How to Plan the Perfect Spring Event

Event planning can be as challenging as it is fulfilling, but your task will be made easier in spring. It must be that special buzz in the air that gets all event planners excited about their spring events, whether they are weddings, birthday celebrations or business events. Now is about the time to start planning your event with the promise of spring around the bend. We give you some top tips for planning your spring event with one essential aid: a stretch tent.

Planning spring weddings

Spring is undoubtedly the most popular time of year for weddings. There is something about the fresh flowers, crisp air and the beautiful warming sunlight that invites you outside. It is, therefore, not surprising that outdoor weddings underneath a Tentickle Bedouin Stretch Tent are so popular.

Create different areas for different purposes by pitching several stretch tents around the main tent – why not have a cigar and whiskey or a champagne and chocolate area that encourages guests to interact with each other and let their hair down.

Combine locally-available flora with traditional decor for a proudly South African look. One of the many things that we are exceptionally lucky to have in South Africa is beautiful and unique flowers from the trademark proteas and exotic ericas to beautiful jacaranda blossoms. In fact, if you are in Pretoria, ensure your wedding coincides with the jacarandas and choose a location under the trees. No staged setting will be able to compete with the violet burst of jacarandas that will contrast beautifully with a white wedding.

Planning spring birthdays

Birthdays are one of the most ideal excuses for people to gather all of their friends together and laugh and celebrate the night away. From the smallest homely backyard event to a full scale birthday festival, having them under a stretch tent will not only enhance the birthday theme, but also add ambiance and a touch of joie de vivre to the event.

Have a theme; be it Rocky Horror or Arabian Nights. This will enable your guest to get into character, forgetting about their worries at work or home. Stretch tents provide the ideal blank canvas for you to decorate according to your theme.

Use lighting to your advantage: Stretch tent material reflects the right amount of light to create a fantastic ambiance, and the walls and roof also lend themselves to act as the perfect screen for intelligent lighting systems such as gobos, pin spots or projectors. Why not have a slideshow of photos from key life moments for example?

Planning spring corporate events

Whether it is a cheese, wine or olive festival, flower show, product launch, trade show or even a music festival, having your event underneath a stretch tent will not only protect your product or clients from spring showers, but it will also be sure to draw attention and visitors thanks to its unique design.

Use the tents for branding: Stretch tent companies,such as Tentickle, do all the branding with their stretch tent hire service. Stretch tents are also highly popular as bar covers and smoking lounges for all sorts of events around the country.

Create a stylish backdrop for company photos:Corporate events are a great time to pose for photos to display on company literature or on the website since everyone is decked out in their finery. Hire a professional photographer, use your branded stretch tent as the backdrop and take some great corporate pics. You could even use them to send thank you cards to your clients and so foster new or repeat business.

A spring event does not have to be a huge expense because mother nature will do a lot of the leg work for you. A stretch tent is the one must-have expense to ensure your guests stay warm, cosy and dry and also acts as the basis for your lighting and acoustics. You can cut costs in other areas by drawing on natural elements, such as pine cones and proteas, and offering light refreshment instead of a three course meal – your guests will thank you at the end of the night for your refreshing take on the spring event.

Source: as posted on http://www.eventit.co.za/