We don’t put a floor covering down as in general we don’t need to! As with much of the Jeeps, we have modified the wheels too – so that where they meet the floor – instead of hard plastic they have a soft velvety finish. Of course when we’re doing outside events we remove the soft finish and put on a rugged one – a bit like wearing wellies! So whether the floor is a brand new sprung wood one, a tiled one or one made of marble – we’re confident that no harm will come to it if the drivers obey the instructions! We have even done a party in the ballroom of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where Queen Elizabeth II was taught to ballroom dance!
A caveat though. We are very hot on getting the kids to take their feet off the pedals when they stop at an obstacle. This is because if they sit stationary with their wheels spinning, the friction is bound to cause a small mark, no matter how soft the surface. To that end, if a child repeatedly ‘drives on’ after numerous repeated instructions to take their foot off the pedal, we reserve the right to ask them sit out for a turn or two.
In short, you do. We can advise on suitability, but because we are already juggling availabilities and venue suggestions for dozens of parties at a time our resources are short, and we’d worry that if we had to book the venue too then we might drop the ball… and it would end up in tears. So we stick to what we do best – concentrating on supplying the party entertainment.
However, we do have a database of thousands of venues across the South, so can usually recommend where to book, and offer further info on a particular venue (access, space etc).
We have a huge database of venues so its quite likely we will be able to recommend a venue near to you. But as we cover such a wide area – your local knowledge may be better than ours, indeed, you might know of an alternative venue that we don’t! In that instance we’d be very happy to comment on its suitability – although site visits are not viable unless we make a separate charge.
We don’t charge any mileage for parties within a 20 mile driving distance from our base. Any more than that we charge a small amount to take account for the extra time and fuel. It’s a bit more for larger parties as there may be more staff!
Because we cover such a wide area we are not able to have a close relationship with many venues – and as the prices vary so hugely between areas it would be impractical for us to include the venue hire in our price – sorry!
