By Catherine McCoy While décor is an important component in event planning, recent economic shifts have created new challenges for event planners. Over the last few years, delivery fees, rental costs, labor costs and mileage fees, damage waivers and taxes have increased significantly, and event planners are struggling to determine the best way to outsource rentals and décor. In the midst of these factors, décor is often one of the first places that clients look to scale back.