01The answer is a 20×40
Fifty seated guests plus a 12×12 dance floor is 7 rounds and 144 sq ft of floor. A 20×20 is 400 sq ft — the floor eats it. We install a 20×40 at $1,100, same as the 50-guest Covered package.
8×8 (~20 dancers) can squeeze with a buffet outside the tent. Once someone says ‘real dancing,’ size up.
- 50 + dance floor → 20×40.
- 12×12 is 144 sq ft.
- Covered 50-guest package already uses this tent.
02Layout
Use the planner. Put the DJ on the floor edge, not in an aisle.
03Book
Calculator Add the dance floor to the calculator 50 guests.04Next
05Field notes from the warehouse
Seven 5ft rounds plus a 12×12 (144 sq ft) is the 50-guest dance layout. A 20×20 is 400 sq ft — the floor eats it. We install a 20×40 at $1,100, the same tent as Covered 50-guest. The calculator should spit that out if you add a dance floor.
8×8 (~20 dancers) can live with a buffet outside. First dance plus a DJ night wants 12×12.
20×40 $1,100 + floor $500–$1,100 + delivery from $175. Covered $1,236 already has the tent, not the floor. Add the floor on the quote.
Heaters $100/day and walls $50/day are September extras, not in Covered.
Keeping the 20×20 because it is $550 and 'we will put the dance floor on the patio' only works if the patio is actually dry and permitted. Read the patio post before you bet the reception on it.
Do not add a 16×16 to a 20×40 with 50 dinner seats.
A real hold, not a “from” price: 20×40 marquee for 50 seated plus a 12×12 floor is $1,100.00 CAD before tax on the published list. Twenty-five percent is $275.00 in RentKit the day you book. Balance $825.00 before the crew rolls from 9317 188 St, Surrey. Marquee frames stay on our truck — they are not a warehouse pickup. Delivery starts at $175, quoted to the pin so Vancouver and Harrison are not a 7 AM surprise.
Seven 5ft rounds plus a 12×12 (144 sq ft) is the 50-guest dance layout. A 20×20 is 400 sq ft — the floor eats it. We install a 20×40 at $1,100, the same tent as Covered 50-guest. The calculator should spit that out if you add a dance floor. 8×8 (~20 dancers) can live with a buffet outside. First dance plus a DJ night wants 12×12.
Covered $1,236 already has the tent, not the floor. Add the floor on the quote ($500–$1,100). Heaters $100/day and walls $50/day are September extras. Do not add a 16×16 to a 20×40 with 50 dinner seats. Keeping the 20×20 because it is $550 and 'we will put the dance floor on the patio' only works if the patio is actually dry and permitted.
Run the tent size calculator. 100-guest version: 100 guests with a dance floor. The money URL is /tent-size-calculator — not another blog. If a competitor quote is missing install, spare chairs, or teardown, it is not comparable to this number. We install 200+ events a year across Surrey, Langley, Vancouver, and the Fraser Valley; the CAD on /pricing is the CAD on the invoice.
"Published CAD, one warehouse, one crew. If a number is not on /pricing, it is not our number." — Forever Party Rentals Team, Forever Party RentalsCalculator Run the tent size calculator Guest count + dance floor.