Rug Runway, a service of World of Oriental Rugs, Inc. Delivery, install and collection across the Southeast and Mid Atlantic.

Rentals

Rent the rug. Keep the room.

A real hand knotted rug changes a space in a way a $200 machine made panel never will. For one weekend, one open house, or one shooting schedule, you do not need to own it.

Long antique geometric runner suitable for an aisle

A genuine 17 foot antique runner

This is an aisle, a gallery hallway, or a set piece. Buying it costs $16,500. Renting it for a wedding weekend costs a fraction of that.

Markets

Nine reasons people rent instead of buy.

The same inventory earns repeatedly, which is why we can price it below what ownership costs.

Real estate

Listing and staging

Stagers already rent furniture and bring nothing to the floor. A layered antique under a staged dining set photographs better than anything else you can put in the frame, and it comes out the day the listing closes. Terms of 30, 60 and 90 days.

Weddings

South Asian ceremonies

Mandap floors, aisle runners, sangeet lounge seating, nikah and baraat entries. Planners book named packages rather than picking individual pieces, and we deliver, install and collect so nobody is rolling rugs at midnight.

Events

Corporate and hospitality

Galas, donor dinners, brand activations, hotel lobbies for a season. Venues get a certificate of insurance and a piece that does not look rented.

Production

Film and television

Period accurate hand knotted rugs are genuinely hard for set decorators to source, and buying them wrecks a budget. We hold real antiques and we understand continuity holds.

Commercial

Photo and product shoots

Furniture and decor brands need a different rug in every frame. Day rates, studio delivery, and a catalog you can pull from by color and size.

Trade

Trade show booths

Market weeks, home shows and design fairs. A booth floored in real rugs reads differently than one floored in carpet tile, and it ships back to us instead of into a dumpster.

Designers

Sample library and trials

Designers pull from a rotating library on subscription, or place a piece in a client's home on a trial that converts to purchase with the rental credited.

Consumer

Try before you buy

Live with it for a month in your own light. If you buy it, the rental applies to the purchase price. If you do not, we collect it and wash it.

Seasonal

Venue contracts

Event venues and boutique hotels contract annually for rotating inventory, swapped seasonally, cleaned between every rotation.

Packages

Booked as a set, not a shopping list.

Planners and stagers do not want to browse 500 rugs. They want the floor handled. Pricing shown is typical and confirmed against the actual pieces held for your dates.

PackageWhat is in itTypical
Mandap SuiteMandap platform floor, four corner accents, officiant runner. Silk or fine wool, coordinated palette.$1,450 per event
Aisle and SangeetLong runner for the aisle plus four to six lounge rugs for sangeet seating.$1,150 per event
Nikah LoungeIntimate seating floor, layered, two to three pieces plus cushions area coverage.$690 per event
Baraat EntryEntry runner and two flanking pieces, built for outdoor to indoor transition.$540 per event
Listing Refresh, 3 roomsLiving, dining and primary bedroom. 30 day term, delivery and collection included.$780 per 30 days
Listing Refresh, 6 roomsWhole main floor plus two bedrooms. 60 day term.$1,940 per 60 days
Studio DayUp to eight rugs delivered to a studio for a shoot day, swapped on set.$1,100 per day
Set Dressing HoldContinuity hold for a production, monthly, with pieces reserved off market.from $1,600 per month
Designer LibraryRotating access, four pieces at a time, swapped monthly.$450 per month
Try at HomeOne rug, 30 days, in your own home. Rental credits toward purchase.15% of retail

How rental pricing works

Priced off the rug, not off a guess.

Every rug in the rental catalog carries a retail value. The rate is a percentage of that value, so a $2,000 wool rug and a $20,000 silk rug are never priced the same.

6%

Per event

Of retail value, for a single weekend or single day event, up to 72 hours on site.

8%

Per week

Of retail value. Used for shoots, short holds and trade shows.

15%

Per month

Of retail value. Staging, production holds, designer trials and Try at Home.

Line itemAmountWhy it exists
Damage waiver10% of rental subtotalNot optional. Covers normal event wear, minor spills and edge scuffing. It is cheaper than the alternative for everyone.
Cleaning fee$95 to $340 per rugApplied on every single return, without exception. This is why our rental inventory stays sellable instead of degrading into stock nobody wants.
Delivery and collectionfrom $140 round tripInside 60 miles of Myrtle Beach. Quoted by distance and access beyond that.
Install and layoutfrom $180We roll it out, square it, tape and pad it. Mandap and aisle work is included in those packages.
Security deposit25% of declared valueRefunded after return inspection. Waived for contracted venues and repeat trade accounts.
Rush bookingplus 35%Inside 7 days of the event date.
Certificate of insuranceno chargeIssued to the venue when required, which is most hotels and most municipal venues.
What is not covered. Burns, pet damage, ink, wax, red wine left overnight, structural cuts, and water damage from flooding. Those are assessed against declared value at return inspection. We photograph every rug out and every rug back in, so the record is never in dispute.

Grades

Not every rug should be rented.

We grade the rental catalog honestly, because putting a museum piece on a dance floor is how you destroy an asset.

Grade A

Fine pieces for photography, film, hotel lobbies and low traffic display. Shoes off, no food service, no dancing.

Grade B

The working catalog. Staging, weddings, events, trade shows. Durable wool, forgiving palettes, already washed many times.

Grade C

Outdoor to indoor transitions, baraat entries, high traffic. Retired from sale, priced accordingly, expected to take abuse.

Check availability

Give us the dates.

Tell us the event or the listing, the dates and the venue. We will come back with what is available, a total with every line shown, and a delivery window.

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