Didn’t know where else would be best to post this but I’m unsure if my plan is bad etiquette . Hoping you all can offer some advice before I ask. We are having a ceremony in a public garden in a major city about 45 mins away. We unfortunately have to rent chairs from a private company. We decided to do pick up since that’s cheapest ($25) for 20 chairs. The other option for the travel fee alone would be $150 to our location so we kicked that idea to the curb. I’m thinking of asking my FMIL to borrow her truck Friday night to pick up the chairs for our Saturday wedding and then having her drive to our ceremony venue where my fiances 2 best friends (1 is officiating the wedding for us) will unpack and set them up. His mom can than drive like normal to the reception venue (has free valet) and home like normal. Monday she would need to drop them back off but the employees have agreed to unpack them upon her arrival.
Our friend that is officiating we would be asking to also help with unpacking the 20 chairs and setting them up. So we would be asking these 3 people (mom, best friend and officiant) to arrive an hour earlier.
I would also be asking my mom to drive me to the first look location and drop my fiancé off back at the ceremony space after. We would also be asking her to press play on our reception music, since we have no DJ.
Im also asking my bestfriend to do my hair (paying her) and my grandmother to set up our reception venue (minimal decor, private space in a restaurant). Everyone has a role, small yet important but I’m just not sure how else to do these things. I don’t come from a super big family so I don’t know if it’s normal to ask for help from family in weddings like this? I was told to get a DOC but she would only help with reception site set up and turning on the music. We still need a driver to and from the first look, a way to get the chairs to the ceremony and set up and I also still need my hair done.
HELP!