Typically when shipping chandeliers via freight, arrival and departure dates are within 48 hours. Due to this, we will need a secure area where the units will be held prior to your arrival and again prior to return shipping. Exact dates can be achieved (within a 12 hour window) for an additional cost. So if your event is on 2/13, we would plan for the unit to arrive between 2/10 and 2/12. Same thing goes for the return shipping; the freight company would arrive between 2/13 and 2/15 to pickup the item and return to us.