Cocktailhire Wedding & Party Drinks Planner
Plan the ice, glassware, spirits, mixers, wine and fizz for a wedding, private party or client event, then download one practical PDF. Add a postcode for nearby suppliers.
One form. One complete plan.
Supplier database compiled from mainland UK data only.
Supplier database compiled from mainland UK data only.
Supplier database compiled from mainland UK data only.
Planning your own wedding?
Enter the latest guest count and service time, choose the drinks you intend to serve and see the practical buying quantities together. Download the PDF to discuss with your partner, venue, family or suppliers instead of trying to explain figures scattered across several notes.
Professional wedding planner?
Use the planner during discovery or supplier research to create a repeatable first-pass brief. The postcode search can surface relevant mainland UK ice and glassware options, while the PDF gives your client and supplier team the same starting quantities without a lead form in the way.
Use the result to question corkage, storage, chilling space, glass washing, dirty returns, delivery windows and bar staffing. Confirm beer, soft drinks, table service, venue rules and date-specific supplier availability separately, because this planner does not invent answers it has not asked for.
Estimate cubed ice for serving drinks and add separate chilling ice for wine, beer or fizz buckets.
See the total working glassware and its split across highballs, wine glasses and flutes.
Turn your preferred spirits, wine and fizz split into bottle and mixer quantities you can shop from.
Plan medium wine pours, fizz serves and an optional one-hour drinks reception before normal service.
Use Cocktailhire's working benchmark to estimate the service team for your guest count.
Add a UK postcode to search the maintained mainland supplier list near your event.
The planner does not ask for your name, email address or phone number. A full postcode is not retained; its outward area is used only when you request nearby supplier results.
The public calculation rules, limits and review date are published separately so you can decide whether the estimate suits your event.
See how the calculations work Read the 2026 planning benchmarksSee the formula, worked 50, 100 and 150-guest examples, and the wedding phases that should be calculated separately.
Understand no-washing quantities, dirty returns, glass collection and why the wrong glass type can run out.
Use the guest-count benchmark, then test the first rush, drinks menu, bar layout and support workload.
Give alcohol, chilling, staff, glassware, licensing, access, waste and every supplier handover one named owner.
Use the 2026 benchmark tables, compare four, five and six-hour service, and download the full dataset.
If you are organising the drinks and bar yourself, the free calculator and downloadable plan are designed to give you what you need without contacting us. If you want cocktails professionally served at the wedding or event, with Cocktailhire providing the cocktail team, mobile bar and organised service, send us the event brief.