Drinks package - is this a bit expensive?

Lexxi

I don't know if it will have any impact on OP price but the licensing laws changed earlier this year to say that you cannot charge a customer for tap water. A customer is classed as someone who has been purchasing drinks within a recent time period, i.e that evening/day. So ask what water it is and ask for tap

dawnebabe

Our hotel drinks packages are:

Drinks Package £11.80
With upgrade to Champagne
for your Toast - £13.90

Reception:

A glass of sparkling white

wine or Bucks Fizz
Meal:

A glass of red or white wine

Toast:

A glass of sparkling wine

Add a second glass to have with

your meal for an extra £3.30

Cocktail Package £15.80
With upgrade to Champagne for
your Toast - £16.90
Reception Cocktail:

Choose a

maximum of two from: apple or
raspberry Martini, Kir Royale,
Cosmopolitan, Pimms, Mocktail (non
alcoholic)
Meal:

A glass of red/white wine or

apple punch
Toast:

A glass of sparkling wine or

apple punch
Add a second glass to have with

your meal for an extra £3.30

as well as having

Soft Drinks £5.50
Reception:

Orange Juice

Meal:

from a selection of coke,

lemonade, cranberry, orange or
apple juice

Toast: Sparkling apple punch

Haven't decided which we're going to chose yet, would people really know the difference between sparkling wine & champagne? Hmmmm.... decisions decisions!!

Cloves

Our corkage was this

Drinkers - £18.5
Reception - 2 glasses pimms/wine/beer depending on what people want
Half bottle of wine with meal
Champagne for toast
Still/Sparkling water for table

Non/Light drinkers - £8.5
Reception - soft drinks/juice
1 glass of wine with meal
Champagne for toast
Still/Sparkling water for table

I think that is okay, and that way we can allocate no. bottles of wines to tables depending on who is siting there and what/how much we think they will drink.

Seeing that mine isnt too far out from others makes me feel better though!!

Alyssa_C_2

Personally? I think it's expensive! I know we have a good deal but ours is £32p/h for wedding breakfast (3 course - however we removed desert for canapes as I decedantly have two cakes!:)), 1 arrival drink (think we're doing pimms) 2 glasses of house wine and 1 sparkling for toasts.
Haggle with them, tell them it's too much, even £15p/h is a lot more reasonable.:D Good luck.

kr15snw

We're having:

£250 behind the bar for welcome drink of choice for 60 guests
4 jugs of juice per table at £1 per jug (so about £32)
1 glass of sparking wine per person (£4 a head so £240)

Our friends arn't wine drinkers, but to be honest arn't drinkers full stop. So we asked if we could get around this and the above compromise was agreed.

jcorbygas

Looking at these prices I am more pleased than ever that we are putting a marquee up in the garden for our daughters wedding so that our guests will be able to drink as much wine, sparkly, real ale and cocktails as they wish !!