When does the bar close at your wedding...if at all?

That sounds good, 6 hours of drinking is a lot..We had our reception from 5-10; the bar was closed during dinner from 6-7 then reopened at 7. This was good since everyone is seated anyways and busy eating so wouldn't be grabbing as many drinks..is your reception at a hotel or does everyone have to drive back? if driving, hopefully people are DD, but I'd say closing at 11 is fine.

I'm paying for a shuttle and we are supplying our own beer and wine. the venue is a house rental so no real end time but I think we are kicking the off site guests out at midnight so we aren't paying for a shuttle all night. Soo either midnight or when the beer/ wine runs out.

@ crystal S, our venue doesn't care. As long as we keep writing the checks...

Great idea! I have a mexican family... so that means alot of drunks if i do unlimited. so im doing cocktail hour after ceremony my ceremony is at 5, so from 530-630 is cocktail hour... 630-730 dinner... and after dinner we are paying for another hour... the lady at the venue was nice enough to split the hours...

Spliting the hours? That's a great idea. I should talk to the venue about that. The worst they can say is no.

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@ Ab Z no one has to drive. That's no fun . It's a small resort out in the country.

We had the EXACT same schedule. Our bar closed at about 11:15, but we had our last dance at 11:30 so that people could clean up. We didn't worry at all about people drinking water because a) we also had a shuttle to the hotel, and b) people who were too drunk to drive at 11 were also too drunk to drive at 12.

We haven't thought about that yet... We will probably close it around 11-1130 since we have the venue rented out til midnight. And luckily we don't have to worry about many, if any, people driving drunk. Our reception is at a hotel and most of the guests will be getting rooms there or at one of the 50 other hotels along the boardwalk.

Last call is at 1145pm

Sounds like a good schedule...but mine doesn't close until it's over

Yeah knowing our crowd, people will have mimosas with breakfast. Cocktails/bloody mary's with lunch. Then come to the wedding and drink. I think 11pm is enough.

@yardie girl. You know time is money. I dislike wasting money. Plus it’ll probably take forever to get everyone organized for the sendoff.

Our reception is: Cocktails-5:30-6:30, Dinner at 6:30 with an open bar during cocktail hour, probably close it down for 1/2 or so of dinner and then open it up again after dinner until 1 AM. We have the DJ until 2AM, so last call will be about 1AM. We have a shuttle for one hotel, plus are looking at getting taxis for others.

I think our venue shut down the alcohol an hour before.

Our open bar will close 1 hr before the end our reception. We want to make sure everyone is safe to drive before it is over

We had a DW and everyone stayed the same place. The bar never closed. People were hitting the bloody marys when they woke for breakfast.

Cate's is a 5 hour open bar.

Our bar is open from 7-8 then closed for dinner then open from 9-12

Our bar opens right after the ceremony at 5, then its open all through dinner and dancing up till the end of the night at 1am! party time lol! Its a cash bar though, only the wine on the tables is free. This is pretty standard for weddings in my area.

Our bar opens right after the ceremony at 5, then its open all through dinner and dancing up till the end of the night at 1am! party time lol! Its a cash bar though, only the wine on the tables is free. This is pretty standard for weddings in my area.