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Celebrations Party and Rental

Special Event Rentals at Great Prices
4.8 out of 5 stars and 16 reviews
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Ames, IA
Iowa
Travel area: Within 100 miles See details
4.8
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We used Celebrations for our wedding day linen napkins and we are so happy we did - they were easy to work with, efficient, and precise with everything we needed. The overall outcome was great - we loved the quality, the colors, and how they looked!
Kayli B.
5.0
Very friendly and have many things to look at and choose from. Very flexible and willing to do anything to make sure your big day's decorating goes as planned! We were 5 table cloths short (because we can't count haha) and they had them ready for us within 15 minutes! Everything turned out excellent and beautiful!
Courtney A.
5.0
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About this vendor

Based out of Ames, IA, Celebrations Party and Rental provides rental items for weddings and other special occasions across Central Iowa. We offer tents, tables, chairs, concession machines, staging, tableware, a huge selection of linens, and many other items. Delivery and pickup are available anywhere in Iowa. Stephanie established Celebrations Party and Rental in 2003. Her husband, John, joined the firm in 2016, and they have been serving couples together ever since. They boast a varied stock that includes over 20 different sizes of tents, 1,000 tables, 4,000 chairs, and several centerpiece styles. They have linens available in over 50 colors and patterns in many different sizes. You are welcome to come and look at rental samples or try different linens in the consultation area with no appointment needed.
Woman-owned Business
23+ years in business
Speaks English
Medium team (11-20 members)
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Rentals & Equipment
Chairs
Folding Chairs
Dance Floor
Dinnerware
Draping
Equipment
Audio/Visual Equipment
Generators
Heating & Cooling Equipment
Sound Equipment
Flatware
Glassware
Lighting
Linens
On-Site Delivery & Setup
Stages
Tables
Cocktail Tables
Dining Tables
Round Tables
Tents
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Meet the team
  • Vendor
    Stephanie and John Burnett
    Owners
    Stephanie has owned Celebrations since 2003. She currently still runs the company, working in the retail store and doing a lot of paperwork! She still enjoys going out on jobsites when possible also. Stephanie has a son and a daughter, Logan who graduated from Iowa State and Josie who recently graduated from Iowa State and also works at Celebrations. In her free time she enjoys annoying her kids, playing pickleball, reading, and boating. She is also a horrible cook and a great dancer. John joined Celebrations in 2016 and became the manager for the tent/tables/chairs section of the company. He handles all the day to day operations of the rental department. He has two daughters. His hobbies include watching YouTube on his ipad, boating, watching Iowa State football and basketball, drinking Miller Lite, grilling out and knitting blankets.
Reviews
4.8
out of 5.0
16 reviews
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AvatarK
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4/05/2022
We used Celebrations for our wedding day linen napkins and we are so happy we did - they were easy to work with, efficient, and precise with everything we needed. The overall outco...
me was great - we loved the quality, the colors, and how they looked!
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11/02/2015
Very friendly and have many things to look at and choose from. Very flexible and willing to do anything to make sure your big day's decorating goes as planned! We were 5 table clot...
hs short (because we can't count haha) and they had them ready for us within 15 minutes! Everything turned out excellent and beautiful!
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AvatarR
10/20/2015
I rented a lighted back drop, a lighted head table table cloth, and paid $100 to have them set up the lights above the dance floor. Everything look spectacular! They were prompt ge...
tting to the reception site and set everything up. Definitely a very good value.
AvatarM
10/12/2015
We worked with their West Des Moines location, renting 40 chairs for our wedding. I was able to handle the rental and payment over the phone, and arrange for my dad to pick them up...
on Friday and drop off the chairs on Monday. They had great prices and nice people.
AvatarA
8/25/2015
They were very helpful while I was trying to figure out how many items I was needing to rent and they were decently priced with beautiful decor!
AvatarT
7/06/2015
So much better than the other party rental store in town.... Staff is friendly and helpful. Lots of choices for tables, chairs, linens, dance floor. We got pretty much everything f...
rom them. Reasonably priced and we were able to pick up the items on the Friday before our Saturday wedding which helped us set up well in advance. Highly recommend.
AvatarS
10/13/2014
We rented tables, chairs, table runners, chair covers, delivery and set up in two locations from Celebrations. Everything was exactly as we expected and on time, even though it ...
was split between two locations. I also showed up one week before the wedding, in a panic because the centerpieces for my reception were not working out. They helped me rush through and rent the vases I needed and Pat even made sure some of the components were put together for me! All in all, the products were great (the 20% renters discount on the disposable cutlery, tablecloths, napkins and plates were great too!), the service was helpful (they helped me figure out what I needed), and I am very satisfied with what I got from them.
AvatarB
8/20/2014
This was a ceremony saver!!1 the venue we were in was a botanical garden (Reimen Gardens) with a fountain running up the ceremony site. the chairs were picked up by my husband and ...
his friends and were very easy to set up. the Chairs tied in great with the outdoors and made the venue look so romantic.
AvatarB
8/13/2014
Everything went very smoothly with Celebrations Rental! Renting, payments, pickup and returning everything was easy! Staff was very nice and helpful. We picked up our rentals the...
day before our wedding and we forgot a package of napkins that we had ordered. The lady working drove out to our venue just to give us the napkins that we forgot. Very thoughtful!
AvatarK
7/08/2014
Celebrations was good to work with. Each time i went in they were friendly and helpful. I chose Celebrations because they were the only rental company in the area that would se...
t up and tear down chairs for my outdoor ceremony. It was an additional charge, but i didnt want family and friends to have to worry about it. They were reluctant to do semi-circle seating at my outdoor wedding, and almost wanted to charge me more. When i explained i was paying per chair to set up and tear down and i should be able to have it set up how i wanted they said okay. They explained that it may not look like the picture i brought in, but i understook and they did a good job on the day of. When i went in to pick up chair covers and sashes they were not all ready. They gave us what was ready and agreed to deliver them to the reception locatino for no additional charge. I rented the Scheman Extravangza for my reception at the Scheman building. The chandeliers and tulle looked amazing. I got so many compliements on it.
AvatarT
8/07/2012
We met with them 3 times to go over our rentals. We also called numerous times with questions and they were lays happy to help. We had them set up the head table and cake table b...
ackdrop which saved us a lot of work. They had all our rentals at the facility before we got there and we're prompt in picking things up on Sunday.
AvatarK
11/22/2011
This place is very affordable and has a great selection. They were very nice to work with.
AvatarB
10/10/2011
I had changes to my rentals right up to the wedding and they were accommodating.
AvatarJ
9/29/2011
They were really good to rent from. Everything was nicely cleaned and looked great. We were able to get our rentals early.
AvatarA
8/30/2011
Celebrations was very convenient location-wise for our wedding. With a location in downtown Ames, I was able to drop in and add or change items that I was renting in my order. Alth...
ough they were expensive, they were still a much better deal than many other places I had looked at in Des Moines. They also had a wide variety of chair covers, sashes, and chairs, so I was able to match those details with my color scheme.
AvatarS
7/19/2011
i rented chairs, table linens, chair linens, sashes, vases, etc. from them. they were good to work with, picked up the chairs that night, but we had to take the rest home with us ...
and return a few days later, as you cant return late at night. would have been nice if they had a secure drop off area as we lived a bit away from them. overall, good to work with!

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302 S. 3rd Street, Ames, IA
302 S. 3rd Street, Ames, IA
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