Hire linen for weddings, dinners and corporate events. Tablecloths, napkins, chair covers, runners and service cloths from one order.
You can change a room with linen faster than you can change any other hire item after flowers. Expo Hire supplies white, black, ivory, burgundy and gold tablecloths, 22" napkins, Chiavari chair covers, runners, glass cloths and oven cloths for weddings, gala dinners, award nights and trade hospitality.
Browse the full linen range: Tablecloth Hire, Napkin Hire, Chair Cover Hire, Cloths and Towels Hire and Runners and Sashes.
You should build your linen order from the tables first, then add napkins, then add the working cloths that your catering team needs during service. A banquet for 100 guests often needs ten 5ft or 6ft round tables, ten floor-length cloths, 100 napkins and a pack of glass cloths for the bar or coffee station. A wedding breakfast often needs a top table runner or a contrast sash colour on the chairs, while a corporate dinner often keeps the base cloth white or black and adds colour through napkins.
You can keep the room calm with one cloth colour, or you can split the room by purpose. Planners often choose white or ivory cloths for guest dining tables, black cloths for production, service or registration tables, and burgundy or gold accents on the top table. Caterers also group linen by station. They order tablecloths and napkins for front of house, then add glass cloths for stemware polishing and oven cloths for the kitchen pass. That approach keeps the client-facing order and the service order in one booking.
Expo Hire sends every linen item laundered and packed for service. You do not need to wash any item before return. Your team should keep used linen dry, bag it after the event and return it in the supplied laundry bags. That rule matters with napkins, runners and chair dressings because damp linen can mark or mildew during transport. If you need help with sizes, start with Tablecloth Hire. If you need colour accents without changing the whole room, look at Runners and Sashes.
Wedding planners use linen to tie the flowers, candles and chair scheme into one room. They pair ivory or white cloths with matching napkins, then add gold or burgundy runners on the top table or cake table. Gala organisers use black cloths with gold napkins for awards, fundraising dinners and black-tie receptions. Caterers book glass cloths and oven cloths at the same time because service teams need them on site even when the client asks only about table linen.
Conference and exhibition teams hire linen for hospitality lounges, sponsor dining, speaker green rooms and drinks areas. They often mix fitted poseur cloths with round dining cloths so the daytime reception and the evening dinner carry the same colour scheme. If you already know the products you need, you can build a straight order across tablecloths, napkins and cloths and towels and keep the full linen brief in one place.
Caterers hire tablecloths, matching napkins and a pack of glass cloths. Kitchen teams also add oven cloths when they want one order to cover front of house and back of house.
No. Expo Hire sends linen laundered and ready for service. You should return every item dry in the laundry bags supplied, without washing it.
Yes. Many clients use white or ivory on guest tables, then add black, burgundy or gold on service tables, top tables or accent pieces.
Tablecloths create the biggest visual change because they cover the largest area in the room and set the base colour for every table setting.
Expo Hire does not charge a security deposit. A free minor damage waiver covers minor damage and loss. Excessive or negligent damage is charged at 10 times the hire price. Full details in our terms and conditions.
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For orders over £1,000, you can confirm a booking with a 25% deposit and pay the balance up to 28 days before delivery. The checkout offers this automatically. Full details in our terms and conditions.
