One of the fundamental questions when planning an outdoor wedding is: how many portable toilets does a wedding require? This article explores the number of toilets you should have available to ensure that your wedding celebration goes according to plan.

How Many Portable Toilets Is Enough For A Wedding?

If you are currently planning an outdoor wedding, then you may be wondering how many bathrooms you will need. Determining how many portable toilets you will need to rent for a wedding is actually more complicated than you may think. 

Firstly, you need to figure out what type of toilet rentals you will need for your event, and then you will need to decide on the specific number for your wedding's needs. The type of wedding which you are holding will have a major impact on how many toilets you will require at a wedding.

FORMAL WEDDINGS

Formal outdoor weddings will usually require luxury restroom trailers due to they needed a little more of a classy and elegant solution. If the visuals are important to your outdoor wedding, then luxury portable toilets are the go-to option. 

They will provide a highly practical solution with excellent visual appeal. Restroom trailers are capable of serving 50-1,000 people, depending on the size of the particular unit, for a maximum of around ten hours.

The goal of renting toilets at any kind of outdoor event is to minimise the amount of time guests are waiting and maximise comfort as much as possible. 

This means that you will need to size up if your event is on the top end of the restroom trailer's guest capacity. If you speak to an experienced restroom service business, then they will be able to advise you on which trailer is best suited for your specific event.

If you are choosing smaller restrooms, then there are visual choices to pick from here. Two-stall and three-stall trailers come in a variety of different styles, which can be chosen in order to match the look of your event. 

This is usually a secondary consideration, but it is definitely important to keep in mind when looking at toilets for hire. If the luxury restroom that looks fantastic with the rest of your event's design is smaller than what you will need, then you will either need to pick another trailer or rent multiple.

Non-Traditional Weddings

Some examples of non-traditional weddings would be camping wedding receptions or themed wedding receptions. These events have completely different needs. 

If they are a longer duration event, then they will either require more units or higher capacity tanks. The add-ons are perfect ways to get your toilets suited to the challenges created by having a unique wedding. Weddings in remote areas may not have the accessibility to have more than a few portable toilets.

How Long is Your Wedding?

The length of your event will have an impact on how many portable toilet units you will need to rent. If you are hosting a shorter event, then it is much more likely that you will be able to rent a lower amount of portable toilets. 

But if your wedding is going to be a longer event, going late into the night, then you will be needing more restrooms for your guests. The longer that guests spend at your wedding, eating and drinking, the more likely it is that they are going to need to visit the restroom.

Will You Serve Alcohol?

If you are going to be serving alcohol to your guests, then it will not only increase the amount of liquid they are drinking at your wedding, but it will also mean that restroom visits are far more frequent. Alcohol is what is known as a diuretic. 

This means that it makes you need to urinate more often. It suppresses the hormones that stop you from constantly needing to empty your bladder. Plus, your guests will be drinking liquid anyway, meaning their bladder will be filling.

If you have an open bar at your wedding or just handing out signature cocktails, we would recommend erring on the side of caution and renting an extra restroom for your potentially drunk guests.

Hiring a Portable Toilet for a Wedding

Ensure you have enough toilets

Firstly, you will want to ensure that there are enough toilets during your event to satisfy the needs of all your wedding guests. You wouldn't want anyone to miss the main event because they are stuck waiting in a queue for the toilet. 

The exact amount of restrooms needed will vary, but a good rule to follow is that you will need three stalls for men and four stalls for women at a 150 person wedding. So you can figure out how many you will need from there. 

Strategic location is everything. 

When you are looking for where to position your portable toilets at your event, make sure you choose strategically. 

You do not want the look of the rented toilets to disrupt the aesthetic of your wedding or be too close to where guests are eating and drinking, but you also do not want your guests to have to walk for miles just to go to the toilet. You need to find that very elusive middle ground.

Access is important

You never want your toilets to be so hidden that no one can find them or that the path leading to the toilet is too difficult to navigate. 

This can be a concern when holding an outdoor wedding, especially in the UK, where the weather may not be cooperating. If you place the toilets a significant distance away from where the main wedding event is happening, then you should make sure that the path that connects the two does not become muddy or waterlogged.

Budget accordingly

When it comes to portable toilet hire, the cost is always going to be a major factor. Weddings can cost a huge amount, and with outdoor weddings, portable toilets can be a major part of that cost. 

Make sure that when planning the event, you keep a running total of how much everything is costing, this way, you can be sure that you have budgeted for everything.

Order in advance

If you try to order your portable toilets at the last minute, then you will definitely be paying a whole lot more than usual, and that is if you are even able to find someone who can supply them. 

We would recommend organising your schedule early and placing an order at least three months before the event in hand. This will keep the associated costs as low as possible.

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