The marquee hire season

If you’re starting a marquee hire business, you need to plan and have knowledge of when’s the busiest time of year.

It seems obvious – summer. end of blog.

More specifically peak season for most hire companies is from the middle of May to the middle of September. Business will build up and fade away from those points but those are the peak dates.

There are some other things to note:

Students don’t finish until mid-June, so that means you’ve got several weeks until you can call on your typical source of extra labour.
August is the month for holidays. You’ll find your bookings will tail off a bit for the month (especially weddings) so that’s the time to let your staff have holidays (and yourself if you’re lucky)

Marquees are becoming more popular during the winter as people realise heating systems have improved. Whenever you’re planning a winter event for someone their number one priority is to make sure it’s warm – plan for plenty of heaters. As word gets round that you supply wamr marquees during winter time you’ll find business picks up in your off-peak months (you may have to offer discounts or incentives to make sure).

Summary: Busiest month -June. Quietest month -February. If you’ve got to be there erecting every marquee then learn to enjoy skiing holidays more than beach holidays.

Thanks for reading

Spencer

What our customers are saying...

"Thank you so much – We’ve been using the marquee and enjoying taking our lunch breaks in the sheltered outdoor space which it has created for us & we thought you’d like a couple of pictures 😊"

– Dorking Hospital

"The marquee we purchased from you has been a real 'game changer'... it has meant we can be outside in the rain and the sun! The children love it and it has totally transformed our workload as staff."

– Tiger Cubs Preschool

"Fantastic service, great carpet, helped make a really successful 21st for my daughter. Many thanks!"

– Sue Collier

"This marquee served us VERY well for over 5 years, erected as per the pics. We are up high in Hindhead and always suffer dreadful winds – the marquee never complained once!"

– Chris Orthodoxou

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