Bars – To Hire Or Not To Hire?

So, often when there’s a big Do on there’s a lot to be said about the food, but in this entry we want to focus on another so important part of every wedding and event – the drinks! A good bash just isn’t the same without some serious attention being paid to them and to what exactly you want to have available. How are you going to serve your drinks? Will you stock and man the bar yourself? What kind of  bars are out there to hire? Have you thought of getting a company to do the lot?! These are the questions Prestige has been asking itself for 2019 and our Complete Bar Hire Service which will be going live over the next few months, we believe, is the answer.

Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! You can hire as much or as little as you want of a bar and all the extras that go with it……and, there are options!

So, you’re keeping costs down at your wedding and the bar could be the place to make some savvy savings. However, you’re still going to want the look and impact of an awesome set up and this is no problem – just hire the bar and the frontage, be it plain, lit up with soft diffused coloured LED light, wooden or even upholstered!

So many styles are available which will allow you to properly personalise the look of the bar – you can have a straight bar but also a horseshoe, curved or round bar depending on the space and numbers.

Just to make things super easy all the shelving, sinks and speed rails come as standard and tailored to what you need – then on all the bits and bobs that make a bar work – your optics, measures, trays etc and get your mates, relatives or someone to come and serve from behind it! Bottle bins are available to keep everything tidy and you can even hire a till to keep track of the money on the night. So, a do-it-yourself bar is totally possible whilst still getting great impact!

You can even have branding or artwork to style your bar along with the Event or Wedding Theme!

The above can all work well depending on what kind of drinks you want serving. Bottles of beer and wine shouldn’t pose much of a problem for the average ‘roped in to do the bar’ type person, however, if cocktails are your thing then you might need to go a bit further. Maybe you know some bartenders and can staff the bar with mixologists and flair bartenders who’ll be shaking up rows of cosmopolitans as far as the eye can see! But if not then don’t worry, not only can you hire these beautiful bars and customise them to almost any size you like but you can also have them staffed by professionals, and this is where it can get super interesting!

Maybe you like the idea of creating a cocktail especially for the Wedding? Having bar flair as entertainment as the guys throw the bottles around whilst mixing up beautiful creations for your guests. Tie the bar into the theme of the Day, bring in colour to complement or contrast the styling, make it as eye catching or as unobtrusive as you like.

So hire the bar, the bar with extras, or the bar with the extras and the staff to man it! Done well a great bar can be instrumental in creating buzz and flow of people, and with tasty and beautiful cocktails you can’t really go wrong.

Whatever you choose you can create the bar you want. Prestige’s Bar Hire will go live this month so keep an eye out!