Don't Forget About Parking When Planning Your Event

If you plan to invite many guests to your event, chances are most will arrive by car and they will need a place to park. Many hotels and conference centers have parking lots. Others are located in areas where on-street parking is available. If your facility doesn't have adequate parking, you may need to rent a trolley, van, or bus to transport guests from and back to their hotel or a public parking area.

If you are planning an event to be held at a private home, street parking may not be an option for a large number of cars. If the cars block a narrow street, they could be ticketed and even towed for blocking a fire lane (this actually happened at an event held in McCall). Be sure to check with neighbors and with the fire department if you are planning an event at a private home.

If your event will be held at a college, university, or a business that allows only students or employees who have permits to park in their lot, you will need to contact the school or business and obtain temporary parking permits and distribute them to your guests. There may be a fee to purchase temporary permits and the permit will be valid for only a limited amount of time.

If you expect to have several hundred guests attend your event, you may want to consider hiring valet parking. You can hire a private valet service or contact local colleges and high schools to see if students can be hired to act as parking attendants. Valet services are paid in two ways: either by the car or by the hour. In this area, valet parking is not common and valet service providers indicate that guests do not like to pay to have their cars parked, nor do most people tip. Therefore, they usually charge the event hosts an hourly fee.

By taking time to work out travel arrangements for your guests, they will enjoy your event more and it will be less stressful for everyone.

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