Check out today’s blog, which should help you when choosing an event furniture hire company.
When it comes to choosing an event furniture hire company, you may well already have a vision in mind about the final look you want to create. You may have been working on some mood boards internally, and have presented it to your client for approval. Either way, the chances are that you’ll be browsing the internet, already with half a plan in place.
We’re fortunate here in the UK to have a number of different furniture hire companies, offering great quality on a wide range of different products. Whatever you are looking for, the chances are that you’ll be able to find it by doing some online research!
But, with a large amount of choice comes a dilemma. How do you choose which event furniture hire company to hire from, if they all look remarkably similar? We’ve come up with our 5 tips of what to look for when choosing an event furniture hire company.
Location
It might sound obvious to try and work with a local company, but there’s certainly a cost advantage to this as well. The delivery and collection rates of hire companies usually work on the basis of distance. So, the further away you are from their distribution centre, the more expensive your transport rates are likely to be (and vice-versa, of course).
Dealing locally, therefore, means that not only will you probably receive a more proactive service if and when things don’t go 100% according to plan, but you’ll also save a few quid. And remember, local doesn’t always mean small – easyEventhire, for instance, is a national event furniture hire company, offering a local service through our strategically placed regional distribution centres, offering you the best of both worlds!
Range
Whilst this might sound obvious, you want to be choosing an event furniture hire company that can offer you everything you need. All well and good if it’s furniture, but even better if they can also offer catering equipment, refrigeration, tableware and all other event accessories. Why? Again, it comes down to cost. Source everything from one place, and you’ll have one delivery charge and one collection charge.
Source from multiple companies, and you’ll have multiple charges to contend with, making the hire process more expensive than it needs to be. The best hire companies in the UK offer a one-stop-shop, such as easyEventhire, for that exact reason.
Quality & reliability of product and reputation
Again, this probably goes without saying, but you want to work with a company whose products are good quality, and whose service levels are of a good standard. In other words, you want to be sure, when you place your order, that your furniture hire, chair hire and other equipment hire is going to arrive in the right place, at the right time, and in the right quantities. After all, the last thing you want or need to be doing in the run-up to a busy event is having to worry about where your Chiavari chairs are!
Reputation for any company is paramount, and the event hire business is no different. Ask around other people within the industry and see what their experience of a particular company has been – this will give you some clues, to help in your decision-making process.
Is price important when choosing an event furniture hire company?
And finally, price. And here we ask whether price is important. Well, we’ve put it last for a reason. Yes, of course it is important, as well all like to feel as though we’re getting value for money, whatever it is that we are buying or hiring. That said, you’ve heard the old adage of ‘you get what you pay for’, and here it is certainly true. Choose cheap furniture hire, and it will be cheap for a reason – either the furniture rental products are poor quality or in poor condition, or the service levels you can expect to receive are not reliably good.
That’s not to say that you should go for the most expensive, on the other hand. We’d always advise looking for a competitive price for the quality of product and service you receive. No one minds paying a fair price if they are happy with the goods or service that they receive. So, of course, price is important, but it’s certainly not everything!
So, these are a few of the key points to look for when choosing an event furniture hire company for your next event or occasion. Of course, we’d like to think that you’d consider working with easyEventhire, as we’re confident that we provide great products, with great service, at great and affordable prices – what more could you want!
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