Example Wedding Planning Checklist
Do-it-yourself Bar & Liquor
The wedding software will add these tasks to your task list if you tell it that you want to take care of providing alcohol at the reception instead of having a caterer do it. These tasks will help you plan the things that you might need to take care of yourself:
Task |
Should be completed by |
Decide what types and amounts of alcohol you want to serve at the Reception. |
1-2 months before |
Research and hire bartenders for the Reception. |
1-2 months before |
Make arrangements to provide for the safety of any guests at the Reception who have too much to drink. If you want to do more than arranging for designated drivers, click here to see the list of related tasks the wedding software can add to your tasklist. |
1-2 months before |
Estimate how much liquor, beer, wine, and/or champagne you'll need for the Reception, and buy it. |
1-2 months before |
Decide what else you'll need to buy or rent in order to serve drinks at the Reception, and arrange to buy or rent it. |
1-2 months before |
Take alcoholic drinks, mixers, glasses, napkins, etc. to the Reception site. |
day of wedding |
If you can return unopened bottles of alcohol to the store, take them back for a refund. |
more than 1 day after wedding |
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