At The showmans show in 2008 I was approached about a new marquee forum that was going to help out everyone in the industry. I thought it was a good idea but sadly didn\u2019t get off the ground. Lisa from County Marquees kindly pointed me in the direction of the office section on the blue room forum where a few people have posted about marquee hire and the admins have said if there\u2019s enough interest then they\u2019ll make a \u2018marquee\u2019 section. If that doesn\u2019t work then maybe we\u2019ll just have to set up our own one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stumbled across this post on yahoo answers and wish I\u2019d got there sooner to offer my own answer (basically they\u2019re asking it is possible to hold a marquee wedding in a field). In my eyes the question is perfectly reasonable and one you come up against regularly, it just demonstrates that your job is not simply to hire out and put up marquees but to reassure people that it\u2019s possible and can be done successfully. Some of the answers are also quite interesting so I\u2019ll run through them here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Answer 1: a different event was ruined by poor heating and a muddy field all down to the weather. Except it wasn\u2019t the weathers fault, it was the hirers. There was insufficient heating (several small heaters are better than one large one) and ideally (certainly in a field) you should run a small path of matting or carpet across to the toilets and also as an entrance path. This avoids getting muddy and ladies losing high heels. As long as any long grass is cut short well in advance of the event and it\u2019s relatively level then fields make excellent venues for marquees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Answer 2: It\u2019s more expensive than a regular venue. Possibly true, possibly untrue. There are always cheap ways of doing things -instead of caterers get a cold buffet from Waitrose or get a local take away to do the food for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Answer 3: Tents can be very expensive. They can also be very reasonable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Answer 4: You don\u2019t get married in a marquee, you get married in a church\/registry office and hold the reception in a marquee. We did several marquees where the couple were married in a quiet registry service the day before but then held a blessing with all of their guests in one marquee before coming across to another marquee for the reception. Guests think the couple are getting married there but they\u2019re not actually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Answer 5: DIY Marquees aren\u2019t expensive :). You only need a licence for a bar if it\u2019s selling alcohol, if it\u2019s free then you don\u2019t need one. A field generally has plenty of space for parking (lighting the parking area is an often forgotten item). Marquee hirers have public liability insurance as standard, we can give details of bespoke insurers if required but exactly what part of the property is going to get damaged? It\u2019s a field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What this person really needed was for someone to go on there and say yes this is a good idea and happens all the time. What you need is a few smaller marquees connected together to create a courtyard (a field is a large place, you want to keep everyone together in one area). Put some outside seating in the courtyard (or hay bails for that country feel) with a spitroast in one corner. It\u2019s informal, you remove all the marquee walls facing the courtyard so people drift in and out of them. It won\u2019t cost a fortune and you can do all of the decorating yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks for reading<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spencer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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