We're getting married at a venue that hasn't ever had a wedding before. They are providing the bar however we need to supply the glasses. In the past they have had other events but have just used cheap plastic cups for drinks which don't really look the part for a wedding. We will need a new glass per drink as there are no washing facilities so we do need quite a lot of glasses. We had thought that we'd get some nice looking plastic disposable glasses but we can't seem to find any.
We really don't want flimsy plastic glasses like what you get at festivals but we're resistant to paying £400 odd to get nicer looking "reusable" plastic cups that look nicer but will get thrown away after the wedding. I could sell them on, but realistically who is going to want to buy 1000 or so plastic glasses??! We've looked online at Party plastics and drinks stuff but are also worried about buying online as a picture doesn't really show how sturdy a glass is. So we've started to look into getting real glass as it actually works out cheaper (buying from Ikea or somewhere) than reusable plastic, but are worried about dropped glasses smashing on the concrete floor. Hiring glasses is also more expensive than buying cheap ones...
I've seen people given a jam jar at the start of the wedding reception and told to drink from that the whole night, but I can't really see many of our older guests going for that. I'd also like the guests to be able to have a glass of wine, a drink of coke, then a whisky if they would like, which obviously wouldn't really work well if they can't wash out the glass in between drinks.
Does anyone have any thoughts or advice???
