The details make the quote: the style, the colour, how many, the date and whether it must be set up. Send one request with them and we pass it to mobility and medical equipment hire firms working in Cape Town and nearby areas of Western Cape.
Wheelchair Hire in Cape Town
Looking for wheelchair hire in Cape Town? Say whether you need a standard or transit chair, the user's height and weight, the start date and how long, and whether it should be delivered to a home, hospital or hotel. Add any commode, shower chair or walking frame, so firms in Western Cape can quote it all.
New to this? Read the wheelchair hire guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
Special seating & dressing in Cape Town: local notes
Corporate events around Century City, the city centre and the Waterfront book conference chairs, cocktail tables and lounge sets, often for summer evenings on a terrace. Cape Malay weddings in Athlone and Mitchells Plain usually want chair covers, sashes and a decorated couple's seat. Kiddies sets go to Southern Suburbs birthday parties, and wheelchair hire is common for tourists and patients from the city's large hospitals.
Hiring for events in Cape Town
Two seasons rule Cape Town bookings. From November to March, the south-easter blows hard while wine farm weddings in Constantia, beach events on the Atlantic seaboard, product launches and festive parties fill the calendar, and tent firms check wind forecasts closely. From May to August, winter rain moves events under cover, so marquees with sides, flooring and heating take over. All year, funerals in Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Nyanga and Langa need a tent and plastic chairs, and Cape Malay weddings and Eid gatherings in the Bo-Kaap, Athlone and Mitchells Plain book tables, chairs and linen. Most hire firms run from Montague Gardens, Epping, Paarden Eiland and Ottery, and charge more to reach the far southern suburbs or the West Coast.
The requests we see from Cape Town usually come from:
- Weddings and engagements: a day chair for an elderly guest who cannot manage the walk to the ceremony
- Funerals, memorials and unveilings: a chair for an elder at the service, the graveside and the after-tears
- Families and home celebrations: a few weeks at home after an operation or a grandparent visiting for the holidays
Local tips for Cape Town
Common here: wedding marquees and Tiffany chairs, funeral tents, corporate lounge sets. Ask each hire firm about this: ask how the tent handles the south-easter and whether winter sides are included. Where they work from: montague Gardens, Epping, Paarden Eiland and Ottery.
Around Cape Town the largest group asking is weddings and engagements, which usually means a day chair for an elderly guest who cannot manage the walk to the ceremony. Before you agree to anything: check the seat width and the brakes. Delivery here: trucks from industrial areas; far suburbs, Atlantic venues and farms cost more.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Our network covers Cape Town together with Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River. A street address helps a mobility hire firm work out the transport, the set-up time and the collection before quoting.