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Phoenix & Scottsdale, Arizona

Rentals

In Phoenix & Scottsdale: Shade is not décor here — it is infrastructure. A tent is your entire cooling and safety plan for any outdoor ceremony between May and October, and Phoenix charges a $300 tent permit for the first tent and $150 for each additional, a line item that appears on no national checklist. Twelve rental companies serve the metro, clustered in Phoenix and Scottsdale with inventory also in Mesa and Gilbert. Because the season inverts — peak runs October through April — rental stock tightens in the months a mainland planner thinks of as shoulder season. Book rentals when you book the venue, not after. For desert-park ceremonies, confirm that your rental company will deliver to the specific site: some county and forest trailheads have access restrictions that turn a standard delivery into a hand-carry labor charge. Budget $1,500 to $6,000 depending on how much your venue provides and how much shade you need to build from scratch.

12 listings · checked October 2026

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