Hi there,
So we have been having discussions on the type of venue that we are going to use. The open bar vs. cash bar came up. On my family's side they would prefer that it is an open bar as they are not accustom to going to weddings where they have to pay for their own drinks.Their reason is basically that it is a celebration and if ppl are going to give us $400 the least we can do is offer them free drinks as part of their meal bottom line is my side think that it is tacky to have a cash bar. Now, on my FI side, they apparently do not do open bar. They think its more costly which is probably true and I don't think they care about drinking anyway. My FI mother said that we should put 2 bottles of wine per table which would have at least 10 ppl which does not seem a lot, maybe if they drink half a glass. I am not paying for the venue it matters not to me as I could care less about the drinking. My mom said maybe if she offered to pay for the drinks for half of their guest maybe they would agree. So do any of you have done cash bars? I don't think its going to be a huge issue but I was just wondering what ppl normally do for their reception