NO chairs at a beach wedding?!?

Does anyone need a chair? Elderly aunt, etc.?

How long is the ceremony?

Why don't you see if you can rent chairs from an outside vendor and set them up yourself?? That or see if renting benches would be cheaper. there are several alternatives to individual chairs you could look in to.

Just a thought. Personally though - chairs are very worth it. Especially since there are bound to be some people that can't stand for that long of a period of time.

Ditto to Amy - find someone else to rent chairs from.

How long is your ceremony? I wouldn't pay for chairs. Maybe get some for elderly family who can not stand. Our ceremony is 10 min we did not rent chairs. Got a few for grandparents but that's it. Use the money somewhere else. But be sure to tell people it is standing so the wear appropriate shoes to stand.

I went to a beach wedding a few years ago and we didn't have chairs. I think they brought some for the grandparents but that was it. If you do that just make sure your ceremony is under 20-30 min.

Is there no other place that can do it cheaper? Could you ask family to load a van of $8 folding chairs from Wal-Mart?

Keep it to under 15 minutes and bag the chairs.

Maybe talk to your family and see if anyone absolutely needs a chair. I would say look into cheaper alternatives or just forego the chairs.

Yea i could have gotten chiavari chairs for $8 -- why the heck are they so expensive??

I am getting married in the keys in January and $20 is a joke. Seriously, i decided to get the "nicer" chairs and they were charging me $6 additional.. adding up too $8 a chair. After dealing with everyone down there I know they will do anything to rip you off start being careful and let them know you will rent your chairs else where. PM if you want to find cheaper alternatives for renting... I caught my Caterer trying to rip me off in the same aspect. She picked the wrong bride to mess with!

My bro & SIL had beach wedding, with just over 50 guests, they only had about 20 chairs, enough for elderly family or people who needed to sit. The rest of us standed. It wasnt too bad, but that's b/c their ceremony was only about 20 min.

I myself am having a standing ceremony, only with 20 guests.

It's fine to do if your ceremony is short & you have atleast a handful of chairs for elderly guests.

And that price is ridiculous. Rental companies usually charge $1-5 per chair, not 20. Find someone else to rent from. They're just trying to take your money for all they can.

Negotiate! If you want the chairs- then have them, but $20 is pricey. You could buy chairs for less than that, but the venue isn't going to set up outside chairs for you, so unless you have someone else who will do it, negotiate that $20 down. Chances are the venue doesn't want to get stuck with zero, so they'll probably work with you.

O man! I dont know how long the ceremonies are!! I wanted a guitarist to play while we walk and they gave me an hour so maybe that long?? I have no idea! I feel bad making my family with smaller kids stand and chase their kids or carry them. i just dont know what to do. Can someone give me a good estimate to how long this thing will last so I can better prepare myself? I would get a few chairs for my grandparents if I do decide to skip the seats

20-30 min.

I paid $3/chair for our ceremony chairs. I'd shop around.

I would think that your officiant can give you a guesstimate of the length of your ceremony. An hour seems pretty long to me. Your musician most likely has a minimum time. I know that the ones I talked to got paid by the hour with a one hour (in some cases two hour) minimum.

Is there seating elsewhere for the guests before the ceremony? Some guests arrive early and you don't want them standing around from the time they arrive to the end of the ceremony, which could total about an hour.

That said, I would look for someone cheaper to do chairs and maybe have some family members help set them up instead of paying someone.

I would say 2/3 of the beach weddings I have attended (and I've attended around 8) have not had chairs. Everyone stands around the couple. It's also very hard to hear with the waves, so it does make sense. I think if it's a short ceremony, you should be fine.

That's outrageous! How casual is the wedding going to be? I've known a bride who placed beach towels for her guests to sit on. It was s short ceremony and very causal. Just a thought.

When I was planning on having our wedding on the beach they only would provide 30 chairs.i wanted to have more chairs because I was worried about all of elderly people. And I didn't like the idea of people just standing around. Waiting