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Drinks Reception

  • 25-02-2014 4:07pm
    #1
    Shedite27
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    What is the norm for drinks receptions? I've been at weddings where they give everyone one glass on the way in and then that's it, and I've been at weddings where there seems to be plenty of sparkling wine until the dinner starts. I presume you'd have to pay for the glass at most places after the first drink? What's the norm?


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  • #2
    clint_silver
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    Shedite27 wrote: »
    What is the norm for drinks receptions? I've been at weddings where they give everyone one glass on the way in and then that's it, and I've been at weddings where there seems to be plenty of sparkling wine until the dinner starts. I presume you'd have to pay for the glass at most places after the first drink? What's the norm?

    completely up to yourself whether you even have one. If you are having one, you might allow for 2 glasses per guest, lets say 120 guests, 33% might not have any (maybe beer / spirits drinkers) looking like those who do drink it have more. your hotel will guide you here. youll get roughly 4-5 glasses from a bottle so do the maths.

    Unless its a bit hoi poloi, its really not expected. If your tight on budget, suggest some food on arrival instead. reasons are done to death on here before but general consensus is this is more preffered. noone will miss a glass of champers. if youre hungry youll miss food.


  • #3
    Moonbeam
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    It is up to you.
    We had tea,coffee,orange juice and mulled wine and that was more or less unlimited.
    I was otld by a few others that there was a lot of waste at their champagne receptions so I opted out.


  • #4
    January
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    Hotel are doing cupcakes and cocktails at drinks reception for us.


  • #5
    lazygal
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    We had food, bubbly and a free bar. Well worth it as people remember stingy food and drink offerings, and not in a good way


  • #6
    Shedite27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,469 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    Cheers for the replies. Our hotel is probably a little under our budget, along with an off peak wedding date, so think we may invest the savings in something for the reception.


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  • #7
    Gatica
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    If you can afford to have the extra drinks, great. Don't feel obliged though.

    I budgeted something like 2 glasses pp for 2/3 of guests and 3 glasses pp for 1/3 of guests. We had comments from guests saying, we knew it was gonna be a good wedding when the champagne kept flowing (it was sparking wine/prosecco) and we still returned around 12 bottles of it. Most men end up going for pints at the bar even with the free bubbly.


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