THE WACKY WORLD of permitting for special events has most event rental operators doing one of two things: A, striving to comply while silently cursing or, B, striving to comply while cursing aloud. We look at some of these problems and their roots...
WHILE SOME EVENT rental operators put their tents and events where they want, when they want, others complain about a problem with a capital P: permits...
FROM HER START renting her spare white wood chairs to fellow caterers in the mid-'90s, Betsy Stone built South San Francisco-based Sisters Party Rentals into a booming rental business. She sold to Classic Party Rentals in August 2003, but came...
NEARLY THREE DECADES in event rental have taught Tom Brown a thing or two about how to sustain success. First off, when a good opportunity presents itself to you, take it...
VIRTUALLY ALL EVENT rental operators have seen a client damage inventory — from china filthy with food to linen spotted with mildew and candle wax. But their responses to the problem vary widely, from imposing fees on every offender — even major...
GOOD AS THEY are at servicing the parties thrown by others, many party rental operators throw their own bashes, whether to win new customers or to woo current clients. Here, some tips on putting life into your own rental party...
Marshall Bauer, president and CEO of Wine Country Party & Events in Sonoma, Calif., today announced the completion of strategic alliances with five local event service providers...
On the heels of its sale of an event rental outlet in Tennessee, representatives of HSS RentX announced this week that the company has sold its Atlanta event rental operation to ALL, LLC, parent company of TLC Rents in that city. The transaction...
