Outdoor August wedding...with no Ac?

Hey girl, no worries, it’ll be fine. Your guests will all pass out from heat stroke and you won’t hear any complaining.

View Quoted Comment Of course we’d move the ceremony too. Why would you think we wouldn’t?

View Quoted Comment Your sarcasm is next level 👌🏻

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Uh nope, not unfamiliar with it at all. But I doubt the entirety of her wedding guests are either so they can plan accordingly. You're inviting adults to a wedding not a highschool cheer team. If they feel it will be too hot for them they don't have to come. I think you're being a LITTLE bit dramatic, and yes it was meant to be a joke.

View Quoted Comment Because I only used the reception in my response? I was just using the reception as the example. Just because I didn’t physically type out “ceremony” doesn’t mean it wasn’t an option.

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Baahahaha amazing

I feel really bad about the position you (and your guests) are in here.... as it sounds like economically you can't purchase the AC and you're locked into the location/catering/tents already. I'd recommend you push the start time back to 7pm to allow for cooler weather...see about renting fans (maybe ones that provide some mist) and hope for the best. Maybe if there is a breeze, the sides of the tents can be raised to take advantage of that. If you let people know about the lack of AC upfront then people can make the best decision for themselves that day depending on the actual temperature/humidity level. It may be that some won't come or will leave early if they are older, very young or have certain medical conditions. That may be the best you can do here. Good Luck to you!

After reading through the comments, my only suggestion other than moving the ceremony time to later in the day would be to look at Factory AC rentals outside of your tent rental company.

I live in NE and have rented an air conditioning unit that hooks up to a small generator to cool down our tented summer parties. It was significantly less expensive than going through the tent rental company. Maybe that can be an option that fits your budget?

If not, I would suggest checking out your local dollar stores for those small battery powered fans to offer even a little bit of relief from the heat for your guests. August can be pretty brutal with humidity and heat.

View Quoted Comment Yeah, believe them. None of us have ever put together a wedding where you are and they have. This conversation is out of hand. Stop replying, so it can die, and trust your vendors over strangers on the internet.

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Ya, what do i know. I've only lived in NE for 33 years. Makes sense.

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Exactly. And because obviously every guest at those weddings would've come up to the planner to complain about it, right? So if the planner didn't receive any direct complaints, then that must mean no one was uncomfortable!

View Quoted Comment I’ve lived in NE over 30 years. We know exactly what the weather is like here. We also know (as guests) how unlikely people are to complain to the rental company.

Yeah. I'm sure you're right. It's not like I lived in NE for more than half my life, or my cousin worked for a tent company there for 20 years.
First, most good tent companies leave someone on site through the event, that person would know. Planners are usually at the event. The bride and groom aren't in a special coolness bubble -- they would be the ones to complain.
AC would have been a big upsell for either of these people. If they genuinely thought it was necessary they would have said so.
Plus, the internet! No reputable vendor purposefully gives bad advice.
Also, Cape Cod, the Berkshires, the entire state of Maine. All of those are appropriate for outdoor no ac. Club Getaway does it all the time.

View Quoted Comment Actually, my grandma, who I considered a VIP guest at my wedding, who's on oxygen, would have passed out and very possibly died. And her declining would have killed us all. So this is not a good point of reference.

I would invest in fans at least, for guests to use when they inevitably get hot. And have plenty of cold water on hand. Are you having your cake professionally made? I would consult the baker on the best way to handle that. I'm assuming the wedding is at night? So at least the sun won't be out when people start dancing

View Quoted Comment That’s what I’ve been saying. Getting a client to spend $10,000 more is HUGE! Why would they just roll over and die so easily on such a huge expense? But apparently I was wrong for believing that..

What I'm not understanding is why it has to be August. Your fiance literally works 7 days a week for the rest of the year?

You don't need two weeks off. You need one day. Maybe your honeymoon would have to wait until August but you could have your wedding at a time that is much safer/more convenient for guests.

I've gotten heatstroke outside in August watching my son's Little League games. No way in hell am I going to do it for someone's wedding in my nice clothes.

View Quoted Comment He’s Active duty and is being deployed shortly after getting married. We’re not doing a honeymoon this year, if even at all. The two weeks he has off will really be the only stress free time he has until then so we figured it’d be the beat time. Unfortunately with deployment you need to prepare for the worst..

I lived in Boston for 5 years and I don’t remember it being that hot during August at all, and I walked home from work every day. You could see if the rental company is willing to change 2 tents to 1 larger tent to ac, and have your ceremony outside with white market umbrellas. Have programs turned into small fans, have lots of refreshing ice water with different fruits, lots of ice cream. Open all of the tent sides so heat isn’t trapped inside. Have large industrial fans available if needed.