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I think the author is in the UK where I believe cash bars at weddings are more socially acceptable.

I've been to a few weddings here in Canada with cash bars. Some people really frown on it, but it's not a big deal to me. Some people just can't afford it.

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would not be then better to have smaller wedding with amount of guests one can afford without asking them to pay for food or drinks? it's very odd idea for me to invite me somewhere and then expect i will pay, of course i can give some gift to couple, but expecting hard cash at bar or waiter, sorry but I'm that case i will rather go to normal restaurant of my choice and pass on such wedding

In some cultures+locations, alcoholism is so rampant and alcohol so expensive that it's unreasonable for the host to pay for it.

If you're so alcoholic that you can't attend a single meal without being served unlimited alcohol, you should understand that.

what? just put bottles on tables and let guests manage sharing it and when they run out of bottles bad luck

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