Venue bar tarrif

Where in the country are you getting married? Personally as I Londoner they sound like average prices so would not bat an eyelid.

Hi

sorry i should have said we are getting married in leeds city centre, yorkshire

Hayley x

Again, working in London, that sounds pretty standard to me.

i think people are prepared for drinks at weddings to be a bit more expensive than the local Wetherspoons.

We are also 'up North' and checked the bar prices before booking. Your prices are above average for this part of the world, but as others have said you expect it at a wedding. I would probably moan a bit but not actually mind too much really and get happily drunk.

Our Wirral venue is sub £3 per pint and about £4 wine. Acceptable to locals and, I imagine, a treat for the half of the guest list that are coming up from London. It was a factor when choosing, if only because of the fact that we'll be buying welcome drinks, meal drinks and toast fizz for 120 peeps ourselves.

Our Wirral venue is sub £3 per pint and about £4 wine. Acceptable to locals and, I imagine, a treat for the half of the guest list that are coming up from London. It was a factor when choosing, if only because of the fact that we'll be buying welcome drinks, meal drinks and toast fizz for 120 peeps ourselves.

Hi we are getting married in harrogate and the drinks are extortionate .... £25 cheapest bottle of wine... and all the other drinks are well over £4.50 each BUT its my dream venue and our day and i wasnt going to sacrifice that for feeling guilty about guests paying for expensive drinks. I really dont think people will mind that much and if they do well they're not forced to drink are they? water is free They will get a free drink on arrival and during the meal. It is really infuriating these venues charge so much though for drinks i absolutely hate when they become so greedy!

Ours is similar prices we are providing at least 2 maybe 3 drinks at reception then 2 glasses of wine and a glass of champagne for the toast, so I think if they then have to pay their own for the evening its not that bad. I have prewarned our guests and am pretty sure some will end up smuggling in their own in their bags. I think its average prices for a wedding venue type hotel to be honest. If we were down south we wouldn't bat an eyelid.

Thanks everybody, the first venue we looked at it was cheaper at 3.50 so I was thinking it would be about the same as only a couple of streets away from one another, we are going ahead and booking as the price of the package is a big difference for us, the package also includes a drink at reception , 2 glasses of wine with wedding breakfast and toast drink. also i spoke to my dad and he is going to buy 2 pints for each of the men on our side ( oh family have more money so not overly worried about them ) and like you say my mum and sister etc will prob bring some to keep in the room and then go get it as needed for the evening.

I just want everyone to be happy with the whole day without anything over shadowing it ( which sounds odd when its only a drinks price but i've heard people moan before about this )

Hayley x

Do you know we've went ahead and booked our venue and don't even know the bar taffir lol :/
All I know is our package includes champagne on arrival, 2 glasses of wine with meal and a top up of wine or champagne for toasts..
it's our dream venue we've always wanted so if the drinks are expensive, as someone says no ones forcing them to drink lol
If I was attending a wedding i'd expect drinks to be pricier than the local bar etc anyway so I wouldn't worry i'm sure there won't be any complaints xx

Our venue includes a couple of drinks at arrival and during the wedding breakfast but we've decided to give people drinks vouchers as favours - much more practical and hopefully they'll feel like they won't be spending too much on drinks!

I wouldn't worry about it. As many have said people expect to pay a bit more at a wedding and you are providing several drinks throughout the day.

I live in Leeds and they are a bit higher than a night out but not so high I wouldn't buy any or complain about it.

Those are about the prices of my venue but having grown up in London and regularly going out in London I think I'm used to these prices.

I wouldn't mention it as it might make it more of an issue than it needs to be. If you had some spare cash when it comes to the day (and as this venue is £900 less than others) you could always put a little bi

t of money behind the bar to buy everyone one drink? Like £400 or something depending on numbers.

The prices at our venue are reasonable but I did check to see whether it was a totally cash bar or they took credit/debit cards as many people won't want to carry lots of cash with them.

I'm putting something on the info sheet about the bar taking cards for purchases over £5 - that way they get to know that (apart from reception drinks) they are buying their own without us putting 'you're buying your own drinks!' on the sheet.