Wording For A Cash Bar Reception
Wording For A Cash Bar Reception can be sticky…
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Sticky situations can be avoided by being very clear and honest with your communications… but, this is one situation that busy brides shouldn’t worry about.
You should never have anything about it being a cash bar in the invitations, but make sure your bridal party, close friends and family members all know so they can tell people if they ask. Also, you may want to have a small, discrete sign on the bar so guests are not surprised.
You could just skip the bar style liquor all together and serve soda along with wine and beer.
Wedding receptions are not about offering a place for people to have alcohol. A reception is a celebration for the new bride and groom. If you have a bar available during the wedding reception, and someone expresses surprise that they are being charged for the liquor… they have bigger problems then your wedding reception.
Receptions come in all shapes and sizes… some are designed to be a short term event. Serving light snacks or hor’dourves along with wine, beer and punch is perfectly acceptable. But… you want guests to realize this is your intention before they arrive:
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Blanke
request the pleasure of your company
at a cocktail reception celebrating the marriage of
Mary Louisa
and
Mr. John Victor Reynolds
on Thursday, the twenty-seventh of April
at four o clock
Fourteen, Neville Terrace
Don’t worry about trying to make it clear in with your wedding invitation wording that it’s a cash bar. If someone is upset… you should never know about it.
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