Full Open Bar: Overrated or Underrated?

Overrated. Beer and wine is sufficient, but liquor is a nice bonus.

Underrated. I think making your guests pay for anything at your wedding is tacky.

Overrated. Beer and wine is enough; if they liquor the guests can pay for it.

Underrated! Recently went to a wedding where there were no signature cocktails and it was a bummer.

I think they are underrated. The main thing FH and I wanted was an open, FULL, bar. We have people traveling for us, coming and celebrating with us and feel that they all deserve to have an open bar available to them.

View Quoted Comment Agreed! Super tacky. People are coming to celebrate with you and your spouse. It's the right thing to do!

Overrated. That’s a ton of money for people to abuse the open bar privilege

Underrated. (Because necessary wasn't an option).

Overrated, my wedding is a family affair and guests don't need to be getting trashed to enjoy it 🤷🏻‍♀️ beer and wine should be sufficient

No way. No need to have drinking

Overrated for where we are, we are in the middle of a downtown, most will go out for drinks before and we will be having a bar crawl after- no need to have people totally wasted on whiskey before we cut the cake! It’s also not an expectation where I am/ with my group of friends/ family. As long as there is unlimited beer/ wine folks are happy.

Open bar = good time at my reception.

Overrated. Sorry I can't afford to get you overly tipsy. So beer, wine and a special cocktail should be sufficient.

Overrated, I don't see a need to spend thousands of dollars on alcohol.

Underrated, I think this is a nice touch for guests.

Overrated and expensive. were going BYOB and only providing, a margarita machine, soda and a keg(2 if we can afford it)

Underrated- what's a good wedding without all the free booze?! I want my guests and me to enjoy themselves.

Underrated. Open bar was a must have for us. We had a destination wedding and people spent a lot of money to be there so an open bar was not an option for us.

Underrated. I feel like while the people paying for the wedding (couple/parents of/ etc) spend the most money on the entire event. The guests still spend money to travel, dress up, and so on so I feel like having fun drinks available is just one way to thank them for coming to celebrate with us. Although I will say this is more of a case of knowing your audience.

Overrated. I can spend that money on other areas for the wedding!