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We provided iced tea, lemonade, water, sparkling cider, beer, and wine for our guests. I think it's fine not to offer soda, as long as the guests have an alternative to water.
as long as you are offering tea and water (plus the added bonus of some alcohol) no one should complain that they can't have their diet coke for the night :)
a lot of people i know love their soft drinks and would not be happy with that. you know your guests best though!
I voted that punch, tea, and water are fine....as a caveat, you may need soda for the mixed drinks (if there are any) so you may want to stock the bar.
I think its fine :) People will drink what's provided to them...
I know that when there isn't pop available though, I usually end up drinking more alcohol. So if you're doing this for cost purposes this could actually drive up your alcohol bill!
Another Mississippi bride here! And yeah, we had that talk too. Right now, we're doing sweet tea, water, possibly lemonade, beer and a few bottles of wine for the wine drinkers. Most of the people we have coming won't mind not having the soda, cos they'll either be in the beer or in the tea. :D
That's a new one to me! (I am also a soda addict, however) :) Soda is pretty cheap - is cost the reason?
I am a diet soda addict, so I might be upset. However, I'm from the Northeast - perhaps in the South people prefer tea?
People will get over it. I like coffee after a big dinner, but I don't feel entitled to it. And right now, I'm totally all about simplifying. If you think your guests won't riot, you're in the clear.
I don't think you need to serve soda, but I do think you should offer another choice. How about lemonade?
I am not serving soda either, our wedding is in California and we are having beer, wine, lemonade, iced tea, and then pitchers of water on the table. I think guest will be fine I mean you are providing a grocery stores worth of food so why should you for beverages.
I just realized you are offering three options. I couldn't figure out what white grape water was
Yeah, I think you have enough choice.
The only reason I am serving soft drinks at my wedding is because about 20% of the guests are between the ages of 12 and 20 (relatives) and I am trying to encourage them to NOT drink alcohol. If I wasn't having so many underage guests, I would only serve tea, coffee, etc.
We are not offering soda as well, but that's because we are having a brunch reception. We will have juices, tea, coffee, champagne (or mimosas if they prefer that), sparkling cider and water :)
I'm so glad someone posted about this! Fiance and I were discussing it... the venue was going to charge us 4 dollars a person for soft drinks!!! We're doing fruit punch, water, tea, lemonade... 4 pre-mixed alcoholic drinks, red and white sangria and two choices of beer... If someone complains about soda I'm gonna tell them to take a drink of nice old dirty river water. HAH!
thanks everyone for your comments. they are very helpful and my decision sticks no soda. i am partially doin it because of cost but also because of the hassle. we will have sprite for the mix drinks so that'll be another option. i dont have to worry bout the younger generation because the are all sweet tea lovers(in runs through our veins down here). oh yeah! we will also offer coffee later in the evening.
sorry lynnabby about the punctuation confusion..i get lazy sometimes lol
I wouldn't even notice the lack of soda because I almost never drink it. I don't think I've ever been to a wedding where they have soda...I presumed soda at weddings was an alternative, trendy thing when I saw all the cute projects on blogs! No idea it was so popular.
I think it's absolutely fine, as long as you have some non-alcoholic drinks.
I really think you're fine. I haven't been to many southern weddings with soda... in fact, I can't really think of one.
I don't think you need soda at all. Sounds as if you have a nice variety of beverages. As long as you have unsweetened tea (remembering some people may be diabetic) you are fine in my opinion.
I think you have a wide enough variety of beverages that you will be fine.
PS ~ I always personally prefer water, you could float sliced lemons and limes in a nice punchbowl of chilled water ~ yum.......and super pretty!
It's totally fine!! You have plenty of variety for your guests. And if anybody has such a serious soda addiction, chances are they will bring their own!! :)
I think it's fine! Pop is quite a bit more extra at a lot of the venues around here, too, and honestly I'm so used to the waitstaff only offering water or tea that I wouldn't even think to get a pop.
I'm sure you'll be fine. Sweet tea is kind of a way of life in the south! There might be a few people who wish there was soda, but I think based on your location, folks won't be super shocked about it. Sounds like you're going to have a nice selection!
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we decided not to worry bout soft drinks for the reception. we will have white grape punch water and unsweet tea/sweet tea(since we live in south missisippi) we'll also offer some beer along with mixed drinks. most of our friends and family prefer sweet tea over a coke anyway. my mom owns a restaurant and she is allowing us to use her tea urns and tea maker so it would be very convenient. do ya'll think this is logical?