Venue has no bar but....

Did you just ask if it was tacky to tell your guests to BYOB to your wedding?

ETA: A few bottles of wine? Are you only having like 10 guests? Is this bait? Are you bringing me WTF Wednesday realness?

If they allow you to set up your own bar, work that into your budget. No "byob". Hire a bartending service that can set up a portable bar.

BYOC

Bring your own cooler

My venue doesn't have a bar either (it's just a space - you have to bring everything in), but we looked around for a caterer who could also supply a bar with bartenders, alcohol, glasses, ice, mix etc.

Doing it ourselves would have been cheaper, but not worth the headache, in my opinion.

Having just beer and wine is fine. Don't advertise to guests that they can bring their own liquor.. that's tacky.

If it's BYOB only, then YOU need to provide enough for your entire guest list. Yes, it is tacky to suggest that your guests should bring their own beverages to your wedding.

I think it's fine to provide beer and wine for your guests, and they will appreciate it. I wouldn't ask or tell them to bring liquor. Your guests will be fine with just beer and wine.

Don't tell them to BYOB, been and wine is sufficient.

BYOB = tacky as hell. I honestly think it's worse than cash bar or a dry wedding. This isn't a college frat party, it's a wedding. Host your guests properly.

My venue also does not have a bar, but we will be renting one and providing the alcohol. If you want to provide just wine and beer, that's fine, but don't make your guests bring their booze.

I wouldn't say bring your own liquor. I would just have kegs and wine based off how many people are attending.

But if you have to have liquor, I'd probably hire a bartender and set up your own bar.

You can rent a bar. Or build a bar. Or set up a table with a bartender. Or literally any other option besides what you suggested.

Ya, its not for your guests to BYOB, its actually great that YOU get to supply the liquor! Its really affordable. You really need to hire a bartender though. I'm actually very surprised your venue wouldn't require it for legal reasons.

My venue did not have a bar. We rented nice tables and tablecloths and planned our own bar set-up with the bartender we hired.

How many guests are you having? It shouldn't cost a heck of a lot to provide liquor. If you don't want to, stick with beer and wine. Don't have guests coming in with their own booze. Its also probably not allowed.

Curios - what kind of venue do you have?

You are providing beer and wine and that is fine, if someone asks if they can bring other stuff I'd let them know they can but I wouldn't send out info saying you can bring your own unless asked. Just say beer and wine and that will be fine. A lot weddings only do beer and wine.

By a few bottles of wine I don't mean literally only a few I meant like a few options of wines for those that don't like beer of course I would have enough for my guests I'm not a complete idiot and find your attitude rather rude.

I don't understand the mean/rudeness coming back at me for asking a question. Thank you for the ones that said don't advertise the ability to bring your own liquor. This venue doesn't even have a space for the beer and wine I'm going to provide so we are having to create a space. I have never heard of a "pop up bar" or "traveling bar" or whatever it's called but now I will look into that thank you.

LOL @ "2 big kegs or whatever they're called of beer"

...how old are you?

I'll just bring my own keg to your wedding

@Princess Consuela I am 29 thank you very much but I don't buy nor have I ever been to a big enough party to require kegs of beer and I didn't know if they were sold in ways other than just kegs for large events.

@FuturemrsO I definitely suggest talking to your venue further. As mentioned, mine didn't have any space for a bar either. My husband and I talked to a rental company who visited the venue and we created that space ourselves. Because my venue was a garden of a museum, they did not have a liquor license. We needed to hire a fully state licensed bartender to serve alcohol. Your liability insurance will not cover BYOB ( a 100 guests running around pouring their own booze). Due to state laws, we couldn't even have anyone pouring out of a keg themselves.

Thats why Im curious what your venue is. You need to talk to them about those legalities and make sure you have the proper insurance, and peace officers if necessary ( I had to hire 2 since I was serving alcohol). It is rare that a venue will let you have a BYOB free for all.

Also - how many guests? I might be able to help you figure out how much to buy.

My venue doesn't have a bar either. That's not an excuse to make your wedding BYOB. I'm providing beer and wine/champagne for all my guests.

OP went from 0 to Chris Brown real quick.

FutureMrsO, I agree with past posters, do not tell guests to bring their own booze. Beer and wine is fine, maybe consider offering a specialty cocktail? It'll allow for guests who don't like beer or wine and will give you the opportunity to personalize that aspect of the wedding.

My guests aren't wine drinkers so we were going to offer beer and about 4 hard liquors with mixers.