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Wedding Marquee Hire – Help & Advice
Whichever wedding marquee hire company you decide to use, below are some questions you may wish to ask the wedding marquee hire company prior to booking:
Questions You May Wish To Ask:
- Find out if the wedding marquee hire company have availability for the date of your event.
- Ensure the wedding marquee hire company is willing to visit the location where the marquee is to be erected.
- If the wedding marquee hire company offers other services such as toilet hire, cutlery & crockery hire, catering equipment hire - find out whether these services are sub-contracted, you may find that all items other than the marquee are cross-hired from another company who you know nothing about!
- How much deposit does the wedding marquee hire company require to secure a booking?
- Check for testimonials from the wedding marquee hire company of previous customers.
- Check with the wedding marquee hire company whether the total cost includes VAT, travel expenses, and the time taken to erect and dismantle the marquee?
The information listed below is often required for a wedding marquee hire quotation:
- The wedding marquee hire company will need to know the approximate number of guests
- the date of your wedding, in order for the marquee hire company to check availability
- in addition to the wedding marquee hire, will you also require a service marquee, entrance marquee, chill-out area
- is lining required
- do you require a dancefloor and/or stage
- the wedding marquee hire company may need to know whether the marquee will be erected on grass or hardstanding
- in addition to the wedding marquee hire, will toilets be required
- In addition to the wedding marquee hire, will a generator be required
Millie Miles Marquee Hire has some wedding marquee hire package prices that you may find useful. These sample packages include everything you will need for your wedding marquee hire. You can, however, tailor these to suit your specific need.
Things to do once the wedding marquee hire company have been chosen and booked
- Arrange with the wedding marquee hire company to look at the chairs, tables, linen colours etc. Millie Miles Marquee hire have a showroom in Weston on the Green, approximately 5 miles from Oxford. Before choosing your wedding marquee hire company you are more than welcome to visit our showroom to look at tables, chairs, cutlery, crockery etc and/or to arrange to view a wedding marquee.
- Initially always allow a few extra chairs, napkins, trestle tables, etc just in case. With Millie Miles Marquee Hire you can make any changes to your numbers right up to 24 hours prior to delivery of your wedding marquee and accessories.
- Make sure you have contact numbers for your suppliers e.g. caterers, wedding marquee hire supplier, etc. For your peace of mind, if you book your wedding marquee hire with Millie Miles Marquee Hire we provide you with an out of hours number that you can call anytime regarding last minute omissions or should any problems arise.
- Arrange to have a meeting with the wedding marquee hire company a month or so before your big day to confirm final detail, location of toilets etc.
- Check all delivery timings carefully - when will the wedding marquee hire company be erecting/dismantling, delivering furniture, band/disco set-up times, caterers and florists time allocation etc.
- Safety Issues: the wedding marquee hire company will need to know the position of underground and overhead services (e.g. drains, gas pipes, etc.). Ensure your power supply is adequate. Consider fire precautions, fire extinguishers, emergency fire exit signs etc. Millie Miles Marquee Hire has fire extinguishers, emergency fire exit signs and fire exit panels should your particular event require them.
Other useful marquee hire information:
We've also put together a lot more information on marquees to help you choose the right one
Click here to see some example packages and prices for marquees of various sizes
