There are many benefits of hiring a marquee for an outdoor wedding or reception party. The main benefit is that a marquee provides a stylish canopy that gives shelter from unpredictable British weather conditions, such as strong winds, sunshine, and rainfall.
Some people choose to hire a marquee for their wedding reception, whilst others hold the whole wedding day inside the marquee. They may hold everything from the wedding day lunch, wedding ceremony, the speeches, wedding reception meal and even the disco afterward. They may only venture outside for wedding photographs.
Hiring a temporary structure like a marquee enables you to pick and choose what you do on your wedding day. If the weather is good, then you may move the ceremony outside or take the photography inside if it rains.
Some people choose to erect their wedding marquee on the grounds of a hotel, giving the hotel the responsibility of organizing the meals, furniture, flower arrangements, creating themed decor, and even ‘putting up’ the relatives. This is an ideal solution when organizing a large wedding with hundreds of guests. Thus giving you more time to relax and enjoy your special day.
Types of Wedding Marquee
There are 2 main types of marquee available for hire on the market today, the first and the most common type of marquee is called ‘clear-span’. Clear-span marquees are basically very large tents that do not have the need for guy ropes or metal support struts. This means their interiors are clear from the internal poles and framework.
The main benefit of this is that you have the freedom to organize the interior space at your wedding marquee, without being restricted about what goes where. Whereas, if you were hiring a function room, you may be restricted by the owners or the shape and size of the venue.
Organizing Wedding Marquees
When organizing marquee hire for a wedding you must decide how many guests you are inviting, what furniture, staging, and décor you require, in order to work out what size marquee you need to hire.
Other factors which are important when arranging your marquee are, the location of your wedding, the time of year, whether you require furniture hire, audio / visual equipment hire and whether or not you want a mobile disco. All these things are vital as they have a direct impact on the marquee hire process.
This is because a lot more weddings are held during the summer and marquee hire companies may be fully booked for the months in advance. That is not to say that marquees are not hired during the winter, as hire companies provide indoor heating in colder months of the year, which helps to make Christmas-themed marquee hire very popular.
