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1st Class Event Specialists, based in Sandy, Bedfordshire, is a family-run decor hire business offering services to couples for their weddings and other special occasions. This dedicated team boasts over 20 years of experience in the wedding industry and loves working with nearlyweds to mark their special day. They pride themselves on their experience and expertise and have a wealth of knowledge that can help transform any wedding into an unforgettable event.

Services Offered

1st Class Event Specialists provides a range of services that couples can tailor to their needs. They specialise in interior design and decoration and offer a selection of hire items ranging from bunting, chair covers, and sashes to light-up letters, dancefloors, and beautiful blossom arches. They can also supply charger plates, sweet carts, lanterns, and more. The team has something to suit all budgets and can even provide an advice service for those needing a little inspiration, making them the perfect one-stop shop for all wedding decor and styling needs.

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Frequently asked questions

Services you offer:

Interior design and decoration
Advice service
Chair covers
Chair sashes
Bunting
Aisle runners
Balloons
Candelabras
Other (We offer a wide range of decor items such as light up letters, centerpieces, moongates, blossom arches, lanterns, charger plates, LED dancefloors, signage, sweet carts, prosecco walls and more)

Products offered:

All things chairs LED Light-ups Backdrops Coloured Linen/Charger Plates Centerpieces Sweet Treat Displays All things Balloons Aisle Runners and more...

What is included when hiring your services?

Transport
Delivery of the items
Assembling
Disassembling
Pick up

How far in advance should I contact you?

We take booking in advance and last minute! Will just depend on our availability

Do you offer an online list of weddings?

No

What areas do you cover?

Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire mostly but we can cover other counties for additional fuel costs

How do you work?

We are very flexible to work with our clients. We are happy to communicate via email, WhatsApp or can arrange a call or face to face meeting

Operating hours:

Feel free to contact us 24/7 and we will aim to get back to you within 24 hours (please note busier season may have delayed response times)

What are the forms of payment?

Bank Transfer
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Christine
Christine L. Sent on 11/11/2024
5 out of 5 rating

An absolute pleasure to deal with

Claire and 1st Class Events are one of the best companies I have ever dealt with. Nothing was too much trouble, the range of products was more than enough (in fact spoilt for choice). We sent a photo of our thoughts and Claire made it happen. Claire was always available and reassuring, even 10.00pm the night before when we had forgotten something.
The service was impeccable and Claire and her team were so friendly and helpful we felt like we'd known them for years.
Claire and First Events were a big part in making my daughters wedding a day to remember and I will definitely be reccommending 1st Class events any opportunity I get.
Thank you Claire x
(Wedding at Fanhams Hall, Ware 26/10/24
Gina
Gina M. Sent on 25/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Wedding reception decor

Claire came highly reccomend through friends and clients who had first hand experience of her amazing work. We had one to one meetings with Claire where she listened to exactly what we wanted and helped us to achieve our vision. She gave us lots of options and flexibility and ultimately helped us decide what we needed for our wedding reception. I was blown away by how it looked on the day, as we're all our guests.
Terri
Terri Sent on 25/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

1st class experience

Could not recommend 1st class event specialists enough!
The team did an outstanding job making our venue look absolutely amazing!
From the first meeting I had with Claire to the last meeting the communication was amazing. Nothing was too big an ask and everything was handled seamlessly. Even a few days before the wedding when it was due to rain Claire was offering umbrellas. We changed our minds several times but this didn’t phase Claire. Her and the team were so flexible and understanding our day turnt out amazing. We had soo many compliments for our guests we couldn’t have picked a better company.
Alice
Alice R. Sent on 29/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Best company

We had these set up our wedding and honestly it was the most beautiful set up! We couldn’t have dreamed for more! Highly recommend x
Sarah
Sarah A. Sent on 16/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Super supplier

Claire was so lovely and brought our balloon drop idea to life. Super communicative and easy to deal with. Very kindly and generously let us have some extra add ons. Thank you so much Claire!
Jessica
Jessica C. Sent on 11/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Incredible!

We absolutely recommend Claire and her team, we used Claire for our wedding in August 2024. Everything was just perfect from start to finish, no ask was too big/small and the communication was just incredible from start to finish. Our venue looked absolutely stunning and she made sure we could have the wedding we dreamed of. We are super grateful and wouldn’t use anyone else for future events!
Karen
Karen Y. Sent on 02/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Great Experience

We met Claire at the hotels wedding open evening and so pleased we did. Claire had the tables laid out with various set up, colours, sashes, table center pieces and there was so much choice. Claire also emailed me with lots of pictures and we met up to discuss what type of things we were looking for. I made a few changes before our wedding day, and added the crisp wall that went down really well with our guests. Claire recommended the aisle runner and I am so pleased that we took her advice as it looked stunning on the day along with the candles and petals. The center pieces looked stunning and I am so pleased we also had the LED floor, again lots more compliments from the guests about that. Even on the morning of the wedding Claire had bought some other sashes for the chairs as the color I had originally chosen looked too light - so Claire stepped in and changed them. Overall I had a great experience with Claire and she was quite prompt at coming back to me with any queries that I had. So pleased I used 1st Class Event Specialist for our special day
Jessica
Jessica Sent on 31/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely amazing!

Claire at 1st Class made our whole wedding experience so easy! We fell in love with Claire instantly, so kind, warm and helpful. We definitely had a journey to get us to our wedding day with a venue change! But everything was so easy to switch over and Claire helped us every step of the way!
The set up on the day was absolutely beautiful and was everything we wanted and more!
Such a lovely selection of decor items to pick from to fit your perfect wedding! Lovely light up letters and amazing out door games for the kids and adults!
If you don’t book with 1st class you’re definitely missing out!!!
Sana
Sana S. Sent on 14/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Great decorator

Claire was amazing, no question was left unanswered. She was in constant communication about the different options for decor, sent over photos of previous events and decor, even whilst in the midst of wedding season and on holiday! All of the decor looked stunning and she brought my vision to life. I would not hesitate to recommend her to everyone.
Hannah
Hannah R. Sent on 13/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Couldn’t ask for better!

From the very beginning, Claire was so kind and accommodating! We contacted her quite late in our wedding planning but she still managed to meet all our expectations and more, all while helping us stick to our budget. No ask was too big or too small, she was very flexible when we asked to add a few more things not too long before the wedding and she always responded so promptly. We knew from the start our wedding was in safe hands with her and our guests were amazed by the beautiful work she had done. Thank you, Claire!
Megan
Megan Sent on 13/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful decor for a wonderful day!

Claire was lovely to work with during the wedding planning process. She was very responsive and helpful and did a great job in making our wedding day even more magical by decking out the venue in fairylights and providing a great array of lawn games to keep guests occupied in the evening. We would absolutely recommend Claire & the team to all couples looking for wedding decor - 10/10 value for money!
Laura
Laura Sent on 10/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Fantastic communication

Claire was excellent with her communication and her products were brilliant. We had the white carpet for our aisle and some crates for some LED foam lights. Would highly recommend this company as they were fantastic! Thank you.
Katharine
Katharine L. Sent on 28/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Amazing supplier

It’s really hard to put into words how grateful I am to Claire and her team. They really work magic to bring an empty space to life for a wedding. I cried when I walked into our wedding breakfast! Claire is just fab to work with as well - she’ll be the first to tell you I’m a fan of a spreadsheet and she matched my energy and sent voice notes and photos to help us work out the perfect options for our dream wedding. I would wholeheartedly recommend Claire for any couple who are looking for someone to add some decor to their wedding space.
Hannah
Hannah W. Sent on 13/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Incredible decor & service

We got our dance floor, light up letters and lawn games from 1st Class Events and it was all incredible! Claire and the team went above and beyond to make sure our day was perfect and we can’t thank you enough!
Becky
Becky S. Sent on 08/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Really helped bring my vision to life!

Claire and her team have been fantastic and really helped make my wedding day perfect!
Originally I planned to DIY the majority of my wedding, and I did! But we knew there were some things I couldn't do alone, and so we first booked a few larger decorative bits through 1st Class. As time went by however, and the stress started getting to me, I found myself reaching out to them more and more for various things, from postboxes to blossom trees. And each time they were incredibly helpful and accomodating!
Finally we hired them to set everything up for us on the day, so it would be one less thing to worry about, and they did a wonderful job! It was amazing seeing everytime come together exactly as I'd imagined.
So thank you, for putting up with this fickle, stressed out bride and helping to make our day beautiful!
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