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.
This work has run from our own commercial unit in Havant since 2002, with a fleet we own outright and no sub-contracting. 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 a 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.
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. Six to eight weeks ahead is comfortable for most items, and earlier is better for a Saturday night in mid-December with the rodeo reindeer or the grotto, because 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. Multi-item bookings usually work out cheaper per item than hiring separately, and everything comes on one delivery.
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. Tell us the venue at enquiry stage and we will send the paperwork their way.
How much space and power does Christmas entertainment need at a Alton venue?
The rodeo reindeer and the snowboard simulator each want a clear area of roughly 20ft by 20ft and one standard 13amp socket, the photo booths fit a level corner of about 2.3m by 1.25m, and the table games and arcade machines slot in wherever there is a table and a socket. Send the Alton room measurements and we will confirm what fits before the date is held.
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