For the toast at my wedding I was thinking of having glass champagne flutes for the wedding party and parents of the bride and groom, but providing everyone else with plastic champagne flutes. The would all be personalized. Keep in mind that neither me nor any of my guests are rich. Comfortable, but not rich. What do you think?
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It’s your wedding and you should do what you want! I wouldn’t think anything of it if I was given champagne in a plastic flute – lots of places don’t serve drinks in glass now with large parties anyway…
Much better than your other choice…
Red, White and Blue in a can.
Very tacky, your choice of ‘flutes’ as opposed to ‘coupes’ is excellent but plastic!?! Instead of personalizing, why not rent beautiful uniquely styled champagne glasses that will leave a lasting memory instead of a dust collecting physical souvenir.
If I were at the wedding of someone I really cared about – friend or family, I would not think twice about it. Weddings are about love and happiness, not showing off who has the most money and trying to outdo each other. Go with the plastic!
I think the plastic would be just fine. Who wants to spend all that money renting/buying glass ones for one toast? Most receptions only have the bride and groom toasting with champagne anyway. I think you’ll be just fine with the plastic.
YES. And that’s the honest truth. Plastic champagne flutes ARE tacky. If you can afford better, your guests deserve better.
What’s worse is that the wedding party will have proper glasses while everyone else gets plastic.
I would get real glasses before I bothered to waste money personalizing cheap plastic ones that will be thrown away anyway. Who would want to keep a personalized plastic wine glass? It just doesn’ make sense.
Sorry, this is the honest truth. Just trying to help. No one will die, but if you can afford better, I’d advise you to do so. People DO remember if you skimp on your guests.
Yes, tacky. I think the renting is a great idea. Other than that, consider giving the champagne glass as a wedding gift. Inexpensive glass can be gotten from Ikea, you could tie a ribbon around the base, and put an organza candy filled tulle inside, they can pop them out and you have pretty favors that you should be able to get for 1ea.
From ikea:
4.99/6pack glass champagne flute (Svalka) that’s .83cents a flute
I spent 3.50ea on wedding favors, we had a modestly priced wedding 150 people for 11,000
I like Lilly’s idea of using the flutes as placecards
No way! That wouldn’t be tacky.
Plastic all the way! I’m sure that your venue doesn’t want to do the dishes anyway, so it would probably be cheaper.
You say that they would all be personalized. I’m not sure if you’re talking about the real ones for you or the plastic ones, but I just had this idea. You could tie a little ribbon around the stem with the person’s name on it and table number and use that as your cards to direct them which table to sit at.
Hey
most only have champagne for bridal party
and guests just use drink from bar
so No it’s not tacky, it’s generous of you
to provide champagne all around!
congrat
Personally? Yes, I would find that tacky. Plastic glasses, cutlery, paper napkins, etc have no place at a wedding. That’s picnic stuff. This is a far more joyous, important occassion! Check into renting flutes that are not personalized, you may find they are not as expensive as you think!
Good luck!
If your reception is a barbecue or picnic or informal meal, plastic is fine. I wouldn’t give it a second thought. But don’t bother with the personalizing. That’s a waste of money on something no one will care about. Use what you save toward the food or drink. I also wonder why you would give glass flutes for some people but not others? If plastic is good enough for your guests, it should be good enough for you and your husband.
If your reception is a catered, sit-down meal or buffet in a hotel or banquet hall, plastic would be weird, especially if the water and wine glasses were glass.
I think it would be fine. and I actually think it would be nice to get the plastic ones personalized, because you can let the guests take them home as party favors. Like you said, you are not rich, so why spend extra money on something as insigificant as cups? I think most of the money used to plan a wedding should go to the big stuff like the dress, pictures, and a lavish honeymoon. Dont sweat the small stuff.
Guests are offended when Brides and Grooms do NOT treat them “royally” or at least equals. Here’s a great example . .
Bride and Groom ordered filet mignon and shrimp for their dinner at the head table. The wedding party members got roast chicken and mashed potatoes. And the guests got a deli platter of cold ham, cheese and potato salad. And yes, the guests were quite perturbed that the Bride and Groom were eating “a much nicer meal” at the reception. Matter of fact, a couple of guests were so upset that they went back to the gift table, took back their wedding gift, and left.
So you may want to reconsider using plastic toasting glasses for your guests.
Answere by: A Certified wedding specialist / A Professional bridal consultant / A Wedding ceremony officiant
dont bother, really. just have everyone raise whatever they were drinking at the time. cheap glasses, cheap champagne, no one drinks it anyway, they just raise the glass and then put it down.
no plastic. really.