Locally Owned • Serving Maryland Since 1966 • Insured
Maryland Party Rentals Since 1966
Locally Owned • Serving Maryland Since 1966 • Insured
Maryland Party Rentals Since 1966
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Our Story · Havre de Grace, Maryland
Chesapeake Rent All is a locally owned rental company based in Havre de Grace, Maryland, helping families, schools, churches, businesses, nonprofits, and community organizations prepare for events throughout the region.
Who We Are
Chesapeake Rent All uses the All About Parties name in its party and event rental sales and marketing.
Our rental inventory includes tents, tables, chairs, linens, dance floors, lighting, sound equipment, concession equipment, generators, catering equipment, glassware, china, flatware, and other event accessories.
Chesapeake Rent All provides delivery and professional installation for tents and other applicable rental equipment. Setup or placement of other items depends on the equipment and services selected.
Fully Insured
Chesapeake Rent All is fully insured and provides a certificate of insurance for each client.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 410-939-1720
Our History
Merrill Dougherty’s connection to the rental business began in 1966, when he started working with the company while he was still in high school.
After high school, Merrill served four years in the U.S. Air Force before returning to the rental business.
He later purchased the company in the 1980s and continued building the business around dependable rental equipment, practical event-planning assistance, and local customer service.
Today, Merrill remains involved with Chesapeake Rent All and works alongside an experienced local team.
1966
The beginning
Merrill starts working with the company while still in high school.
4 years
U.S. Air Force
Merrill serves four years in the U.S. Air Force, then returns to the rental business.
1980s
Ownership
Merrill purchases the company and keeps building it around dependable equipment and service.
Today
Still involved
Merrill remains involved with Chesapeake Rent All alongside an experienced local team.
The company serves customers throughout Harford County, Cecil County, eastern Baltimore County, and surrounding Maryland communities. Service may also be available for select events in nearby Delaware and southern Pennsylvania.
Merrill Dougherty, owner of Chesapeake Rent All
The Owner
Merrill Dougherty has spent decades working in the rental industry and remains actively involved with Chesapeake Rent All.
His experience includes helping customers plan everything from smaller family gatherings to weddings, graduations, corporate events, community celebrations, fairs, festivals, and other large events.
Merrill believes in being straightforward with customers, working hard, and helping people determine what they actually need for their event.
That experience also gives customers access to practical guidance about:
Free tent site visits and estimates. Chesapeake Rent All also offers free tent site visits and estimates to help evaluate the installation area and determine an appropriate tent and equipment setup.
Rental Inventory
Chesapeake Rent All provides rental equipment for weddings, parties, corporate events, school functions, church gatherings, community celebrations, fairs, festivals, fundraisers, and other special events.
Available equipment includes:
Why Customers Choose Us
Merrill Dougherty began working with the company in 1966 while he was still in high school. After four years of service in the U.S. Air Force, he returned to the rental business and later purchased the company in the 1980s.
Today, customers benefit from that long-term experience and the knowledge of an established local rental team.
Chesapeake Rent All is locally owned and operated in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
When customers call, they work with a local team that understands the rental equipment, delivery area, event-planning process, and site considerations involved in putting together an event.
Chesapeake Rent All is fully insured and provides a certificate of insurance for each client.
For customers planning tented events, Chesapeake Rent All offers free tent site visits and estimates.
The team can evaluate available space, installation surfaces, access, overhead obstacles, tent requirements, and other site conditions before an event.
When equipment needs to be replaced or upgraded, Chesapeake Rent All focuses on selecting dependable products suited for professional rental use.
From tents and tables to chairs, linens, lighting, and event accessories, quality equipment helps create a safer, more functional, and better-looking event setup.
Get Started
Whether you are planning a backyard party, wedding reception, graduation celebration, company event, fundraiser, school function, church gathering, fair, festival, or community event, Chesapeake Rent All can help you determine the rental equipment you may need.
Tell us your event date, location, estimated guest count, event type, and the rentals you are considering.
Prefer to speak with someone?
Call 410-939-1720.
Good to Know
Merrill Dougherty began working with the company in 1966 while he was still in high school. After serving four years in the U.S. Air Force, he returned to the rental business and later purchased the company in the 1980s.
Chesapeake Rent All is owned by Merrill Dougherty. Merrill remains involved with the company and works alongside an experienced local team.
Chesapeake Rent All is the company. Chesapeake Rent All uses the All About Parties name in its party and event rental sales and marketing.
Our primary Maryland service area includes Harford County, Cecil County, eastern Baltimore County, and surrounding Maryland communities.
Service may also be available for select events in nearby Delaware and southern Pennsylvania.
Yes. Chesapeake Rent All is fully insured and provides a certificate of insurance for each client.
Chesapeake Rent All rents tents, tables, chairs, linens, dance floors, lighting, sound equipment, concession equipment, generators, heaters, coolers, stages, pipe and drape, glassware, china, flatware, catering equipment, and other event accessories.
Contact us as early as possible, especially during busy spring, summer, and fall event periods. Early planning gives you a better opportunity to secure the equipment needed for your event date.