Should we rent portable bathrooms?

ohkking

Our wedding reception is at an arboretum on the patio of an old barn.  So the bathroom situation is limited.  They squeezed two toilet stalls into what should be a slightly oversized single person bathroom.  We have 180 guests.  How bad of a nightmare would it be if we didn't rent extra toilets?  Has anyone ever been to a wedding with those fancy port o' potties with running water, etc?  Are they tacky or worth it for the comfort?  Anyone know how much they could cost?

Thanks ladies!

shannondafoe

i think extra bathrooms is kinda a must for that many guests.
as long as they arnt the green tacky ones i think it will be just fine!

subdola

I've been at an event that had the luxury port-o-potties, and they were really nice.  Flushing toilets, sinks with hot running water, they looked like a real bathroom.  I don't know how much they are, but 180 people and only 2 bathrooms is probably not going to be enough so I'd definitely look into the rentals.

felkels

I would talk to the venue first and ask what people do...I looked at one spot where we went online to see how much the nice ones were...were trying to figure out the budget for 1-2, and then found out that they could not bring them into the park...the entry was to narrow and steep and no one was willing to, therefor, EVERYONE in my wedding (along with another wedding being held that day) would have had to share 1 port o potty outside the park and up a huge hill...we didn't go with the spot...if I rememeber right we priced things probably by going to honey bucket or port o potty online...I want to say around $200 a day for the lux ones...but I am not sure. 

CA2MT4EveR

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[QUOTE]i think extra bathrooms is kinda a must for that many guests. as long as they arnt the green tacky ones i think it will be just fine!
Posted by shannondafoe[/QUOTE]

I think the green/blue regular ones are just fine.  They come clean and you can get one for men and one for women, but put lights inside.  The fancy ones can  get quite expensive, and are also not available in all areas.