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Who takes and when do you get the decorations from your venue?

kcnolan21kcnolan21 member
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So I was wondering, at what point do you take the stuff (centerpieces, decor, guest book, etc...) from the venue after the reception. Do or did you have to remove it the same night? Or did your venue allow you to come the next day to collect everything?
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Re: Who takes and when do you get the decorations from your venue?

  • blueobsidianblueobsidian member
    250 Love Its 100 Comments Second Anniversary First Answer
    Every venue is going to have different policies about clean up, so you will need to check with yours to see how it works.  Most of the ones I've looked at do require you to take everything the same night (after all, they need their space back, especially if they have another event booked the next day).
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  • ksblumbksblumb member
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    It all depends on the venue and their scheduling. We set up the reception space the night before and took down the next morning. The ceremony space we had to set up the morning of, and then they took down and put it all in a closet for us.
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  • MobKazMobKaz member
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    For a small (from my POV) $200 fee, our venue took care of everything and it was well worth that fee.  We were able to deliver our decor 2-3 days before the wedding.  They asked us how we wanted to have it set up, and they took care of everything.  We returned around noon the day after the wedding to retrieve our items.  Everything was boxed up, and ready on dollies for us to take to the car.

    If your venue offers any options along those lines, I would highly recommend you find the funds in your budget to take advantage of it.
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  • misssunshine17misssunshine17 member
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    You'd have to ask your individual venue. 
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    We had to get ours out as soon as the reception was over. 


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  • Maggie0829Maggie0829 member
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    It is really a venue to venue thing.  With ours, I know our florist made arrangements to pick up the pillars and large vases used for the ceremony the next day.  And besides the presents and cards, we just left everything else and the venue took care of everything.  My MIL did have to go down the Monday after to pick up our linens we rented but the venue had already boxed it all up for her.

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  • Jessica41381Jessica41381 member
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    edited August 2013
    Our caterer was in charge of setup and takedown of tables and chairs so she said she would do the whole setup at no additional charge . She drove and hr and 20 mins to our house 3 weeks before our wedding to pick up my center pieces and various decorations! <3 her
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  • libby2483libby2483 member
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    We had to clean ours up at the end of the reception. Our decor was pretty simple, so my mom and aunt just picked it up about an hour before the reception was finished.
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