Reception toast drinks... advice needed

Do they have any sparkling wine or prosecco?

That is the prosecco price!!

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£30 a bottle for prosecco is extortionate but it's how some of these places make their money. A good venue will get 6 glasses out of a bottle so I don;t think you need 14 bottles, also is the 70 all adults? You don't need it for children. I think you should be able to drive that cost down a little but not massively so.

You could do the toasts at the ceremony venue or just accept this is the cost and put it down to experience. I'm sure there are other things you will be doing that some people will leave it's just the way of weddings I'm afraid. Perhaps look at this cost in context of what the whole day is costing and consider how important it is to have some fizz to toast. For me it's amust. I know some of our guests won't drink it all, but we do have mine-sweepers so it won't be wasted lo and I'msure you'll find people hand unwated glasses to othersl, and we won't be providing it for the children.

Have bucks fizz as the toast drink? That would reduce the amount of fizz needed

I agree that £30 for Prosecco is crazy expensive. Could you ask your venue to see if they can source another bottle of fizz for less? They may be able to provide you with a cheaper bottle of Prosecco or Cava.

If you choose to give everyone a token for the bar do you think this would cause a rush to the bar just before the toast?

Are you having a sit-down meal before the speeches? If so, are you/the venue providing wine with the meal?

If yes, you don't necessarily need to provide a new drink for the toasts - people can just toast with whatever is in their glass already.

Were not having a sit down meal the plan was

Wedding at 3 - 3.30

3.30 - 4.30 Drinks & canapé reception in the house

4.30 - 5.00 get guests to the reception

5.00 - 5.30 Speeches in the reception

5.30 BBQ starts

7.00pm evening reception starts

Do you think I could do speeches in the house at the drinks reception or would this be a bit odd?

Thanks

xx

You could have the speeches at the drinks reception or have the speeches without toasts maybe? We didn't have toast drinks. The best man did one toast that people used their wine glasses for but we didn't have any and if people hadn't drinks we would probably just have said thanks etc. Toasts can get a bit boring for guests anyway in my opinion.

I was against providing any drink to be honest, neither me or oh are big drinkers so I felt against paying for any alcohol, in our package we get a cocktail hour drink but other than that they can wish me luck with whatever they've got in their glass be it cava or beer at their own expense! I don't think things like a glass of champagne are really noticed yeah they are nice but I don't think people realise how expensive it was when you see them hardly being touched on the tables after.