Marquee Advice Articles:
- 4x6m or 6x4m marquee?
- How 4m commercial diy marquees are so strong
- How to anchor your marquee down on hard surfaces
- How to choose where to erect your marquee
- How to connect your marquee to a house
- How to easily make formal or informal seating arrangements
- How to have fantastic starlight effect without fantastic prices
- How to heat your marquee
- How to join marquees using a gutter
- How to run power to your marquee
- Marquee dance floor options
- Marquee lining terminology
- Marquee terminology and jargon
- PE, Poly/PVC, 500d, PVC What does it all mean?
- The flexibility of interchangeable sides
- The strength of eave braces
- Tips for wedding marquees
- Tips for evening party marquees
- Tips for daytime party marquees
- What is Duracoretex™ PVC?
- Why 2m end panels are more wind-resistant
- Why a 20degree pitch roof is more wind-resistant
- Why envelope roofs are stronger than carport style
- Reality Check: 3.7m vs 3m marquee height
- Reality Check: Breathable vs Non-breathable marquee flooring
- Reality Check: Galvanised vs powder coated marquee framework
- Reality Check: Stitching vs Welding material together in marquee roofs
- Case study: Joanne wants to hold an informal wedding in a field
- Case study: Brian owns a pub that isn't large enough to hold weddings
- Can I use a DIY marquee as a smoking shelter?
- Erecting marquees on hard standing
- Should i remove the sides of my marquee in strong winds
- Best practices in windy conditions
- Best materials for marquees
- Can you make two 6x6m marquees from one 6x12m marquee
- Erecting marquees over obstacles
- Weathering a marquee to a house part 1
- Weathering a marquee to a house part 2
- Weathering a marquee to a house part 3
- Winter marquees take longer to build
- Eave braces
- Anchoring a marquee down - the ground matters
- Positioning windows in a marquee
- Space required in a marquee
- Different types of top table
- Marquees in strong winds
- Can you have a marquee wedding on a budget
- How long can a marquee stay up for?
- Do I need a license for my marquee wedding or event?
- Marquee PVC can stretch over time
- Marquees in the snow
- What is Galvanized Steel?
- Marquee Maintenance
- Putting up marquees on uneven ground
- How to erect a marquee on hard standing
- How to have a marquee wedding on a budget
- How strong are marquee stakes?
Marquee Flooring Advice
- Erecting marquees on uneven surfaces
- Laying a marquee floor
- how to lay marquee carpet flooring or matting
- Coconut matting
- Types of marquee flooring
- Avoid using heaters when erecting a marquee
Marquee Cleaing Advice
- How to clean a marquee
- How often should you clean a marquee?
- Marquee linings: keeping them clean
- Customers decorating your marquees
Marquee heating advice
- Marquee heaters
- Marquee heating information
- How much fuel to suppply
- Seasonal Weather
- How much heating does my marquee need?
- Marquee heating tips
Dance floor advice
- How big a dance floor do I need?
- Stacking, storing and transporting marquee dance floors
- how to lay a marquee dance floor
- Marquees on sand
Marquee seating advice
- How much space is needed for a place setting
- Theatre style seating in marquee weddings
- Different top tables in marquee weddings
- Forgotten things to allow for in marquee weddings
Marquee Electrical/Power advice
- Marquee electrics
- Marquee electrical leads
- Marquees: Who provides the power?
- Problems with power to a marquee
- Marquee lighting and electrical courses
- marquee electrical problem
Marquee DJ Areas
Marquee Linings Advice
- Why are most marquee linings ivory?
- How to look after marquee linings
- Marquee linings tip
- Dirty marquee linings
- Non-damaging way of getting a fixing on a marquee lining
- Fairy lights in marquees
- Marquee swags and pelmets - there's a knack
Marquee Wedding Advice
- Flowers in marquees
- Can you have a marquee wedding on a budget
- Tips for weddings
- Planning a greeting drinks area
- How big a marquee do i need
- Stacks of chairs in marquees
Winter Marquee Advice
- Marquees in the winter
- Case study: Mr Jones wants to cover as much of his garden with marquees as possible
Transporting Marquees
Party Tents
Marquee Insurance
Advertising Marquee Hire
- Advertising
- New marquee hire websites and stock photos
- Signwriting vehicles
- Wedding fairs
- Natural lisitings on google vs pay-per-click
Site visits
- Tips for site visits
- Pointers for marquee site visits
- Make a good impression on marquee site visits
- Example site visit: Dave and jenny's garden party
- Example site visit: Dave and jenny's garden party part 2
- Erecting marquees over obstacles
- When to call-off cancel or postpone a marquee booking
- Connecting marquees to a building
- The art of negotiation
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Getting your marquee website up the search rankings (part 1)
- Getting your marquee website up the search rankings (part 2)
- What to name your marquee hire business
- Every marquee hirer should be using google
- SEO for your marquee hire website
- Google Alerts
VAT (Value Added TAX)
Marquee Websites
Starting out
- Advice on starting a marquee hire business
- Before starting a marquee hire business
- DIY Marquees guide to marquee hire
- Get payments up front for a secure business
Toilet hire
Health and safety
- Fire safety in marquees
- Marquee hire companies and PAT testing
- Marquee hire health and safety
- Remind customers of their responsibilities
Terms and conditions
- Anchoring marquees down
- Checklist for completed marquees
- Marquee site visits and surveys
- Out of hours marquee cover
- Putting up marquees when the customer's not there
Marquee hire
- So you want to start a marquee hire company
- Choosing a name: marquees or party tents
- Marquee hire pitfalls
- Looking after your marquee
- Marquee forums
- There's already a large marquee hire business in my area
- Marquee pricing
- Marquee hire success
- Marquee catering partitions
- Marquee hirers suggestion to reduce stress
- Checklist for completed marquees
- What's needed in the toolbox of a marquee hirer
- Different styles of management on site with marquees
- Marquee Tools
- Marquee hire and employees
- Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity
- Tampering with marquees in your absence
- Marquee storage
- Use loading lists to avoid frustration
- Show customers exactly what they might be hiring
- Erecting Aluminium frame marquees
- Attitiudes to customers on site
- Negotiating, haggling and just being rude
- Different marquee customers look for different things
- Essential items for your van
- Business plans
- Marquee site visits part 1
- Marquee site visits part 2
- Marquee site visits part 3
- Marquee site visits part 4
- Budgeting, a bit like accountants, dull but important
- I want to set-up a marquee hire business
- Where's the bar?
- First impressions count
- Planning a greeting drinks area
- What area do you cover?
- Out of hours marquee cover
- How much is my marquee hire business worth?
- Starting a marquee hire business: research
- Commission: green, bribe or a part of business
- Know your USP
- Starting a marquee hire company: choosing a name
- Marquee hire business during the winter
- The marquee hire season
- My suggested approach to running a marquee hire business
- Where to store your marquees
- Look after your back
- What budget do you need to start a marquee hire business
- What's stopping you start up a business
- Presenting your marquee hire quotations
- The most important thing about marquee hire
- Use marquee loading lists to avoid forgetting things
- Getting yourself known
- When things go wrong running a marquee hire business
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