Premium Bar or Standard Bar

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Thank you!

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I love this idea! I am just not sure if my venue would offer that option. I will have to look further into it! Thank you so much !

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That's super true lol!

Our venue had a standard bar offering premium liquor if guests requested. Many venues offer standard bar if the higher end liquor isn't served.

Suggestion for premium drinks can be one ticket per person if they choose to use it.

We are just doing the standard bar because the people who are having casual drinks will like the drinks offered and the people who are drinking to get drunk won’t care what gets them drunk as long as it works. We might as well get a cheaper bill out of it lol

I wouldn't go premium just to impress! Standard bar is fine

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I probably wouldn't bother then... If all that is offered regardless and it's a big cost difference, I wouldn't find it worth it

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Its a big jump for us sadly, this is why I am weighing my options. The good thing with our Venue that regardless if its a premium bar or Standard it will still include Unlimited Wine for the table, Sparkling toast & Coffee or espresso. Its strictly just the bar choices that would upgrade and give more options.

For us it also wasn't a huge price difference per person so we sorta thought - for a little bit more we get the best option.. it just made sense to us.. every venue is different and some prices are verrrry different or the upgrade doesn't include much different.

We upgraded to premium.. It just offers much more in terms of alcohol as well as other bonuses like champagne toast, table wine when the bar is closed and cake cutting.. and also cappucino and coffee later on... the standard option doesn't include all of that.

We went with a standard bar and just special ordered in one premium scotch cause we had a couple of connoisseurs in the family, including both of our fathers - and scotch is the one spirit you *can* tell the difference on.

Stick to the standard bar! FH and I were torn with the same decision but it was my mom who talked sense into us. She said that it wasn’t worth upgrading (at $5/head) for the handful of people who will request premium alcohol. Standard is fine!

Definitely just go with the standard. Your guests won't care how much you spend on the bar as long as they are having a good time! Like you said they will drink whatever is on the standard so there is really no need to spend more on the premium. Save some money and stick to standard!

Hi Amanda,

I agree with the others, unless your venue only has a premium bar, go with the standard and just swap out some drinks and pay the difference. The costs will add up to your tab especially if you plan on doing an open bar. And since you mentioned that your families are drinkers, that might be $$$. I would not try to impress at your own expense. Because at the end of the day, you don't want to be in debt just for one day of fun when you have the rest of your married life ahead of you!

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Hi Casey!
Thank you so much for your input and suggestion!

Our venue includes a premium bar, but if it didn't I most likely wouldn't upgrade. Chances are people will drink whatever is there. But you can always swap some things out.

Beer is a big thing for my family, so we will be swapping out some beers.

Like Tori said, wine is wine lol, unless you have people who are super picky about their wine.

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We chose The Vue Clubhouse & Event Space in Etobicoke.
I am sure if I speak with them this is something they will be able to do for us.

I would go with the standard bar unless there are any that like Kelsie said - you would rather switch out.

Beer - depending on what they have you may want to change 1 or 2

Wine - don't bother, red is red and white is white

Spirits - depends if it matters to you. I know that for our wedding we are buying all the booze and hiring bar tenders so we will most likely buy spiced rum instead of regular but other than that we will be going with either standard or just above.

View quoted message No problem! Which venue did you choose?! Our coordinator actually gave us the idea for picking and choosing so I’m sure yours will do the same!

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I didn't even think of doing something like this!
I will be having a talk with my Venue to see if this is an option for us!!
Thank you again so much!

Happy Planning !

We’re going with the standard bar but what we’re doing is swapping out some standard liquors for premiums ones and just paying the difference. It was actually a lot cheaper than going with the premium bar.

we really only changed one whiskey and a polish beer my FH didn’t like.

People have their preference but at the end of the day they won’t decline a drink because it’s not their favourite liquor.