Before you calculate how many portable toilets you need for your wedding, let’s look at if you need them and why.
Why do I need portable toilets at my wedding?
The first thing to consider is whether your chosen venue has enough toilet facilities for your expected guest numbers, and if it has, where they are. Wedding guests don’t want to queue for the toilet, particularly if it means they’ll miss key points in the day (think speeches, cake-cutting, first dance). They also don’t want to have to go on a hike to find the nearest toilet!
Toilet facilities need to be accessible. When viewing your chosen venue, are toilets on the ground level? If not, are there lifts to access them? Will the situation make it too challenging for elderly guests with mobility issues, or families with prams or pushchairs, to access the facilities?
For guests who have travelled a distance to be present at your wedding (and in today’s world very few families and friendship circles are focused around a small geographical area, as they used to be), how lovely to know you value their presence enough to provide luxury facilities for them?
Portable toilet hire for weddings – how many do I need?
As every celebration is different, there are lots of variables to take into account when calculating how many toilets you need for a wedding. Are you hosting an intimate reception with a handful of guests, or are you expecting hundreds of guests? Will more guests be joining you for an evening celebration, and will food and drink be served all day, or just in the evening? Are there permanent facilities that will service everyone comfortably or do you need to supplement the amenities to make them more accessible?
Generally, we would suggest one toilet for every 50 guests over a 12-hour period and at Wight Event Toilet Hire, our fleet of luxury portable toilets contains units that will cater for any guest numbers from fewer than 50 to in excess of 350. The following table highlights the capacity of our most popular units:
| Number of guests | Toilet unit | Length of event | Comprises |
| Fewer than 100 | 1+1 luxury toilet | Up to 12 hours | 1 men’s toilet and 1 ladies’ toilet |
| Up to 150 | 2+1 luxury toilet | Up to 12 hours | 2 ladies’ toilets, 1 men’s toilet plus 2 urinals |
| Up to 300 | 3+1 luxury toilet | Up to 12 hours | 3 ladies’ toilets, 1 men’s toilet plus 3 urinals |
| Up to 400 | 8 bay luxury toilet | Up to 12 hours | 8 cubicles or 4+4 |
For couples working to a budget, who still want to offer their guests premium facilities, our 1+1 compact toilet will accommodate up to 100 guests over an 8-hour period, while the 4-bay economy toilet unit will serve up to 250 guests over 12 hours.
Wedding toilet hire prices
Individual product descriptions each feature a ‘price from’ as a guideline (starting from just £295 + VAT for the 2-bay economy unit). However, our experience has shown us that no two events are the same and this is why we provide bespoke quotations for every client.
Wedding toilet hire from WET Hire
If you are looking for luxuy toilet hire in Bath or the wider Somerset area and are planning a wedding, get in touch to find out how we can help with your wedding toilet hire. Contact us by email or give the team a call on 01225 281018 today.