02/27/2011
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Wedding Budget
Bringing the Booze...?? Drink Calculators!!

Bar service through the venue/caterer was EXPENSIVE and didn't agree with our extreme budgeting. LOL. But a cash bar was NEVER an option for our wedding (just our opinion. No offense). So we will be bringing in our own alcohol which is saving us a ton of money!

Fellow BYOB brides, here's a tool I found helpful. I have been using these for years for parties and events I have thrown in the past. They have been ON THE MARK with how much alcohol you should purchase for guests. I use 2 different calculators to compare them against each other and they are usually both around the same amount.

-Plug in the duration of your reception (or the duration that the bar will be open. We are closing our's 1 and 1/2 hour to 2 hours early for our guests safety).
-Enter how many of your guests are light, average, and heavy drinkers
-Include what you will be serving (soda, beer, wine, and liquor)
-Get the amount of alcohol you should purchase!!!

Linky links...
http://www.evite.com/pages/party/drink-calculator.jsp

and
http://www.perfect-party-planning.net/drinks_calculator.html

Hope this helps you like it's helping me!!
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princesni's Pink wedding
princesni
 |  Melun, A8, France  |  02/28/2011  | 
hahaha never heard of it sounds interesting!!
sparklette9713's Black wedding
sparklette9713
 |  Oil city, PA, USA  |  02/28/2011  | 
Well isn't that handy? I'll be using that for the rehearsal dinner. We're not allowed to provide the alcohol at our venue so it can't be a budget buster.
We're going to do a cocktail hour with signature drinks and beer,a champagne (preferably sparkling wine) toast and the shots for the dollar dances. There is a bar in the resort if people would like to drink more.
katieebee's Purple wedding
katieebee
 |  Houston, TX, USA  |  02/28/2011  | 
It's a nifty little tool.  I would have no idea of how much I'd need!!
4evernlove's Purple wedding
4evernlove
 |  Houston, TX, USA  |  03/08/2011  | 
Thanks katieebee that is going to come in hand
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