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Table & Chair Hire

A tent is an empty space until there is something in it, and most enquiries arrive for the structure alone then need 120 chairs a week later. Round and trestle tables, folding and wooden chairs, cocktail tables, linen, crockery and cutlery, on one booking and one truck. Available without a tent as well.

The half of the booking people forget

A tent is an empty space until there is something in it. Most enquiries we take are for the structure alone, and then a week later the same customer is trying to source 120 chairs from someone else. Hiring both together is cheaper and it arrives on one truck, on one schedule.

What we hire

Item	Typical use
Round tables (1.5m / 1.8m)	Seats 8–10. The standard wedding and gala layout.
Trestle tables (1.8m / 2.4m)	Long-table dining, buffets, registration and bar tops.
Folding chairs	The practical high-volume option for large events.
Wooden / cross-back chairs	Weddings and anything being photographed.
Cocktail tables	Standing events, drinks receptions.
Linen	Cloths, overlays and runners sized to the tables above.
Crockery & cutlery	Plates, glassware and cutlery by the setting.

How much space furniture actually needs

This is where people undersize the tent. Seated guests at round tables need roughly 1.5–1.8 m² each once you count the table, the chair and the room to walk behind it — against about 0.8 m² for a standing guest. Seating your guests roughly doubles the tent you need.

That is why a seated wedding tent needs so much more floor than the same guest count standing.

Table and chair hire prices

Event furniture is priced per item and it is cheap next to the structure — plastic chairs from about R7.50 each, tables from about R40, so a 100-guest set of chairs and twelve tables lands near R1,300.

Item	Suits	Typical market rate
White or black plastic chair	stacking, outdoor-safe	from ~R7.50 each
Wooden or café chair with cushion	styled events	from ~R30 each
Round table	seats 8 – 10	from ~R45 each
Trestle / rectangular table	seats 8	R40 – R50 each
Cocktail / standing table	4 – 6 standing	from ~R100 each

Tablecloth, linen, crockery and cutlery hire prices

Tablecloth hire and table cloth hire are priced per cloth, and crockery and cutlery per piece, so the bill scales with the guest count. These are published Cape Town rates from one furniture hirer's online catalogue, read in October 2026; VAT status is not stated.

Item	Suits	Typical market rate
Plain or damask tablecloth	one per table	R65 – R75 each
Premium linen tablecloth	heavy stone or off-white linen	~R185 each
Table runner	damask, lace or sequin	R35 – R45 each
Napkin	plain to patterned	R5.50 – R9.50 each
Chair cover	per chair	~R10 each
Dinner plate	standard 27cm to gold rim	R6.50 – R15 each
Knife, fork or spoon	standard to gold finish	R4.50 – R10 each
Wine glass	standard to gold rim	R4.50 – R8.50 each

A worked example for a 100-guest seated dinner on 12 round tables, at the standard end of each range: 100 chairs at R7.50 is R750, 12 round tables at R45 is R540, 12 tablecloths at R75 is R900, 100 napkins at R5.50 is R550, and 100 place settings (a R6.50 plate, three pieces of cutlery at R4.50 and a R5 wine glass, R25 a setting) is R2,500. That totals about R5,240 for the furniture and tableware.

Read this first. These are typical Cape Town market rates, gathered from competitors’ published price lists so you can budget before you enquire. They are not a quote and not necessarily our rates. Send us your date and headcount for a firm, itemised figure — or see the full breakdown on tent hire prices.

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