According to traditional etiquette, having a cash bar is a BIG no no. It would be like asking your friends to pay for a glass of wine at your home. Weird! On the other hand, people are becoming less and less traditional and rationalize the significant cost cut that can occur with eliminating an open bar.
Luckily, my cousins family stayed true to the traditions that our grandparents set forth and provided an amazing top shelf hosted bar! Thanks Kevin and Emily for a beautiful and cash-less reception!
I'm happy your cousins family provided the hosted bar. I got married few months ago and when I was looking for the venues I was so surprised when the Catering staff told us how common is doing a cash bar nowadays. I'm Mexican and there's no way to do that, it's considered rude and tacky! Of course, we opted for hosting the bar too.
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