Partnership

There are certain venues in Southern California (and all over the whole world I'm sure) that everyone wants to be. Everyone wants to host a party there, get married and be seen entering or leaving. Because of their popularity, these venues request huge bucks to rent their space and are booked solid. Once a host determines that they are having an event and have secured a venue, they then want to know about the food. Who will be serving it, what will they be serving, etc. These fabulous venues that get to charge thousands of dollars for only a couple of hours of rental have formed alliances with catering companies, so when you rent the space you have to use their caterer or pay an additional fee. Often times, the cater associated with the venue has fabulous food but the point is that as the host you have no control over who caterers your event unless you spend extra money to bring in your own caterer. Some venues won't even let you rent the venue, unless you do use their caterer. Event Solutions is both an event production company and a caterer and so we think that partnering with a venue is a great opportunity. First of all, because we specialize in both areas it gives us the opportunity to not only cater events that are held at the venue, but plan them as well. If a company is paired with a really great venue then it can operate one of two ways in a client's mind. Either they will jump on the bandwagon and assume the catering services will be stellar and top of the line so they will feel as though they are being tricked. The only way to really impress a client is to have fabulous food. yes, partnering with a venue is a great way to get business initially, but if your food is subpar and you exude a sense of entitlement then the client will most likely pay to bring in another caterer or change venues. We think this partnership is great because our food is fabulous, distinctive and original and would complement any event beautifully.

crystal p smith
event solutions
crystal@eventsolutions.com
Southern California Event Planning