Wedding decor rental in Ottawa
The studio is in Ottawa, so this is the shortest run we make, and the core zone is the floor every other zone is priced against.
Why $95 is the floor
Not fuel. Crew time. A run to Ottawa books 105 minutes of a crew day for a single stop: 20 minutes out, 20 back, 45 minutes to stand a wedding arch, and twenty minutes of loading and paperwork. Friday is our biggest delivery day and it carries 660 crew minutes and 6 stops in total, so one Ottawa stop takes roughly 16 percent of it.
That is the cheapest run we make, which is why it sets the reference every other zone is measured against, and why the order minimum here is the lowest we publish.
The full crew capacity tableWhat a minimum sized order actually costs, delivered to Ottawa
The minimum is measured on the rental subtotal, before the delivery fee, the damage waiver and tax. This is that order, quoted by the same function the checkout uses.
| Rental, at the zone minimum | $250 |
| Delivery to Ottawa | $95 |
| Damage waiver, instead of a security deposit | $25 |
| HST | $48.10 |
| Total | $418.10 |
| Payable at booking | $104.53 |
The waiver is 8 percent of the rental with a floor and a cap, which is why it is not a round number. Nothing here is an estimate: change the zone fee in the engine and this table changes with it.
Collecting it yourself, from Ottawa
Pickup costs nothing, and more importantly it removes the $250 minimum entirely. It is two round trips rather than one, because you collect before the event and bring it back after, so from Ottawa that is four legs of a 20 minute drive, about 1 h 20 behind the wheel, to save $95. Call it $71 an hour for your own driving.
Every one of our packages clears the $250 van minimum here, so pickup is a genuine choice rather than the only route. 16 of the 27 pieces in the catalog are released for pickup. The other 11 need our crew on site, and that is enforced in the booking engine rather than left to the interface to hide.
What can come by courier to Ottawa
The courier lane is the small parcel tier: a driver puts the box in a car and drives away. They do not wait, they do not carry it in, and they do not set anything up. At 20 minutes each way it meters out at $82 against $95 for our van, and it needs only $75 of rental rather than $250. For a small order to Ottawa that is the difference between a booking and no booking.
- · 11 need our crew on site to stand them up, and a courier does not stay.
- · 5 are glass or mirror. A gig courier's damage policy denies compensation on fragile goods, so a broken crate would be entirely our loss at any weight.
- · 2 are over the courier weight or packed length limit.
- · 1 is kept off the courier lane by its own product note: Cake Stand.
Some product notes describe the courier lane as a short radius option around the studio. The booking sheet prices it by drive time, so on the longer runs treat the courier figure as a quote to confirm rather than a promise.
Which categories suit this zone
Read the courier and pickup columns rather than the item count. In a zone with a $250 van minimum, the useful question is not what we stock, it is what can reach you without one.
| Category | From | Pieces | Courier | Pickup | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photo Booths / Bornes photo | $195 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Statement Pieces / Pièces maîtresses | $215 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Signage / Affichage | $95 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Table Decor / Décor de table | $70 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Candles & Lighting / Bougies et éclairage | $72 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Reception / Réception | $35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Arches & Florals / Arches et décor floral | $120 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Venues we have written up in and around Ottawa
Ottawa in practice
- · An Ottawa mailing address does not automatically put a venue in the core zone. Stittsville and Manotick are both inside the City of Ottawa and both sit in the outer zone, because the zones are drawn on drive time and crew hours rather than on municipal boundaries.
- · Downtown load-in is a venue question, not a city question. Dock windows, elevator bookings and timed street access differ building by building, so those belong on venue pages rather than here.
Nearest towns we publish
What we have not published about Ottawa
- · How many events we have set up here. We have not published a count, because we have not logged one we would stand behind. A number on a page that nobody can check is worth less than the admission that it is missing.
- · Which local venues allow open flame. That is a written policy we confirm venue by venue, not a town level fact, and guessing it is how a couple ends up with candles they cannot light.
Questions people actually ask
How much is delivery to Ottawa? +
$95 flat, before HST. Ottawa is in the Ottawa core zone, 20 minutes each way from the studio. That one fee covers the whole job: we bring it out, set up the pieces that need setting up, and come back for it afterwards.
Is there a minimum order for Ottawa? +
Yes, $250 of rental before the delivery fee, the damage waiver and tax. Essentials, Signature and Luxe clear it on their own. Self pickup has no minimum at all, so a small order is still a booking, just not a van one.
Can we pick the order up ourselves instead of paying $95? +
Yes. Pickup costs nothing and removes the order minimum. It is two round trips rather than one, because you collect before the event and return afterwards, so from Ottawa it is about 1 h 20 behind the wheel to save $95. Pieces that need our crew are never released for pickup.
Which pieces can come by courier to Ottawa? +
8 of the 27 pieces in the catalog are light enough, small enough and sturdy enough for the courier lane. At 20 minutes each way the metered courier rate works out at $82, against $95 for the van, and the courier lane needs only $75 of rental rather than $250. The courier drops at the door: no waiting, no carrying, no setup.
All 27 pieces, with measured specs and what each one excludes.
The whole rate card, with no quote form in front of it.
The full zone map, and the one town that is not on it.