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    Default "How much!?!...but it's only a kids party!!"

    You know the scenario.....

    Get a phone call from a parent wanting to hire you to provide a kids party on a prime Saturday evening date. Give them the quote and you hear...."How much!?!...but it's only a kids party!!". My overheads don't get cheaper if I do a kids party and neither does my price. I will reduce the price for daytime or weekday, but definitely not for a Saturday evening.

    I've had too many of these kind of calls lately, and if I'm really honest these are my least favourite types of events. I have a lot of respect for people like Mayhem and KrazyKaz that specialise in these types of parties, as it's definitely a skill to do them correctly.

    I've officially retired from kids parties.....

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    I agree totally shaun if you are out you are out on a saturday night whether it be a 13th or a wedding your overheads dont get cheaper and you are still to be paid for your time , i like the challenge of younger discos as if they dont like you they will be brutally honest...

    i too reduce my fee for midweek or daytime they seem to think that its only 2-3 hours as opposed to 4 or 5 so its going to be cheaper ???? but fail to understand that although you finish at 9pm and not midnight you cant then just go and do another gig to make up your money......

    i quote for upto 5 hours so if i get well we only want 3 the reply is well the option is there then for you to extend if you wish and it wont cost you anything.
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    I am the same Shuan,If you take a kids booking at a reduced rate when you have no bookings for that night at say £75.what happens if you get an booking for the same date where you can get your normal price.trying to explain this to people but they just dont understand.

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    Couldn't agree more. I hate doing kids parties, and I had that exact comment only a couple of weeks ago. At the end of the day a two hour party is actually a 3+ hour party with the set up, take down, travelling etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EliteDJ View Post
    You know the scenario.....

    Get a phone call from a parent wanting to hire you to provide a kids party on a prime Saturday evening date. Give them the quote and you hear...."How much!?!...but it's only a kids party!!". My overheads don't get cheaper if I do a kids party and neither does my price. I will reduce the price for daytime or weekday, but definitely not for a Saturday evening.

    I've had too many of these kind of calls lately, and if I'm really honest these are my least favourite types of events. I have a lot of respect for people like Mayhem and KrazyKaz that specialise in these types of parties, as it's definitely a skill to do them correctly.

    I've officially retired from kids parties.....
    I do a lot of kids partys but tell the client i only do them off peak mostly Sat/sun pm £100 for two hours do all the games but get the client to provide the prizes.

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    Just had one lilke this last week. Rang up to ask for a kids party on a saterday next month. Oh last year we had a DJ bubble machine, glow sticks , prizes for the kids and a wife who dressed up in costum for £75. Why dont you hire them again? we lost their number how much will you charge.
    I can provide whole lot for £140 as its only 2 hours.
    How much??? im on a budget??
    Thats as cheap as I can go
    But its only 2 hours
    I know thats why im not charging extra for bubble machine, prizes, and glow sticks.
    Hangs up.
    Rings back later , can you do it for £100 thats all we have.
    Ok I reply but I will not include bubbles, prizes or glowsticks for that price (thinking im doing a pretty big favour at this point.
    Oh I thought you included all that and hangs up.
    Email from same , we went with someone else who only charged us £90 for disco, bubbles, prizes glow sticks etc.
    I reply I hope he turns up, have a nice day.

    Just want to pull ahir out sometimes. My cheapest rate for a saterday is £140 Irealise that kids parties arent as long so include extra's when booked to help balance it out a bit. But work is still the same set up rig, pack away rig, lug gear around, pay insurance , pay PAT. Bets on if other person has these? anyone?
    When the world ends , ill probably have to clean up the mess.

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    Avoid kids parties like the plague especially under 10 years of age which end up to be adult events???? I only do school functions now and ask the parents to hire school premises for there childrens parties they're soon put off buy the overall costs and school regulations for parties

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    Quote Originally Posted by Have a disco View Post
    Avoid kids parties like the plague especially under 10 years of age which end up to be adult events????
    same here. i only do school disco's as i get sick and tired of people wanting everything cheap even though the DJ was to he bappy and bubbly for a couple of hours. enteraining kids is such a hard thing and if they dont listen there is nothing you can do about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Have a disco View Post
    Avoid kids parties like the plague especially under 10 years of age which end up to be adult events???? I only do school functions now and ask the parents to hire school premises for there childrens parties they're soon put off buy the overall costs and school regulations for parties
    do you know mr. badger I had that very conversation with mrs. dragonfly not 2 hours ago
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    Quote Originally Posted by soundmaster mobile disco View Post
    I am the same Shuan,If you take a kids booking at a reduced rate when you have no bookings for that night at say £75.what happens if you get an booking for the same date where you can get your normal price.trying to explain this to people but they just dont understand.
    Now we're going into murky waters here, but:
    I know of DJ's who have taken a kid's party booking, on the basis that half a wage is better than no wage at all, and I can be in the pub for 9.30..............

    and when an adult booking comes in, just ditch the kids party! I have done more than one short notice kids party on that basis! It's not nice, but it still happens!

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