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Chairs or No Chairs?

mHarvey639mHarvey639
in North Carolina-Outer Banks
I'm having a beach wedding in corolla 60 guests.  I can't figure out whether I want to go through the hassel and expense of renting chairs, or just have my guests stand.  My ceremony will only be 10 min maximum.  What to do?
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  • varedbirdvaredbird member
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    We did not rent chairs, we had 70 guests.  We did get married on the beach on Rodanthe and chairs are not allowed.  However, the ceremony was short and it did save us the hassel of setting them up.  We did have a few chairs for our parents though.  We did not hear of any complaints.  Our ceremony was also fairly laid back so standing was not a problem. 

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  • RussoWillRussoWill
    100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    We've been in this big debate as well. U think we're doing a few rows of chairs for our parents and any older guests who will need to sit for the ceremony. We plan on only doing 10-15 minutes as well. 
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  • jendem8jendem8 member
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    We're doing a 25-30 min ceremony.  I was at an outdoor wedding yesterday that was about the same length.  It was warm, and I was thankful that we had chairs (when you take into account that guests arrive a little before the ceremony, we would have been standing for 40+ minutes in the sun and heat).  If yours is only 10 minutes, then you should be ok with or without.  I think we're planning on doing benches and are actually having my dad make them (renting is $30 a pop, so making them turns out to be much cheaper).  Plus, I think it'll be quicker to arrange and tear down. 
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  • WhitKD711WhitKD711
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    I was going to suggest benches as well. I like the look of benches on the beach rather than chairs anyway. And it'd be less of a hassle putting them out vs. a bunch of chairs.
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  • sarahebrownsarahebrown member
    100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    We are renting chairs for our 50 guests. This was a personal preference of mine. If you are having a short ceremony, I think it will be fine. My only advice is- make sure that people know where to stand. I observed a wedding with guests all standing and the photographer was having a very hard time getting in between people to get the shots.
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  • Krhoy20Krhoy20
    100 Comments
    edited December 2011
    We rented 20 chairs for about 40 people. Parents and those that need to will be seated and everyone else will stand around. We are also using the same chairs inside for dinner. I also wanted chairs to help define the aisle and ceremony site.
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