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Question by CuppinCake: What to do about ceremony chairs?
Our venue will supply and set up ceremony chairs for 0. Unfortunately, the only choices they have are cheap-looking benches with no backs (VERY hard and uncomfortable, especially for elderly guests) or equally cheap-looking blue plastic folding chairs (tacky and not in our colours).

We’d rather not go through the hassle of renting and picking up/delivering our own chairs.

We have chair covers for the comfy banquet chairs — should we use the banquet chairs for the ceremony at no extra cost (there’s a gap between ceremony and reception, filled with other activities, so it’s not like guests would be left without chairs)? This would require a bunch of people to move the heavy banquet chairs back and forth though.

OR, should we use the same chair covers to cover the ugly 0 folding chairs and the banquet chairs? (This would take a bit of extra time, especially to get everything pinned properly.)

Do you have any other suggestions? Do you think 0 is par for the course, or a rip-off? We’re purchasing the “wedding package,” so I thought that ceremony seating would be included…guess I was wrong.

Best answer:

Answer by Avis B
As the host and hostess of the event, yes, you should provide some type of comfortable seating for your guests, especially, if there is a time period between the ceremony and the reception. So select the most comfortable chair, and if you are not happy with the looks or color of the chair then rent some covers.

Most chairs rent between and per chair depending on what type of chair is being offered and how far it has to be transported. Many wedding packages do not include chairs, just like many facilities will charge an additional fee to cut and serve the wedding cake if the cake was not made by their in-house baker.

Answered by: A Certified wedding specialist / A Professional bridal consultant / A Wedding ceremony officiant

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Question by muriel12: For an outdoor wedding ceremony, how much space or distance is necessary for rows of folding chairs?
I am planning an outdoor ceremony using white, wood, folding chairs for the guests to sit in. I need to know how much room each row will take up–not in width, but in depth from the altar area. A helpful answer would tell me how much space there needs to be from the back of one chair to the front of the seat of the chair behind it, or the distance from chair back to chair back or something like that. It is a certain number of feet per row? How much space will it take to make it comfortable for the guests?

Best answer:

Answer by shimmy
My suggestion would be to have your guests as close to the action as possible. This allows them to see and hear what is happening. After all you want them there to witness your wedding or you wouldn’t have invited them!

Put the chairs in the second row with enough room to be able to get up and down comfortably. If you know one of your relatives is a little larger than the others allow room for them too. Just sit down in a chair then put another chair behind it and then measure yourself, the distance for comfort.

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