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A Party Tent venue can be a good way to have a personal wedding in familiar surroundings, like your own garden. It can also be a good way to reduce the party budget.

You can have a party tent wedding all year around unless you live in the snow.

Party Tent Advantages

• Party tents are often a cheaper alternative to other wedding venues. Especially because you can serve your own food and alcohol.
• You can get party tents in many different shapes, types and sizes. The can even form an L-shape to fit into tricky or tight areas.
• The tent can hold a pleasant temperature even down to sub-zero temperatures at night
• If the weather is bad you can close it out
• If the weather is good you can open up and let the surrounding in
• The surroundings can be used as party of the decorations. The tent can be opened or you can have a tent with windows. Some tents even have a clear or removable roof so you can view the stars.

Inspiration
Colors can do a lot to a party tent wedding, especially warm colors. See the article wedding by color for inspiration.

Inner lining
You can choose to have inner lining in the tent for a warmer look. It looks nice, but it’s also more expensive. A more basic tent without inner lining is cheaper and more functional. It can look good for a wedding aiming to be simple in style.
When it comes to what kind of tent is suitable for your wedding, it’s best to talk to an experienced party tent rental place. They will be able to share their experience and provide advise. Choose the vendor you feel is the most trustworthy.

With or without poles?
It is quite important to decide if you want a tent with or without poles. This will affect how you decorate the tent. The advantage of a pole-less tent is that you get better use of space and no poles will block the view.
Tents with poles are slightly cheaper. If you choose a tent with poles it is important that they are decorated as they are often worn. Just wrap some flowers, leafs and white fabric around them. There are no rules here so just experiment and see what works.

Floor
There are several floor options as well:
- Carpets (can have a warming effect)
- Turf (cheap and fun)
- Wooden floor (expensive but great)
- No floor (can be suitable for an informal event on an even surface)

All in all a party tent is a flexible, personal and very good alternative to other party venues.

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