Cocktail Delivery in Aruba: How Our Jug Service Works

Cocktail delivery in Aruba, the way we do it, means a professional bartender mixes your drinks in batches on the day and brings them to you in 1 gallon jugs. Each jug pours roughly 8 to 10 cocktails, and we deliver to villas, hotels, homes, boats and beaches across the island. Cocktail packages start at $150, or $95 for two alcohol-free jugs (sample prices).

This page covers how ordering works, what each package holds, how to work out the number of jugs your group needs, and the other options we found if jugs aren’t the right fit.

How cocktail delivery in Aruba works

1. Pick a package. Choose by group size and by the cocktails you want. The table further down lists what each one includes.
2. Pay a 20% deposit online. You pay it by card when you book. The deposit is non-refundable.
3. Put any swaps in the booking notes. If you’d rather have an extra Mojito than a Piña Colada, say so in the notes. We confirm flavor changes with you on WhatsApp.
4. The bartender batches your cocktails. Everything is mixed fresh the same day it’s delivered.
5. Delivery and the balance. The bartender brings the jugs to you, and you pay the rest of the price to the bartender on delivery.
6. Keep the jugs cold. Put them in the fridge or a well-packed cooler. The cocktails are best within 24 hours.

The person booking has to be 18 or older, and we serve the cocktails only to guests of legal drinking age. In Aruba that age is 18, with ID checks, under a 2016 amendment that raised it from 16.

Cocktail jug packages and sample prices

Every package uses the same 1 gallon jugs. Here is what’s in each one.

Package	Jugs	Drinks	Cocktails	Sample price
Zero-Proof Jugs	2	16 to 20	Virgin Mojito, Tropical Fruit Punch (alcohol-free)	$95
Sunset Duo	2	16 to 20	Aruba Rum Punch, Classic Margarita	$150
Island Party	3	24 to 30	Rum Punch, Mojito, Piña Colada	$225
Beach Bash	5	40 to 50	Rum Punch, Margarita, Mojito, Piña Colada, Aruba Ariba	$350

The Beach Bash is the only package with the Aruba Ariba, which the Aruba Tourism Authority calls the island’s most emblematic cocktail. Prices above are samples. You’ll find the full details in our cocktail jug packages.

How many cocktail jugs do you need?

Start with two numbers: how many adults are drinking, and how many cocktails each of them will have while the jugs are open. Our rule of thumb is two or three drinks a person for an afternoon or an evening, then adjust for your crowd. That’s a planning guess, not a measurement, so lean higher for a long party.

• A couple or a group of up to six: at two or three drinks each, six people need about 12 to 18. The Sunset Duo pours 16 to 20.
• Eight to ten people for an afternoon: two or three drinks each puts you between 16 and 30 drinks. The Island Party covers 24 to 30.
• Fifteen to twenty people at a villa party: at three drinks each, that’s 45 to 60 drinks. The Beach Bash pours 40 to 50, so at the top end you may want more than one package.

If some of your guests don’t drink, add the Zero-Proof jugs instead of buying extra cocktails nobody will finish. Kids, designated drivers and anyone taking a night off get something better than soda. Our guide to non-alcoholic drinks in Aruba has more ideas.

Remember the 24-hour window. The cocktails are best within 24 hours, so order for the party in front of you, not the whole week.

What you skip when the cocktails arrive ready

Making cocktails for a group on vacation is a lot of small jobs. Someone has to drive to a supermarket and buy rum, tequila, a few kinds of juice, limes, mint and mixers, then guess at the quantities. At the party, that same person stands at the kitchen counter measuring and shaking two drinks at a time while everyone else is at the pool. Afterward there’s a sink full of sticky shakers, jiggers and pitchers.

With the jugs, all of that happens before the bartender reaches you. Nobody buys liquor, juice or mixers. Nobody measures, shakes or washes a pile of bar tools. You open the fridge and pour.

Getting ready for the delivery

A few small things make the day go smoothly:

• Clear fridge space first. Gallon jugs are tall and take real room, and a five-jug Beach Bash needs a lot of it. Move the beer to a cooler.
• Have glasses and cups ready. Count them against your guest list before the party, not during it.
• Time the order to the party. Because the cocktails are best within 24 hours, book them for the day you’ll drink them.
• Keep the payment handy. The balance is paid to the bartender when the jugs arrive.

Where we deliver: villas, hotels, boats and beaches

Villas and homes

This is the simplest setup, because there’s a full-size fridge and a kitchen counter. Many villa listings on aruba.com carry a Noord address. Noord is Aruba’s most populated district and includes Palm Beach and Malmok, according to the Aruba Tourism Authority. Its listings in Malmok include condos, town homes and villas such as Gold Coast Aruba. Our villa party guide covers the main villa areas, the noise ordinance and where to stock up.

Hotels

For a hotel room or suite, check two things before you book: that there’s fridge space for the jugs, and what your resort says about drinks brought in from outside. Ask the front desk.

Boats

Charter rules on outside drinks vary. A My Aruba Guide listing for the Midnight Sun charter says your own beverages and snacks are allowed on board, and the aruba.com listing for Driftwood Fishing Charters says guests may bring their own beer. We didn’t find any operator rule on glass, so ask the captain before the day. Our boat party guide compares operators and what they include.

Beaches

On the sand, the thing to plan is cold storage. Bring a cooler big enough for the jugs, and keep it in the shade.

Other ways to get cocktails for a party in Aruba

Jugs don’t suit every party. If you want someone mixing drinks in front of your guests all night, or you’d rather do the shopping yourself, these are the alternatives we found when we checked in October 2026. We didn’t find another service in Aruba that delivers ready-to-drink cocktail jugs.

Private chef companies with event bartenders

My Private Chef Aruba offers event bartenders for villa dinners, beach parties, weddings and birthdays. Its formats run from a full open bar to a short menu, for example two signature cocktails plus beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks. Its private cocktail bartender page says the bartender arrives with the tools, can take care of bringing the alcohol, and handles clean-up.

Aruba Private Chef also lists an event bartender, with a quote on request. Aruba Hostess, a concierge in Oranjestad, includes a private cocktail bartender among its event services. None of the three publish prices, so ask each one for a written quote and check what it covers.

A live bartender makes sense when the mixing is part of the show, at a wedding or a big birthday. Our private bartender guide looks at what that kind of service costs and includes.

Grocery delivery and concierges

GroceriesToGo Aruba, based in Oranjestad, delivers groceries and drinks to visitors’ accommodation the same day, seven days a week, according to its aruba.com listing. That listing doesn’t say whether alcohol is part of it. Barbulet Concierge in Palm Beach offers grocery shopping and delivery too. Either way, the mixing is still on you.

A cocktail class

If learning to make the drinks is the point, Taste My Aruba on Wilhelminastraat in Oranjestad runs a Mixology Experience class. Its events page, last updated in 2023, listed it at $195 per person on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 2 to 5 pm, so check the price and schedule before you plan around it. An aruba.com blog post from 2025 also mentions mixology workshops at Botanica Cocktail Lab & Bar Academy, in the same building.

A party bus

To take the drinks on the road instead, Kukoo Kunuku runs bar-hopping tours with all-you-can-drink beverages on the bus. Its official site listed the tour starting at $79 per adult when we checked in October 2026. It’s for ages 18 and up.