Post-ceremony chair break-down

Have you considered a day of coordinator? That could be a job for them?

I am in the same situation. I know I need to hire someone to do this and I have asked my DOC about it. She said she can bring an assistant to help with this (we are at 2 different locations for ceremony and reception so she will be at reception site) so we will probably go that route.

Day of coordinator

I also recommend a DOC. That person will handle getting the task done and enlist assistants to help so you don't have to worry about it.

Taskrabbit

You'e absolutely right...and honestly, neither you or your guests should be setting up the chairs, moving them, or resetting them at the reception.

I noticed you mentioned a moving van...so, you aren't getting married on venue property, because if you were, they'd have to move the chairs (that's completely customary).

The PPs are right -- spend a few hundred and have a DOC handle this. The entire issue shouldn't cross your mind on your wedding day...or have a chair rental company set up, wait, remove, and transport the chairs back to their place of origin, and let the reception venue use their own chairs while they're setting up your reception. Do whichever is less expensive.

Do you have a college near your venue? Could you put out an ad there and see if anyone wants to make some extra money setting them up and taking them down?

Thanks everyone! We asked the rental company, but with travel and overtime, it was going to cost several hundred dollars. I'm assuming a DOC would be the same cost, which we were trying to avoid. The reception coordinator is strictly in charge of the reception even though ceremony is just outside, but we've asked.

TaskRabbit is good? I've thought about it but am a little nervous.

We are having it on a college campus actually but have no way to physically post until a couple days before.

If you have a few friends, I would do it. For my wedding, I was just going to rent the chairs for outside from an outside company. That only cost $100 compared to paying people to move them. Check the cost of just renting some additional chairs. That may be less than the coordinator. Hope that helps.

Following. We are having our ceremony in a park and don't want to leave the chairs out to be stolen...

A reception venue that doesn't deal with setting up and taking down of chairs? HMMM.

My venue does not set up or take down. My rental company does. So I lucked out with that!

Where are you renting the moving van from? I remember when I rented a truck from U Haul online, it gave me the option to hire movers. I think the cheapest was like $60 an hour. Something like that might work for you. Or honestly you could call a moving company and see how much it would be to send over a guy to break down the chairs and load.

To clarify, the reception venue won't work with the ceremony chairs because it's in an outdoor space that is not technically part of reception space. The rental company we're using is bringing all chairs (ceremony and reception) and napkins on the same day. The reception venue is taking care of reception chairs and napkins, but not the ceremony chairs. We looked for other places, but no one in our area is open Sunday to do same day set up and breakdown unless at a hefty fee. Tempted to let our guests who have volunteered help because between 5 guys it would probably take like 10min. But I'll check out task rabbit for sure

UO but I say if friends volunteer it's okay to let them help. WW has a general consensus that it's never appropriate to let your guests help with anything at your wedding, but where I'm from its not a big deal for a few people to pitch in with a small task. Ex. My mom doesn't want me to hire anyone for clean up, because my aunts and mom will pick up and load decor etc. into cars at the end of the night, just as she has helped her sisters do this after all of their kids' weddings.

When I looked into a DOC, they typically cost $400 in my area.

Try www.thumbtack.com