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Beginner May 2021 Ontario

How to word the wedding invites...

K, on January 23, 2020 at 16:55 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 6
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Hello brides! I am looking for some friendly advice concerning my wedding invites. We are getting married next year in May, and after discussing with my soon-to-be hubby, we have opted for a cash bar. We are providing wine on the tables and 2 signature drinks for each guest, but cannot afford to fund the entire night of drinking. I am looking to know if anyone else has been in this boat and how or if they worded "cash bar" on their invitations? I feel like it should be there so our guests don't assume the entire night of alcohol is on us. (And please no negative comments about our decision to have a cash bar. I've seen some nasty remarks people have made about this and I am hopeful everyone here will stay respectful. Thanks everyone. ♡)

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Latest activity by Britt, on January 24, 2020 at 14:30
  • Britt
    Frequent user July 2020 Alberta
    Britt ·
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    We are also doing a cash bar. We will be providing wine for tables (at least 2 bottles, maybe more if we can afford it). But we just can't afford to supply everyone's booze habits. Some may not be like it, but it's just not financially feasible for us. Think I simple "cash bar" at the bottom would be good
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  • Tori
    Top October 2019 Manitoba
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    According to my family you should just state it at the bottom: "Cash Bar."... we had an open bar and didn't put it as "Open Bar." and got tons of questions about it Smiley atonished

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  • Veronica
    Super October 2021 Alberta
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    I totally respect your decisions and we are doing this EXACT same thing. Table wine and 2 drinks (1 is a glass of bubbly during our cocktail hour & the 1 drink ticket) and the rest is Cash Bar. We just could not foot the bill and wanted to focus more on the food aspect then the drinking. So far no one has batted an eye at this and is in support! I think it is more common now. Anyway I digress, for us, we just created a wedding website and put this in our FAQ section stating there was a cash bar for the evening. I think I would do some kind of heads up just so people know to bring cash and be prepared for that, but I wouldn't worry about offending anyone. A simple cash bar statement will suffice!

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  • Jamie
    Frequent user June 2022 British Columbia
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    We are doing 2 bottles of wine on each table, and two drink tickets for each guest. That is enough. You are also feeding you guests too. All these things add up

    Any other drinks that they want to buy, is on them

    We aren't including that on our invites. People shouldn't just assume you will be providing all the alcohol for the night too

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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    2 ways to include Cash Bar wording

    Paper Invites can include under the venue to let your guests come prepared in advance.

    Website can have that information for the guests to read and know what to expect when coming to the reception.

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  • Amelia
    Master October 2020 New Brunswick
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    We aren't putting anything on our invitations, but we will put a little blurb on our website. Our venue takes credit and debit so we will put something like "no need for cash at our cash bar" on the info section of our website.
    Cash bars are really popular in our area so most guests won't assume that drinks are free.
    I also hate that people apply assumptions about cash bars... weddings are expensive enough without needing to foot the bill for the bar tab too! I've read a few dos and donts blogs that hate on cash bars.
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