5 Questions to Ask Your Event Management Company
Event planning is not a mere cup of tea or coffee that anybody can sip on it. It requires a lot of patience and determination along with a passion to create an environment of fun, entertainment, and engagement. The event can be of any kind for any occasion. An event is not always a corporate event that requires one to be very formal with a set of formalities, or a private family event like weddings or birthdays. It can be any event or any occasion that needs to be organized, private, corporate, big, small, kids, casual or formal.
So, when you organize any event, you need to find a venue, plan some programs, arrange foods, might also add some activities for kids and adults, or anything that would make the event more entertaining and engaging for all. However, if you have plans to hire an event company then you will have to find out if they are good enough to meet your event expectations.
Here are some questions that you must ask your event planning company before hiring:
1. Years of Experience
This will help you find out how reliable and trustworthy they are. If they are in business for quite some time then it proves that they have survived the test of time. It is not easy for any business to survive in a highly competitive market. Only those survive who can deliver quality without compromise.
2. Expertise
Your decision to hire them will depend on this. Do they have expertise in the type of event you are planning to organize? If not the same, they should have expertise in managing a similar type of events that you have planned. Ask them what size of events they have managed earlier. Also, try to understand what are the different areas they have expertise?
3. Previous Records
Ask about their previous records. If they can show your portfolios of their work done earlier then it would give you an overview of their work quality.
4. What All Services They Offer
This is again a very important question. Ask them what all services they can offer you. Catering, Entertainment, Decorations, Venue arrangement, Furniture, Lighting, Utensils, etc. You will have to ask each and everything without a miss. First, you should know your requirements, then only you can have questions for them.
5. Resources
What is their workforce? How many staff they will engage in your project? Will they prepare everything on their own or will hire more vendors for support?
The above few tips can be helpful for you in finding the right event management company However, make sure that you know your requirements very well before starting your search.
