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Champagne Toast

brooke.annebrooke.anne
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in Texas-Dallas and Ft. Worth
We are trying to figure out the best way to go about doing a champagne toast. We want to keep the toast small but don't want to seem rude or offend anybody. A lot of people don't like champagne and buying champagne for 175 people seems like it will be a bit excessive and a waste of money when we know that the majority of people won't like or drink it. We will have beer and wine so we were thinking of some different ways we could do the toast. 

We were thinking  just the wedding party and the bride and groom,
bride and groom and their families,
or just the bride and groom.

If anyone has any advice or suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated! (:
Thank you!
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  • AmberMarieTXAmberMarieTX
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    edited December 2011
    I was thinking of just toasting with whatever people have. Like a general "raise your glasses" type of thing... not sure how common or correct that is, though.
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  • fallbride1109fallbride1109 member
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    edited December 2011
    Everyone can just toast with what they are drinking.  No need to buy champagne for everyone.  Just buy it for you and your husband so you can use pretty flutes.  :)
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  • bobbileighbbobbileighb
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    edited December 2011
    I have been to many weddings where only the bride and groom used champagne and everyone else toasted with what they have and it works out great.
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  • llc2011llc2011
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    edited December 2011

    If we didn't have the toast as part of our reception package, we would have just had everyone toast with whatever they were drinking.


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  • DonnaariesDonnaaries member
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    edited December 2011

    Even if you have a champagne toast, you can expect that less than 50% of your guests will actually take a glass of champagne, the rest will just stick to what they're drinking.

    Also you can choose less expensive bubbly (like Prosecco) that's still sparkling but cheaper than real champagne (which must be produced in the Champagne region of France).

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  • meghanttu08meghanttu08
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    edited December 2011
    My cousin's wedding was this weekend and they did the toast late. Me and my fiancee were done drinking our bubbly (white ziphindale or however you spell it) so we just raised our glasses.
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  • brooke.annebrooke.anne
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    edited December 2011
    Thank you all so much for your input! I think we will most likely go with just him and I doing the toast with actual champagne! I just wasn't sure about the etiquette of the situation! Thanks again! (:
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  • DFWIndianDFWIndian
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    edited December 2011
    Sorry input late.. We were in the same boat. we have a wedding of 400-500 and most won't like Champange.. So we decided just to do it for us and the BP... We don't think anyone will notice and there is an open bar. We thought that's good enough for everyone.
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  • aquanole04aquanole04 member
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    edited December 2011
    I am so glad that I read this! Because I had the same problem! It would save me $1,000 if I didn't have the champagne toast!!!! Whew!!!
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