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How Do Cocktails Work at a Luxury Hotel Wedding Reception

Plan cocktails around the wedding's actual service windows: arrivals, the move to dinner and the evening reception. A clearly timed cocktail service is easier to coordinate than assuming the bar will run unchanged through every part of the day.

Join the drinks plan to the wedding timetable

Choose the drinks from the existing Cocktailhire menu and include any alcohol-free choices. Tell us when guests arrive, when they sit down and whether evening guests join later. Use the actual guest numbers for each stage rather than treating the evening attendance as the whole day.

Agree how cocktails sit alongside the hotel's wine, toast drinks and other service. If a break or change of room is planned, include it in the booking so the team and equipment are in the right place when service resumes.

  • Separate Cocktailhire's supplies from anything the hotel or caterer is providing.
  • For a package, Cocktailhire supplies the agreed ingredients; an optional ingredients itinerary is not a shopping task for the couple.

See how wedding cocktail packages work.

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