Event Planning Assistance with Your Event
Congratulations in booking your marquee! Abacus are more than a Marquee Hire Company and can assist you with your entire event including the planning aspect. Giving you stress-free experience and able to put your feet up knowing your event is being planned & handled by a multi award-winning Company.
🤔🥳 You're Booked In - What Happens Next?
Thank you for securing your marquee hire with us — we’re excited to be part of your upcoming event!
Now that your marquee is sorted, the real fun (and planning!) begins. Whether you’re organising a garden party, wedding, or private celebration, there’s a lot that goes into bringing everything together.
That’s why we offer Planning Support Packages — to help take the stress out of organising your event and give you as much (or as little) help as you need.
🤔 Why Consider a Support Package?
Many of our clients are surprised by just how much is involved in planning an event around a marquee:
Coordinating suppliers like caterers, bands, toilets, and generators
Making sure power and layout requirements are covered
Dealing with last-minute changes, weather plans, and delivery timings
Ensuring everything runs smoothly on the day
We’ve helped plan hundreds of successful events, and we know where things can easily go wrong — or right. Our support packages give you access to this knowledge and experience, so you’re not on your own.
LET US HELP ORGANISE YOUR COMPLETE EVENT
- On the Day Event Coordinator
- Pre planning checklists ensuring you have everything covered
- Formal & Informal Catering Recommendations
- Bar Infrastructure including Bars, Fridges, Bar & Cocktail Staff
- Mobile Bar Hire Service & Bar Management
- Furniture Design
- Event Lighting & Audio Visual Services
- Event Loos & Festival Showers
- Power Generators & Outside Lighting
- Event Entertainment, Photobooths & Selfie Mirrors
- Wedding DJs & Live Bands
- Event Photographers & Videographers
- Bespoke Event Theming
- Stage Construction
- Post Event Clear Up & Rubbish Removal
- Total Hands Off Experience
20% Off Your Event Management Package if purchased within Week of Your Deposit Payment!
Choose 1 of 4 Event Planning Packages Below
We’ve created four event support packages to suit every type of celebration. Whether you want to handle the details yourself or prefer a fully managed experience, Abacus is here to support you every step of the way.
If we do not hear from you (or otherwise agreed at time of booking), we will assume you are happy with the “Basics” FREE Package.
BASIC EVENT MANAGEMENT
EVENT MANAGEMENT LEVEL 1-
Marquee hire only - we provide the structure & essentials as agreed
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You handle your other 3rd party suppliers directly
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You are responsible for informing us of any power requirements
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Access to our recommended suppliers list
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No planning assistance or coordination included
ESSENTIALS EVENT MANAGEMENT
EVENT MANAGEMENT LEVEL 2-
Up to 2 Phone/Video Calls to discuss your Event
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Up to 2 CAD Drawings/Revisions
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20% off Your Event Management Package if purchased within 2 weeks of deposit
Helping you throughout your planning stages ensuring you bring in the right suppliers to suit your event and budget. Up to 3 CAD revisions of your marquee to help you and your event suppliers visualise your marquee.
The Level 2 service is perfect for people who are bringing in some of their own suppliers, or perhaps for smaller events where you would like to utilise our event experience and network of preferred suppliers to bring on board for your special event.
PREMIER EVENT MANAGEMENT
EVENT MANAGEMENT LEVEL 3-
Level 2 Event Management Plus
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1x site visit & 2x planning calls (6 weeks & 2 weeks before your event)
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We contact your suppliers to gather your power requirements
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Power plan – we ensure you have power where you need it in your marquee
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1x final CAD layout plan for visualisation and useful for other suppliers
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20% off Your Event Management Package if purchased within 2 weeks of deposit
Can Add On the Day Event Support Coordinator for +£695+VAT (£834). Strictly limited to one event per weekend. Event Support coordinator & assistant have over 14 years experience in managing weddings & events.
ULTIMATE EVENT MANAGEMENT
EVENT MANAGEMENT LEVEL 4-
Level 3 Event Management plus:
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Priority Booking of the Week (Earlier Set up)
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Monthly planning check-ins when required
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All Supplier Liaison - Let Us Ensure Everybody Involved Works Harmoniously Together
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Whatsapp Group with Suppliers, Abacus & Client
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Unlimited CAD revisions
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Experienced on the day/night event coordinator
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Experienced on the day/night event coordinator (14+ years of wedding & event experience) to take the pressure off you.
Helps run your event, ensures everybody sticks to timings and makes your event runs smoothly. Allows you to become a guest rather than a host of your event to take the pressure from you. Recommended for 100+ guest events when running an event from home. Strictly limited to one event per weekend. -
20% off Your Event Management Package if purchased within 2 weeks of deposit
This Level 3 Event Management service is perfect for people who want the most unforgettable event without the hassle of liaising with suppliers, coordinating all suppliers leading up to the event and want to feel like a guest of their own event rather than being a host. Your on the day/night event coordinator (who has over 14 year's experience managing weddings, large corporate & private events) is on hand during the crucial hours before guests arrive and during the event to make sure your dream marquee venue is set up perfectly and all suppliers are dealt with when they arrive.
The on the day coordinator ensures the planned itinerary timings are kept as tight as they can be with no delays. It leaves you with complete peace of mind everything is under control during your big event.
Add Post-Event Clean Up - Leaving Your Home/Venue Like it Was Before Your Event +£495+VAT | £594
Leaving your venue totally clean straight after your event - as if we were never there. After your event, the marquee, surrounding areas (and house if applicable) is cleaned by professional cleaners and all rubbish (excluding catering) is removed leaving your site/garden spotless leaving is exactly how it was 48 hours before your event.
Let us design, plan and run your dream event - By the highest reviewed events Company in the UK
20% off Your Event Management Package if purchased within 2 weeks of deposit
Arrange Your Whole Event Infrastructure With Us
Highest Reviewed Marquee Hire Company in the UK
Saving you Time & Giving Complete Peace of Mind
On the day Event Coordination Service Available
We Know it was the right decision to go with Abacus...
Your very own Event Coordinator
Your on the day/night event coordinator will be a truly invaluable service. They will be your go to person to sort all of your last minute tasks out that quite simply, you will not have time to do on the day.
You will have access to contact your event coordinator in the run up to your event to discuss your event itinerary to ensure no stone is left unturned.
They will allow you to become a guest of your very own event rather than a host. They will allow you to enjoy whatever you are celebrating in company of your closest friends & family.
You’ll be able to play a part of your event without having the worry of when to turn on the generator, the marquee heater or whether the bar has everything it needs to be stocked up.
They will welcome guests as they arrive and direct them to where they need to be. They will ensure all event staff are in the right place at the right time. They will be your event superstar that you probably didn’t think you needed at first, but are now so grateful for them.
They will ensure you and your guests create memories & experiences you will never forget.
The best bit? We will keep it very secret you had the very best help, by the UK’s highest reviewed events company and pretend you planned, prepped and organised your event all by yourself…
Seth & Fiona's Story
Abacus helped create Seth & Fiona’s son’s farmyard themed Barmitzvah come true in their fantastic farm venue in Ware.
We helped bring in event infrastructure including marquee theming & design, power generators, event loos, outside lighting, furniture and our event coordinator on the day as their go-to helping hand eliminating any on the day event stresses away from Seth & Fiona.
We hired Abacus for our garden wedding in June and had the sailcloth marquee. They supplied everything from the marquee itself, to the generator, toilets, bar, tables, chairs etc. The team set up on the hottest days of the year with no complaints - they are all so friendly and work extremely hard to make the set up perfect. They also catered for last minute changes, are flexible and have great customer service. Really nice people. Would definitely recommend Abaucus for any event - we were so pleased with the whole experience!
We got married this weekend and hired marquee for our mini festival. We could not have been more pleased with how everything went. The team were great, the marquee was up in no time. Really pleased how they added no stress to our big day. Efficient and friendly service
Excellent service at the Andover Branch .. Took advantage of the collection the night before so I could get an early start the next day. Van was virtually brand new and done exactly what was required. Thanks, will definitely use again.
Adam and Dan have been amazing , nothing too much trouble , a major factor to our great celebration , marquee was everything we hoped for and more !
This is our third time using Abacus for our summer BBQ, and once again they delivered an excellent service. Communication was great from start to finish, and the team was always friendly, professional, and helpful. Everything was well organised, making the event run smoothly and stress-free. It's a pleasure working with them, and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend Abacus to others.
Absolutely 5 stars all round. I ordered tables, chairs and champagne glasses for my husbands wake (not typically the most joyful of events) but seeing the garden laid out with beautiful round tables, having freshly laundered table cloths and champagne flutes in abundance.. my husbands ‘leaving doo’ was fantastic.. Abacus event hire were fantastic from start to finish. They just made such a sad day so much easier to bare. With empathy all round, and swift delivery and pick ups. Highly recommend.