av contracts
Know Your Rights: Contracting for AV Service
Feeling pressured to use the “in-house” AV company at a hotel? Ever been hit with fees for using an outside partner after you have signed a contract? Not sure how to contract for WiFi service?
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8 Cost Savings Ideas for AV
You don’t have to break the budget to have a great AV experience. By contracting early and working with your AV partner in pre-planning, you may be able to uncover some great cost savings.
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One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other
Have you ever received quotes from two companies and there was a huge discrepancy in price? What did you think? My reaction is usually, “Hey, this one looks like a great deal! I wonder what the catch is…” Sometimes there’s a difference because you’re legitimately getting a good price. Sometimes the discrepancy is because the quotes aren’t for the same thing. It’s important to do an “apples to apples” comparison so you receive the services you expect and avoid additional charges later. Here are some differences to look for in audio visual / event staging proposals:
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6 Tips for Planning Internet at Your Event
It’s Friday night and you’ve decided to eat at a pleasant looking restaurant. You order food, and after putting in the order your server comes back to the table and asks if you’d like to continue to use chairs as well. She lets you know the restaurant is pleased to offer chairs at $.16 per pound of occupant. Crazy right? Sure you can eat dinner without a chair, but obviously it’s not the experience you’d like. But you already picked a place and ordered, changing restaurants now is going to be a hassle…
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Hiring Translation Services
It can be challenging to find a good translation service especially if you have never worked in that country before. It can also be challenging to judge their acumen of the second language, in which you want them to translate for you.
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Know Your Rights: Contracting for AV Services
While there are many in-house organizations throughout the country that have a very good reputation for being fair in contract negotiations with their clients, we often hear questions regarding charges and fees to use outside vendors, or have supervising staff in place to oversee any outside production, load-in, etc. Many times, these stipulations and fees are being disclosed to meeting planners after a contract has been signed.
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