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If you could rent all your accessories for your wedding...?

would you? Things like flower baskets, ring pillows, cake tops, tiara, toasting flutes, ect.. And would you rent them from an online place if prices were reasonable?

Public Comments

1. Yes, smart economic move. But I would buy some things I could keep, like the bouquets.
2. our cake topper and toasting flutes were very special and will go in our china cabinet, and the flowergirl basket and ring pillows were such an insignificant amount of $ in comparison i dont think i would..
3. Yes because I would only use it once. No need to clutter up space
4. If it was cheaper yes I would suggest this. I have a room full of left over wedding crap, I will have this longer than the marriage. lol.
5. Absolutely. I plan to if I ever marry again. In fact, I hope to rent a bridal gown. Sometimes when we get married we get too wrapped up in keepsake things from that special day and they end up crowding a closet somewhere. Each bride will need some things to keep. My parents had their cake topper at their 50th last year as well as my Mom's very conservative bridal gown, veil, and shoes. And her album of pictures. It's good to have a little bit of your own, but nobody ever needs as much to keep as they think they do!
6. Not unless it was just ridiculously exspensive to buy it all like with tables and plates. It might be more up front but you are actually better off buying. Lets say you can rent a tiara for 100 bucks and you can buy one for 110 dollars. You can easily resale that tiara online or in the paper for 60 dollars and in the end you only spent 50. The added bonus is not having to figure who is going to return all that crap so you don't get charged a late fee or damages. The only time this is a problem is when people buy things and have no plan on getting rid of them. Since you are considering renting then that shouldn't be a problem for you. Consider it as renting from yourself. I know of at least a few knotties who even rent out their wedding things like candy bar containers until they are sold. If you find something at a great sale price who knows, you could even MAKE money on it....
7. I would rent most everything if it was significantly cheaper than buying. And I'd be weary of renting online unless i had excellent references.
8. Yes I would but only if it saved money and the items held no sentimental value to me. Where i live, there was no place that offered rentals of those items. So instead I borrowed the knife to cut the cake (from my parents wedding over 30 years ago), borrowed the slip and tiara from a friend, made the veil and ring bearer pillows myself. Anybody who recently was married, got a phone call from me and they were happy to help.
9. Would have rented tiara and veil, and probably the wedding gown, too. Nothing else. And no, not online.