Serving Alcohol At Wedding

Of course you can't serve liquor without a liquor license. That's a big one! Here in Ontario you can apply for a special event permit which allows one of the hosts to have a temporary liquor license. All bartenders must be accredited in Ontario and no one else can serve alcohol. And yes, purchase liability insurance for your event separately as well.

I suspect there is something similar you could do?

Ask the venue for recommendations

You can apply for a one-day liquor license from the state and get wedding liability insurance for reasonable price. People on here have recommended WedSafe. Our venue is the same, is BYBO but requires a liquor license to serve and 1 million liability insurance for the event. Lucky, our cater has liability insurance and a liquor license we can borrow for $460 but we need to use their bartenders. If you haven't signed with your current cater, I recommend finding another cater that has both liability insurance and a liquor license you can borrow should you don't want to take the extra steps mentioned above.

That is nice to know.

I’d use WedSafe. You can get one day coverage - very common request from venues and nothing to be stressed about! 😊

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Yeah that's what I wanted to do, but it seems like they want more than that. I figured if I used WedSafe they would be okay since the liability shifts to us and then we'd be covered by the insurance. But guess not!

I just paid $190 for liquor liability insurance . It still saves money when you are supplying your own alcohol. I still have licensed bar tenders