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Hello ladies, We're paying a fixed price per head for a full open bar with top shelf liquor. The venue doesn't include champagne in that price, though. We're forgoing the $300 champagne toast complete

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Hello ladies,

We're paying a fixed price per head for a full open bar with top shelf liquor. The venue doesn't include champagne in that price, though. We're forgoing the $300 champagne toast completely - the venue coordinator said they pour most of it out anyway.

Would you be horribly disappointed by not being able to get champagne at a wedding? Is it better to tell the venue to open up to 2 bottles and hope that lasts through the night? We don't want to do unlimited champagne (which is charged by the bottle) because we're already spending a fortune on the bar itself.

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I've never been to a wedding where champagne is offered to the guests, so no, it wouldn't bother me at all. I usually toast with wine or a cocktail from the bar. The last wedding I went to had bottles of wine at every table, which was pretty nice and prevented a rush on the bar when the toasts started.

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Do a bottle just for you and BP? But depending on your guests, they might be able to take care of any leftover champagne if they are big drinkers

I was at a wedding and they had a cash bar except for Bud and Bud Light. But for some reason, they bought an outlandish amount of champagne. So instead of getting bloated on beer, we all were chugging full champagne bottles on the dance floor. They wouldn't give us cups from the bar because they were for the beer only. This wedding was so ass-backwards. You will be fine!

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I may be mildly disappointed for a second, but given the full open bar I'd get over it pretty damn fast.

Would you be able to have something like prosecco or cava if it's a big deal to you?

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I want pictures of this. That sounds like an awesome wedding.

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I would be dissapointed if there was no champagne toast. It's my favorite! I would think 2 bottles would go rather fast. So you should either do it all the way or not at all.

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We offered champagne at our wedding for the toast and had a few extra bottles (we brought in the alcohol from an outside vendor) available through the night. We ended up returning two bottles (our vendor took back anything unopened).

That said, I would not be disappointed if there wasn't champagne at a wedding as I don't really like it, but my SIL loves it and loves drinking it at weddings. At family weddings she always finishes mine. So skip the toast, but if you can have two or three bottles available if someone asks for it that'd be a nice thing to do. I don't think it's necessary though.

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In Response to Re: Champagne:

Do a bottle just for you and BP? But depending on your guests, they might be able to take care of any leftover champagne if they are big drinkers I was at a wedding and they had a cash bar except for Bud and Bud Light. But for some reason, they bought an outlandish amount of champagne. So instead of getting bloated on beer, we all were chugging full champagne bottles on the dance floor. They wouldn't give us cups from the bar because they were for the beer only. This wedding was so ass-backwards. You will be fine!
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That is rude. If you offer something to one guest, it should be offered to all. It's not okay to provide specialty items to the WP, especially if other guests can see them drinking champagne and then be told - oh, you can't have any..

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Do a bottle just for you and BP? But depending on your guests, they might be able to take care of any leftover champagne if they are big drinkers I was at a wedding and they had a cash bar except for Bud and Bud Light. But for some reason, they bought an outlandish amount of champagne. So instead of getting bloated on beer, we all were chugging full champagne bottles on the dance floor. They wouldn't give us cups from the bar because they were for the beer only. This wedding was so ass-backwards. You will be fine!
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I would say this would only be OK if done in private. Like before or after the reception. I might feel a little miffed if the BP had champagne but it wasn't offered to me.

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It's not proper to offer things to only some of your guests and not others.

I like champagne, but I'd get over it really quickly.

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We're definitely not going to have champagne for just us. We really don't like it at all, which is part of why we're really not sad to see it go. I'm more concerned about the guests being happy with the selection. But, then again, if someone can't find SOMETHING to drink with an open bar then maybe they wouldn't be pleased with anything.

I agree, Robot - I think the answer is to not have it. The 2 bottles could go fast, then the next time at the bar the person would have to switch to a different drink. I know that would make me sick.

I'm done worrying about small wedding issues for the evening. Thanks ladies!

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If we would have had to pay extra for the champagne toast, we wouldn't have had one (it was included in our package). I've been to weddings where people just toasted with their drinks and that was perfectly fine.

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There has not been champagne at weddings that I've gone to in the past- at least that I can remember! I'm sure that you can skip the champagne toast. Personally I would never even notice! I love to drink red wine or cocktails when I'm at a wedding.

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I love champagne! But, if it wasn't offered to *anyone* then I'd get over it. If I saw the BP chugging it and I wasn't allowed to have any (oh, my BIL's wedding!), then I'd be ticked. But you aren't going to do that, so it's all good in the hood.

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Would you be horribly disappointed by not being able to get champagne at a wedding?
Absolutely not. But I don't really drink alcohol at weddings. I'm always driving home.

Is it better to tell the venue to open up to 2 bottles and hope that lasts through the night?
You can do just a champagne toast with 2 bottles, assuming your guest list is that limited. You can serve champagne once, not all through the night.

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I love champagne! But if there's a full bar with everything else available, I would happily toast with my cocktail instead.

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No, but then again I am not a champagne fan. I never toast with it--usually just with wine or whatever drink I currently have in my mind. I'd forego it.

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I'm a champagne drinker. Even so I didn't have champagne at my own wedding. Not even for the toast (we just toasted with other drinks)

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In a weird way, I'm glad I got my idea of champagne to just BP shut down, because that's what I've seen at all the other weddings I've been to (except obviously the bottle chugging wedding from above). I will definitely keep that in mind for my own wedding. All or nothing. How many people can get a toast of champagne out of one bottle? Anyone?

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posted at 2/9/2012 9:56 PM EST on theknot.com

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You will get somewhere between 4 and 6 flutes of champagne from 1 bottle depending on the size the glass and how full it is poured.

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I love the champagne toast. For some reason, I associate champagne with romance, so I think this is a great thing to have at a wedding.

We also faced the budget issue on it. Someone from this board gave the advice of having it offered at the bar. If people want it, they can chose it. If not, they can pick someone else at the full open bar.

Just be sure to have the DJ announce it early on to avoid the bar rush.

I'm glad to see you aren't doing the BP only split. That's rude and make the rest of your guests feel like the B list.

good luck with your choice :)