It can be a bit overwhelming looking for kids birthday party places. If you live in a large city, say anything over 50,000, you are faced with a seemingly endless array of kids party places. How do you choose the one which is right for you?
Our plan, with this article, is to cut through the confusion and help you to make a smart decision regarding kids party venues. We are Tarrant Events Center, serving the Greater Fort Worth Metro area with our all-purpose event center. Call us at 817-996-3636 for more information and to speak to a leasing agent.
Before anything else, it begins with your budget.
Before you ever pick up the phone to call about date availability, you need to set a budget. That budget will be your first way to eliminate places from your list. Unless you have an unlimited budget, and few of us do, this will simplify your search rather quickly. Party venues range in price from, say, $500 per event to $10,000 or more per event, so finding something in your budget should not be a problem.
Steps to take choosing kids birthday party places.
Here are the steps to take in list form; we will talk about each in more detail:
- Ambiance
- Capacity
- Parking
- Wi-Fi
- Insurance
- Sound system
- Location
- Food options
- Outside option
- Technology
- Amenities
- Layout
We will talk about these in general terms rather than discuss each one individually, since many of them overlap.
How does the venue rental feel to you? In other words, can you make it work? How many floor plans are there to choose from? Are there extra rooms? Is there an outside area where kids can run off some energy? What is the capacity, is there ample parking for parents, is it in a convenient location? You definitely need Wi-Fi for a kid’s party, but you also need a good sound system for music and video monitors should you desire to play a video or two. What other amenities do you need in kids birthday party venues?
What about food? Are you allowed to prepare the food and then just keep it in the venue’s backroom, refrigerated? Or are you required to use a vendor/caterer? And what about insurance? What if an accident happens? Who is liable? There is event insurance you can purchase, by the way. It is inexpensive and it is great protection considering how easily kids can get hurt or break things.
But none of this, and we mean none of it, can happen until you have a vision of the perfect birthday party.
Visualize and make it happen.
Again, before you pick up the phone or leave your house to look at kids birthday party places, you need to decide what your party will look like. What’s the theme, if any? What will the decorations look like? How are you going to make that happen and what do you need, from a party venue, to make that happen?
Our suggestion: make a spreadsheet/checklist of all the items we have mentioned about and then start visiting venues. Assign a score for each item for each venue, and at the end of the search, highest score wins your reservation.
A final word about Tarrant Events Center
Tarrant Events Center is locally owned and operated, one of the newest event venues in Fort Worth. Call today and ask us about availability and be sure to ask us about our all-inclusive pricing policy.