Lessons Learned: Generator fuel

Today I am sharing some wedding planning advice about generator fuel.

When you are running a smaller generator to power your DJ and the lighting in your wedding tent, you may need to refill the generator fuel at some point. Your generator won’t be turned on just for the 5 hours of your party. It will also be turned on during installation and set up to test lighting and do sound checks. If the generator company asks you how many hours you plan to run your generator, I would say at least ten to twelve. 

If you think you will need to refill the generator fuel, add this take as a line item in the wedding day timeline so that it is not forgotten. Secondary lesson: have the extra gas ready!

Photo by Michelle Lindsay

If you are thinking about hosting your wedding in your backyard, at a private estate, or on a family farm, I hope you will check out my ebook. It is 64 pages packed with (now) 19 years of wedding planning experience. I am here to help you navigate the world of building a wedding venue from the ground up, with introductions to tents and lighting, and primers on generators and restroom trailers.

Lessons Learned is a recurring series about the little and sometimes not-so-little things I learn at each and every wedding. Even after 14 years and 200+ weddings under my belt, I still learn something new at each one!