Startup Costs for an In-House Liquor License at Your Wedding Venue

BOOK A BAR STRATEGY CALL WITH KINSEY In Episode 40 of The Venue Podcast, we share a list of potential expenses you may run into when obtaining your Liquor License at your wedding venue as well as one-time/yearly costs of running your In-House Bar. Here are some example expenses:  1. Adding/Building a dedicated bar space if you don’t already have one 2. Hiring and training bartenders and/or bar managers   3. The initial investment in alcohol inventory  4. Editing your current or creating a new contract with the help of your attorney that includes your new bar information  5. Sales Tax 6. Application Process through the City, County, and State 7. Attorney Fees to help you through the Application Process as well as to update your Venue Contract and add a Bar Package Contract 8. Yearly maintenance fees range per state but are typically a few hundred dollars each year.  9. Updating your business insurance to include liquor liability (Kinsey went from $6,000 per year to about $11,000 per year in insurance when she added a liquor license).