Chuppahs

Who knew chuppahs would be so expensive, even to rent?

There's this website that sells them for about $500 a pop, not including some way to put them up - stand, poles, human servants... The chuppahs are beautiful, but honestly, what are we going to do with a chuppah after the wedding, if we buy it? That being said, here are a few designs I like. (I'm a big fan of green, in case you couldn't tell, although I think I'm going to have to compromise on that, considering that the dress and theme I want is red.)

Then there's other places that rent them. Also for upwards of $300-400. Those, at least come with stands. Is this worth driving a good hour out of the way to pick it up, set it up yourself (20 minutes to set up, tear down), decorate, tear it down, drive it back to where it came from?

Or what about having four attendants (two groomsmen, two bridesmaid) hold the chuppah, by which I mean a tallit, for us?

If we get married in a synagogue, I'm sure they'll have their own chuppah. But we're probably just going to have the ceremony at the reception site, for convenience's sake, and also because we don't particularly belong to any synagogue (wayyy too poor, although we do attend services at one, and fiance does have his parents' synagogue, I guess), and because I want to get married outside.

What to do, what to do?

I guess first things first: book a place, and also talk to a (our?) rabbi about the marriage process. We should probably get started on that soon!