just completely unheard of in my region (NYC suburbs). Literally. I have never, ever heard of people doing anything less than a full, open bar, until I joined WW.

In fact, most venues in my area don't even have alcohol as a separate line item. They're all flat-rate, per-head packages to include all food, alcohol, and rentals (dinnerware, glasses, linens, etc...).

I'm from southwest Virginia, and the first open bar I have ever seen just happened recently. Most weddings from my hometown are dry, some very rarely offering beer. We are having a dry wedding because we're getting married at our church.

Live in KY, from NC, and the only weddings I ever attended were open bar. I'd be pissed off if it was a cash bar wedding.

I’m in PA and we have it for my wedding at least where it will be open bar beer, wine, and liquor at our banquet hall except for the hour for dinner because of speeches etc. it will be closed for one hour!

All the weddings I’ve been to have been fully open bar. I live in NJ and these weddings were in NJ/NY/PA. I’m getting married in PA and having a limited open bar with beer, wine and 2 signature drinks (venue’s rules). My FBIL is getting married in Minnesota (where his FW is from) and last I heard they were doing open bar for part of the time and cash bar for the rest. I don’t know if it was a cost thing or a regional thing.

I've only been to weddings with cash bars (Midwest Missouri/Illinois). I know the etiquette is to have open, I'm just saying everyone at the weddings still seemed to have a good time. 🤷‍♀️

I’m from NY and have been to tons of weddings all over NY and NJ and I’ve never been to a wedding without an open bar. Only one was “well” liquor and all the rest were premium open bars. I never even heard of a cash bar before going on WW. I don’t care where you’re from, having a cash bar is awful.

Answer these questions:

1) does an open bar fit your budget?

2) do the bride and grooms families drink?

3) do they mostly drink wine and beet with liquor?

You can provide whatever beverages are within your means and appropriate for your wedding, you can not worry about what other people did or say you need to do. Unless they are cutting you a check for the amount to cover the open bar.

Our parents are hosting our reception and will most likely only be able to afford wine and beer.

View Quoted Comment I agree with this whole heartedly. I also will have a dry wedding. I can’t think of one person I am inviting that cannot have fun without alcohol and we don’t drink.

We live in Louisiana and all the weddings I’ve been to have all had open bars. His family is from Texas and they had open bars. We will also have an open bar!

I'm in PA, and it's pretty much expected to have an open bar. An open bar however is not necessary and just providing beer and wine to your guests is more than enough. People will drink what's there. We did some beer, wine, and signature drinks at my wedding (we were paying the bar tab at the end of the night) and we still had people voluntairly start their own tab.(They were drinking hard liquor. I would've paid for it, but they just took it upon themselves.) People had plenty to drink and were welcome to get anything they want, but we "suggested" drinks and most people stuck to those.

Midwesterner here also. I'm in small town wisconsin and cash bars with some signature drinks, or a keg or two are the norm over this way. Only been to a few weddings with open bars and my friends who've had them said it was a horrible experience.

From MD but have only been to weddings in PA, NC, and AL. They have either been dry (religious or history of substance abuse) or open, but never cash.

NO I am having free champagne and mimosas the bridal suite and groom suite will have alcohol but during the reception it's a cash bar and I'm providing a lot of things I think they should provide there two drinks.