How To Serve Your Wedding Drinks

Budget

If your budget doesn’t allow you to cover a totally open bar for guests, you could opt for a cap instead, which could come to a total of whatever amount of your wedding budget you don’t spend. It’s important to work out your list of priorities before you dive into any spending. Our wedding budget breakdown can help with this. 
 

Venue

So, besides your budget, the next thing you need to consider is your venue. Some venues will have great packages to take advantage of with complimentary drinks or discounted offers. That being said, you may find that your venue has specific rules about what drink and alcohol they allow to be served whereas others are more laid back and may not even have a corkage fee! Discuss your plans with your venue coordinator to find out your options. 

Alternative Wedding Drink Serving Ideas

As we said, it’s not very realistic to have a totally open bar, so why not consider these alternatives to an open bar? In our opinion, these options actually offer a better guest experience that allows for talking, interactivity and keeps them from getting too wasted...