tent rental?

Factual Questions
1

This should be (I hope) a quick and easy question.

I was just curious how much renting one of those large outdoor tents would cost – the type they have at outdoor weddings and corporate events. I’ve found a few websites but none of the companies will deign to give their prices online. I’m not at a point where I’m ready to jump up and rent one, I just would like a ballpark figure so I can see if it’s even worth futher investigation or not. I would only need one, basic, 10x20 or 15x15 canopy with frame, no sidewalls or anything fancy. I wouldn’t want to spend more than say $75-100, but for all I know that’s ridiculously low.

So if anyone has any experience with this, I’d appreciate some enlightenment.

TIA.

2

Would this online tent rental cost calculator be of any use to you, Kaio?

3

Heck, you’re in Chi-town, home to a shitload of dopers. A LOT of folks have these things in their garages (my in-laws own a big one, but we’re down south). Put a plea in MPSIMS and someone will loan you the whole shebang for a 12-pack and some Cubs tix (go Braves!). Worth a shot.

4

I thought this was going to be about Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Martian military music.

“Rented a tent. Rented a tent. Rented a tent, a tent, a tent…”

5

Looks like for the amount of money available and using the very fine tent calculator Ice Wolf provided, you should be able to handle a party of 10.

:smiley:

6

10 Canadians, not 10 Americans.

7

Try Target, you can probably buy one under $100…or two :slight_smile:

8

That was my first thought too. One time the wife and I wanted to go camping but didn’t own a tent, so we rented one. The whole weekend I had Martian military music on the brain (except in my mind it is always “Rented a tent, a tent, a tent. Rented a tent, a tent, a tent. Rented a tent, rented a tent. Rented a, rented a tent”).