Going to a really, really expensive hotel for a wedding. AIBU to want to go back to my student days ??

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DP says I am.......I'm saying we can't bloody afford it, never mind £7 or so for a drink each on top.

AIBU in wanting to pull my old student trick of gift wrapping boxes of wine (( to sneak then in innocently ))then having my own wine on tap for the night ?? That way we'd only have to buy one drink.

Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact it's a close family member I'd be pulling a sickie. At least this way we can affordably drown our sorrows at all the money on travel and a hotel we've had to spend 😑😑😑

I followed a food blogger who gave a less than flattering critique of the food provided at a wedding she was invited to. How bloody rude I thought. I wonder if she and the bride are still friends.

You were talking about anniversaries and christenings... don't those have printed invitations?

That was to NewNN ^

Unless your drinking red wine (I don't like it) wouldn't your wine be warm though? I Couldn't drink it, has to be ice cold. I'm not fussy, I'll drink a £5 bottle of wine, but it does have to be cold.

Omg. I've never even considered any of these (feel like I've been duped into spending thousands over the years!)

I think the bride and groom could be charged corkage for any bottles or spirits left out that are not their own! You would have to be very careful

When DD got married we checked the wine list in advance and bought a few of one of them, every so often we took an empty to our room and replaced it with at full one. We took the empties with us.

At your own daughter's wedding?! If ever a time to splash out and relax without rushing back to the room every so often I'd have thought it was then

Did your daughter know you were doing this?

tit gin is going to be the next big thing, trust me

Yes I think a dry wedding would be boring - but I didn't say the couple had to supply the alcohol like you have quoted.

Um, I asked a question about sneaking a box of wine into a wedding, some of the comments on here are disgusting. Especially about my niece (( yes, those are real people you complete strangers are name calling ))

As for the venue, it isn't anywhere particularly OTT, it is however in the Lake District (( the area we're from )) and there the prices are generally OTT for not a great deal. I don't think it's that unusual to not have all drinks provided at a wedding, fucking hell, I once went to a wedding where they hired a bloody castle and accommodated everyone, we still had to buy our own drinks.

And as for our ' financial situation' and may be a way of weeding out the ones they don't want their well rest assured, it's actually pretty good. It has however been one of those months, we aren't loaded, but do OK. Usually anyway.

Oh and I've never, in the history of ever drank so.much I've ended up either on the floor or with my head down the loo. I've never seen the point.

Honentry, mumsnet really does bring out the inner cunt in some people who are downright nasty just because they have a screen to hide behind. I for one woUldale rather be friends with the wine smugglers than the sneery fuckers braying at them

Pretty inooccus thread gone a bit wild,it happens.Fwiw I liked your original suggestion

Brilliant ideas on this thread!
I have been known to carry a small bottle of vodka in my bag and buy orange juice at the bar.

I've done this for years! Also, my husband has now started taking hip flasks with us. One with his drink in and one with mine. We can't afford to buy our alcohol and the kids J2O's all night!!

Good grief, I wonder how many of these get bought.

Perfect gift for an alcoholic who goes to a lot of weddings at expensive hotels.

It even has an integrated icebox in the main compartment.

We did this for years. Then I got fined at my wedding for guests doing it. Really pissed me off so won't be repeating it again in the future!

A licensed premises can lose their drinks licence for this practice.

It is a cheap and nasty thing to do.

mumsnet really does bring out the inner cunt in some people who are downright nasty just because they have a screen to hide behind. I for one woUldale rather be friends with the wine smugglers than the sneery fuckers braying at them

That is much nastier than anything that has been said directly to you OP.

Queen, I had a feeling that would be leapt on and I honestly don't care Woo I used the C word, big deal.

Compared to some of the awful, personal comments and assumptions on here it's nothing.

And it's true, Mumsnet DOES bring out the inner cunt in some people who feel brave because they have a damn screen to hide behind.

Can't really see why you asked for an opinion if you don't want the answers

This is an eye opener, I've never heard of anyone bringing their own drinks to a wedding. All the weddings we've been to have a free bar, it's almost unheard of to ask guests to pay for their own drinks. And for other events it's usually free unlimited wine and beer plus a choice of 1 or 2 cocktails, other spirits are charged. I'd be pretty shocked if I saw someone bring in their own booze

I ALWAYS do party bag wine for hotel weddings!

Looks like you're bringing a gift... but just for yourself!

Do it! It'll save you a fortune.
The downside is themat if caught, you may be chucked out or charged corkage.

The downside is themat if caught, you may be chucked out or charged corkage.

Or, as other posters have confirmed, the bride/ groom get charged. What kind of guests do that ?

Queen, I asked for an opinion on whether or not I should sneak a box of wine into an (( imo )) overpriced venue.

In some bizarre bogof I appear to have had accusations given about the drunken state I intend on getting into (( never ended up slightly more than merry in my life ))

Been called vulgar.

Had my family members called 'vulgar'.

Chavvy.

Been suggested that my niece and her partner chose the venue to weed out the ones they dont want their (( the lakes, actually our stomping ground, but yes, it's spendy and we just so happens to be skint at the mo. ))

Etc and so on. On whose planet is that OK? ?

Had people piled on and said non, don't be a knob, they can be charged for this then I wouldn't have an issue some people look for any excuse to be nasty. It makes them feel better about their own, shitty, little lives.

Go for it, OP.

Just watch you don't drown in the pool