Marquee Letter Rental

Why 4ft light-up letters change the room

At 48 inches tall, a single marquee letter is taller than a chair and as wide as a dinner plate. Set six of them up at an LA wedding reception, birthday party, or backyard anniversary, and they stop being a rental — they become the backdrop in every single photo, every reel, every share.

That's why LOVE at a Beverly Hills ballroom, YES at a Santa Monica sunset, or a child's name at a baby shower all do the same thing: they anchor the visual story of the night. We rent the letters, deliver them, light them up, and pick them up the next morning.

Every letter A–Z, 4 feet tall

We carry the full alphabet in 4ft (48") white units. That means you can spell any word up to eight characters — the most common configurations we ship:

• LOVE — the wedding and anniversary default, warm white looks timeless
• MR & MRS — head-table piece, initials work just as well
• BABY or OH BABY — baby shower, gender reveal, welcome-home
• YES or MARRY ME — proposal setups, often paired with candles
• GRAD, CLASS OF — graduation parties, backyard celebrations
• Initials or a first name — birthdays, sweet 16s, quinceañeras, anniversaries

Not seeing your word? Any combination of A–Z letters up to eight characters works. Numbers 0–9 in the same 4ft size are available on our dedicated marquee numbers page (milestone birthdays, anniversaries, graduation years).

Warm or cool white — your call, any time

Every letter has a built-in toggle between two light temperatures:

• Warm white (≈2700K) — golden, filament-like glow. Best for weddings, proposals, anniversaries, and any event where the mood is romantic or candlelit.
• Cool white (≈6000K) — crisp, modern, almost daylight. Best for milestone birthdays, quinceañeras, corporate events, and modern LA venues with industrial or minimalist aesthetics.

You can switch mid-event. Start the ceremony in warm, flip to cool for the dance floor — same letters, different mood. It's the feature no competitor in LA offers at this size.

Battery + USB power — works anywhere

Each letter runs on three AA batteries (supplied) for 8–10 hours, or plugs into USB for unlimited runtime. That means no extension cords snaking across the dance floor, no hunting for outlets at a beach venue, no compromising the photo because of cabling.

Packages & pricing

Our core rate is $80 per letter for a 3-day rental (delivery Friday, pickup Monday morning for most weekend events). Package tiers:

• Essential (4 letters) — $320. Perfect for single words like LOVE, BABY, YES, MARRY, or a 4-character name.
• Signature (6 letters) — $480. The most popular tier. Handles MR & MRS (5), longer names, or OH BABY (6).
• Statement (8 letters) — $640. Full-word displays, multi-line setups, graduation CLASS OF, or combining letters with a number.

Every package includes on-site setup and next-day pickup. Delivery fee calculated separately by distance ($125 base + $2/mile over 10 from Sherman Oaks). No surprise fees. See the full pricing breakdown including extended-rental and custom-word options.

Delivery across Los Angeles County

We deliver and set up across all of LA County — from the obvious neighborhoods to the less-common ones:

• Beverly Hills estate weddings and milestone birthdays
• Hollywood rooftops, studio events, brand activations
• Santa Monica beach proposals and Pacific Palisades weddings
• Downtown LA loft venues, corporate events, modern spaces
• Pasadena, Malibu, Long Beach, Glendale, Culver City, West Hollywood — and anywhere else in LA County (call for zone pricing)

How the rental process works

1. You send us the date, venue or ZIP code, and the word or letters you want to display. Quote request form takes 60 seconds.
2. We confirm availability and send a quote — usually within 2 hours during business hours.
3. Delivery day: we arrive 1–2 hours before your event start, set up the letters where you want them, test the light modes with you, and leave you to enjoy the party.
4. Pickup: typically next morning. No cleanup on your end.

Rent vs. buy vs. DIY — why renting wins for a single event

A quick reality check for LA event planners weighing options:

• Buy (new): A single 4ft commercial marquee letter costs $400–$900 new, depending on quality of LED and frame. A 6-letter word like OH BABY = $2,400–$5,400 capital outlay, plus storage, transport, battery management, and resale depreciation (≈50% loss within a year). Rarely worth it unless you're in the event-rental business yourself.
• Buy (used/DIY): Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace have 2ft and 3ft knockoff units at $100–$250 each. The LEDs dim after 20–30 hours, the frames bend, and the rails don't align when you line up six of them. Guests notice. Photos show it.
• DIY (cardboard + string lights): You've seen this at Pinterest baby showers. Cute for a 2-hour afternoon brunch. Not cute at a 200-guest wedding, a milestone 40th, or a proposal. Cardboard sags, string lights flicker, nothing stands 4 feet tall without engineering.
• Rent premium (us): $320–$800 for the most photographed element of the night, delivered, set up, taken away. Same capital as a nice bouquet, 10× the photo return.

The math: if you spend $500 on wedding flowers that get thrown out at midnight, a $320–$480 marquee rental that anchors every guest's phone shot is the highest-ROI decor spend of the entire event.

LA venue guide — where 4ft letters work

Los Angeles venues fall into four categories for marquee-letter setups:

Ballrooms & hotels

Beverly Hills Hotel, Peninsula, Four Seasons, Hotel Casa del Mar, Langham Pasadena, Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey — freight elevators, loading docks, banquet managers who coordinate load-in. We deliver 2–3 hours pre-event through service entrances. Letters fit through standard freight elevators. Most common placements: sweetheart table backdrop, photo-booth corner, reception entrance arch.

Historic and heritage venues

Vibiana (former cathedral in DTLA), The Majestic Downtown, Union Station ticket concourse, Ebell of Los Angeles, Park Plaza Hotel. Load-in requires coordination with venue historians. Warm white is almost always the right LED mode — cool white clashes with the architectural palette.

Private estates

Greystone Mansion, The Houdini Estate (Laurel Canyon), Malibu West Beach Club, Pacific Palisades cliffside residences. Load-in often requires canyon-driveway navigation or cliff descents — we use dollies with brake systems. Pool-deck setups require weighted bases.

Industrial / modern DTLA lofts

Millwick, Hubble Studios, The Bloc rooftop, Ace Hotel rooftop, NoMad LA. High ceilings (15–20 ft) make our 4ft letters read proportionally better in corner placements than center-stage. Cool white suits these venues. Freight elevator booking required.

Outdoor and beach

Santa Monica Beach, Malibu (El Matador, Point Dume, Leo Carrillo), Will Rogers Beach, Venice canals, backyard estates in Brentwood and Pacific Palisades. Battery-powered letters are essential — no cords, no generator. Sand-stable base plates for beach setups. Tide timing coordinated so letters stay dry.

Pairing letters with other decor

• Balloon garlands & arches — our sister brand Alina Balloon handles balloon-plus-marquee combinations.
• Floral walls & backdrops — letters in front, florals behind. Every LA florist can work with 4ft white letters as the focal element.
• Uplighting — for school-color graduations or themed events, colored uplights pointed at the base of white letters wash them in your palette.
• Candles & lanterns — for warm-white wedding setups, flank the letters with pillar candles or Moroccan lanterns for a layered golden glow.
• Neon signs — for modern birthdays and quinceañeras, a neon "CHEERS" or the guest-of-honor's name sits above or beside the cool-white marquee for contrast.

Timeline — from first inquiry to event night

• Week -4 (or earlier for peak Saturdays): Initial inquiry. We confirm availability, lock the date with 50% deposit.
• Week -2: We confirm exact setup location with you or your planner.
• Week -1: Final word/configuration locked. Balance invoice sent (due 72 hours pre-event).
• Day -1: We text delivery ETA window (usually 2–3 hours before event start).
• Event day: We arrive, set up (15–30 min), test both light modes with you, leave.
• Day +1: We pick up. Done.