diy wedding and no dishwasher machine for bar!! What do i do?

I used to work and run a pub. During football matches or events when it was busier than usual, we employed 2 pot washers. They were uni students who just wanted a bit of extra cash.
They literally stood at the sink all night, one was washing and one was drying. They then swapped every so often.
As long as the glasses are cleared in quickly and taken to the kitchen, then you shouldn’t run out of glasses. Can you make sure there is someone who is dedicated to collecting glasses. Also ask your guests (with a cool sign or in the speeches etc) to take their empty glasses back to the bar. Could you also buy extra glasses? Even just plain cheap ones from asda/ Wilkinson’s etc.

We did a cocktail party for a large number of guests at home once and even though we had a dishwasher we just paid a few of our daughters friends to serve the drinks and glass wash. Do you know anyone with teenagers who would like to earn some money ?

View quoted message Thanks that’s a great idea! I didn’t think of employing teenagers as glass washers but you’re absolutely right that would work well thanks

View quoted message Thanks that’s a great idea!! I’m sure guests returning glasses to the bar themselves would save a lot of time for our glass washers. Very helpful thank you xx

My in laws did something very similar to this about eight years ago they built a bar at the bottom of their garden and hired a couple of bar staff from their local pub to do the drinks and hired the pot wash lad to pick up glasses and wash up. They were paid a little more than what they would have got during a shift but also joined in and had a great time with the family. It worked out so well. xx