Hello Knot Community!
I could use some advise on the bar for our reception. We are getting married in April and have a venue that has in house food and drinks. We have paid a deposit for the date but not selected our final food and drink packages. We were planning to do the beer, wine and margarita package that our venue offers, as opposed to the more expensive full bar option. We want to have the bar for all 4 hours of the reception so that guest can enjoy themselves.
So when I looked at the type of wine our venue serves for the package it's only one white and one red and it's a very cheep wine. I looked up the case price per bottle and its 4$ per bottle. I'm not a wine snob but I thought for a bar package of 70$ (with tax and tip) per person we would get a higher quality bottle.
Have you ever had any experience with negotiating with your vendor/venue for a better price or substitute product. Of course I expect and upcharge per bottle, it just seams like such a rip off. I don't think any of my college friends can even drink 70$ worth of cheep wine!
Any thoughts or ideas would be helpful!