Christmas Entertainment Alton
Alton December bookings are school Christmas fairs and the larger village events across East Hampshire, plus the odd country-venue staff do around Four Marks and Alresford. The run out is about 22 miles, A3 then the A31, and the grotto plus a castle is the usual shape of a school fair booking here.
The Alton Christmas fair wants family pieces: Santa's grotto as the centrepiece, the inflatable snow globe beside it, and the grown-ups get the rodeo reindeer once the children are through. Evening dos in Alton add the Christmas photo booth and games like the Christmas mega wire and Whack an Elf, with the snowboard simulator as the headline where the room has the height for it.
The Christmas kit we take to Alton is owned outright, like the rest of a fleet based at our commercial unit in Havant, where the business has been since 2002, and no agency is involved anywhere. The rodeos are ADIPS certified and the electronics PAT-tested, the crew are enhanced-DBS registered, and the £10 million public liability certificate, risk assessment and method statement go out with the Alton quote.
Christmas work sits alongside the rest of the Alton diary rather than replacing it, and the same crew who deliver the rodeo bull in summer bring the reindeer attachment in December. The Alton event hire page rounds up everything else, from the bouncy castles and assault courses of the summer fairs to the photo booths that work all year.
For an Alton Christmas do, the details that decide the quote are the venue, the date, the access and the headcount. December Saturdays in Alton go first, then the Friday nights, and the staffed pieces are limited by crew as much as kit, so the earlier the better.
The team are fab, helpful but also know how to get the team going on the activities. Thank you again for another fab day, we look forward to using you next year!
Why book Monster Event Hire?
- Established 2002 - run by Joanne and David Morris from Havant.
- £10 million Public Liability Insurance - certificate available on request, with additional licensed-premises cover.
- Every inflatable PIPA-tagged and inspected annually - PIPA is the only inspection scheme recognised by the HSE.
- In-house PIPA-certified inflatable inspector and RPII inspector - the safety knowledge is in the business, not borrowed once a year.
- Every member of staff is enhanced-DBS registered, and staff are RPII operator/supervisor trained and first-aid trained.
- BS EN 14960:2019 is the standard we work to for inflatable play equipment.
- Anemometer wind-safety protocol issued with every inflatable hire - documented procedure with a 24mph cutoff.
- Electrical equipment is annually PAT-tested by certified testers where applicable.
- Our equipment is our own - no sub-hiring or agency middlemen.
- Trusted by councils, charities, government research agencies and corporates, with named multi-year repeat clients.
Need an insurance certificate, risk assessment or method statement? They're available on request - just ask when you book.
Christmas party entertainment in Alton - common questions
How far ahead should we book Christmas entertainment in Alton?
December is the busiest month of the Alton diary, and the first two weekends go first. Most Alton bookings are comfortable six to eight weeks out, but mid-December Saturdays with the reindeer or the grotto need earlier, as the staffed pieces are limited by people as much as kit.
Can you supply several attractions for one Alton Christmas party?
That is most of our December work in Alton: a rodeo or the snowboard simulator as the headline, the Christmas photo booth in the corner, and two or three electronic games filling the gaps. Several pieces on one Alton booking costs less per item than separate hires, and it all arrives on the one van.
Our Alton venue is a hotel or pub with a licence. Is that a problem?
No. We carry additional licensed-premises insurance on top of the £10 million public liability policy, which is what licensed Alton venues want to see before anyone sets up, and the certificates go out with the quote. Name the Alton venue at enquiry and the paperwork follows before the night.
How much space and power does Christmas entertainment need at a Alton venue?
Space at the Alton venue breaks down as: 20ft by 20ft clear with a 13amp socket for the reindeer or snowboard simulator, a level corner of roughly 2.3m by 1.25m for the photo booths, and any table plus a socket for the table and arcade games. Send the Alton room measurements and we will confirm what fits before the date is held.
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