We are thinking of hiring a mobile bar for our outdoor wedding reception.
The cost is £300 with £250 refundable deposit.
To have the bar there for about 8 hours they have a minmum spend across the bar of £1800, otherwise you lose your 250 deposit and also have to pay the remaining difference.
We will have approx 100-120 guests, majority normal drinkers, some quite heavy.
Im my head im thinking it would be easy to reach the 1800 limit and therefore the bar would actually only cost us £300 as we would receive the deposit back, but my panic-y side is ..well.. panic-ing!
What do you guys think, would this rate sound acceptable to you?
2007-11-05 02:07:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
sounds good
2007-11-05 02:18:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming this is a pay bar ie. the guests pay for their own drinks. £1800 for 100 guests over 8 hours seems about right, unless you are providing wine with the meal, champagne for the toast and bottled water through out the day. If it's a summer wedding your guests will spend a lot on bottled water, especially if there is dancing.
2007-11-05 02:19:36 · answer #2 · answered by CuriousJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a rip off to me.
You pay them, to set up to make a profit.
£300 should easily cover the staffing and other costs.
120 guests (say 90 are adults)
45 paying partners (one usually buys the drinks)
Average £2 per drink means they would each have to buy 20 drinks or spend £40 over the bar.
As for the refundable deposit! That's outrageous. They can take their time, and massage the figures to make it appear that your wedding party didn't spend the required amount. What happens if they spend £1790? Do you have to lose your deposit, and pay the other £10?
Tell them to stuff it. I would.
2007-11-05 02:19:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, you have £300 + £250 = £550 to spend on drinks for 100 guests .. that's about £5.50 per person .. should be enough to provide one bottle of cheap wine or 6-8 cans of Beer for each of them .. or about double that once you have discounted any kids / designated drivers who won't be on the booze ..
I would drop the exceedingly expensive rip-off bar and spend the £550 on free booze for my guests ..
Why not nip across on the ferry to France & double your drinks quantity (or halve the price).
NB. You may well be better off buying glasses from Tesco / Morrisons & throwing them away afterwards than 'hiring' glasses from your local 'Wedding Supplier'
2007-11-05 02:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means each guest would have to spend about £18. Guests may expect the hosts to pay the first £100. Then there's the drink driving to be taking into consideration. Difficult one, try and shop around before committing yourself.
2007-11-05 02:25:34 · answer #5 · answered by Julia H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
£1800 divided by 100 drinkers = £18 each.
When was the last time you were out & only spent £18...?
Especially at a wedding...!
2007-11-05 02:20:36 · answer #6 · answered by Merovingian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your guests are going to buy their own drinks, why not tell them to bring their own.
You can buy some Champange to start them off from your local off licence who will lend you the glasses.
20 bottles will be enough for a glass each and its a lot cheaper for everyone to bring their own.
You get to drink what you like then.
2007-11-05 02:53:07 · answer #7 · answered by philhoonoseitall 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋