Venue Alcohol Policy

That's kind of crazy and I definitely wouldn't want to agree to those restrictions. As a last ditch effort, tell the venue that you love their space and want to book, but the alcohol policy is a deal breaker. Maybe they can make an exception

If you truly love the space I would talk to them about nixing the cap if you bring in a professional bartender.

Neeeeeeeext.

Leave this place in the dust

ETA: @vicki I think she is talking about herself having a limit. Like personally - I had to read it a few times to get it

Keep looking, that policy is ridiculous!

Definitely keep looking! You'll find something.

It's a weird policy, but Unless your party has very heavy drinkers those limits should be fine for a Sunday brunch wedding.

Yea I'd look someplace else, too. What if uncle Jerry drinks four glasses of wine the whole time and now aunt Jane can only have one? Imo it's just too strict a limit that doesn't even make sense. If they require insurance and bartenders they would be absolved. Weird.

I know venue searching can suck but this would be a hard pass

Honestly, if you really love the space it's not too bad to figure out. A standard bottle of champagne is 25 oz. Half a bottle would be 12.5oz (2-4 servings depending on if you were doing mimosas or just straight champagne). Multiply your guest list by 12.5 and divide that by 25 and you've got the number of bottles. For 75 people you'd be allotted 35 bottles of champagne. Obviously, some guests will drink less and some more than the average. Because you expect only 66% of your guests will be drinking that's a 34% increase in the average allotment per person, approximately 21 oz of alcohol per person (four full glasses or up to 8 mimosas). That's plenty for a day time wedding. Have your servers/caterer/bartender pour the alcohol to ensure there are as few overpours or spills as possible and voila.

Same with the beer. Give your count (minus underage people of course), and multiply by 3. You will have some spares even if everyone goes over the 3 beer limit.

Heck, if you can provide your own alcohol at the venue, check around in your area to see if any of the liquor stores have a buyback policy to possibly recoup your money on any unopened bottles.

I wouldn't worry too much about the no liquor rule, but limiting how much alcohol there can be is crazy. You'll find a much better venue than that!

The only thing worse than having no alcohol is running out waaaaaay too soon. No hard liquor is fine. But to have such a low cap...you will likely run out and your guests will be tipsy, pissed off, and unknowing that it wasn't you just being cheap. Don't risk it.

Not enough for my crowd.

Awww hell no.

I'd be moving on

You know your own crowd but I know that would be a tough sell for me.

Try to hold out. Don't make a decision on a venue because you're sick of looking. No matter how much you're spending it's too much to throw away on something you don't love. My FH and I looked at 13 venues over the course of year (our schedules are tough to coordinate and we needed time to save) before we found one that fit our budget and our needs but we got there.

Although I'm not a drinker, the policy alone would annoy me. And FIL's do like to drink.

Yea.. That would be a no for me

@Mrs. Fall Bride, I was just trying to answer the questions about how they would enforce the policy.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I too think it's an absurd policy, just wanted a sanity check. We're continuing to look at venues.