How Google Reviews Help Party Rental Companies Rank (Free Review Card Template)
How to get more Google reviews for your party rental company: when and how to ask, why steady beats a big blast, what Google bans, and a free review card.
Education & How-To News for Party Rental Companies
Practical guides you can put to work this week.
Stories
How to Heat a 40x60 Party Tent for a Winter Event
BTU targets by outdoor temperature, the right heater type, sealing sidewalls, propane math and safety clearances for heating a 40x60 party tent in winter.
General Liability vs Umbrella Insurance for Party Rentals: How the Two Work Together
General liability is your base policy; umbrella kicks in when a big claim tops its limit. What party rental owners should know about both, and COIs.
Tent Vinyl Care and Storage: An End-of-Season Checklist for Rental Companies
Putting tents away for winter? How to inspect, clean, fully dry and store tent vinyl, plus how to keep clear sidewalls from creasing and cracking.
Guides from Bounce House 101 About Joe Biesemeyer
Short summaries written by our editors. Each one opens Joe's full article on his site in a new tab.
The Bounce House Blueprint: A Proven Framework for Growing Your Rental Business (opens in a new tab)
Joe's six-part B.O.U.N.C.E. model for growing a rental company: bookings, operations, upsells, numbers, customers, and expanding wisely. The goal is steady progress in each one, not perfection.
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How Much Should You Pay Yourself (opens in a new tab)
Joe went three years without paying himself and burned out. Now he budgets a set share of every rental for labor from day one, and shows the math on a typical weekend.
Read Joe's full article on Bounce House 101 (opens in a new tab)The Power of Business Reviews (opens in a new tab)
Hundreds of events a year were bringing in only a handful of reviews. Here is the QR-card and driver-bonus system his crew uses to ask at every setup, plus how to answer a bad review.
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Donating Bounce Houses: A Checklist for Success (opens in a new tab)
Pick your causes at the start of the year so saying no gets easier, then check distance, unit count, and busy-season timing before you say yes to any donation request.
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How These 5 Books Transformed My Bounce House Business in 2024 (opens in a new tab)
The five books Joe read to grow himself and his rental company, from paying yourself first to hiring true team players, and the one change each book made in how he runs the business.
Read Joe's full article on Bounce House 101 (opens in a new tab)Video how-tos from Bounce House 101More from Joe Biesemeyer
Practical videos from Joe Biesemeyer, co-owner of ShipShape Party Rentals and author of Making Money with Bounce Houses.
Quick tips
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