10. Find the best limousines for your budget! You want to look good at your graduation, and have a great time. It’s a once in a lifetime kind of experience.
9. Make sure your group of friends in the limo is responsible. You may be a good person. But, if there are 20 people in your limo and one person breaks an expensive TV, smokes, or throws up in your limo. The person who rented the limo is going to be charged to their credit card! The people who are associated with the rental need to be in charge and prevent extra charges for damages.
8. Don't even think about bringing alcohol, drugs, or smoking in your limo or bringing them to your prom. Many students have tried this in the past and it has never worked. All it is going to do is get your night canceled early and possibly a visit with the police!
7. Get a contract. If you don't have a contract for your limousine on your special day. Then your chances of that limo not showing up are considerably greater!
6. Safe Transportation! It may not seem like a big issue now, but if you knew how many people die in car accidents each year due to alcohol related accidents during prom season, then you'll be glad you have a safe professional driver!
5. A lot of kids will be able to get their parents to help pay for part or all of their cost of the limousine because they are going to have safe transportation for the night, not to mention there is 1 more chaperone. Parents want you to have a great time, and be safe.
4. Make sure you get to view the inside and outside of the actual limousine you are renting. It can either be from your limo company's website with detailed pictures of the inside and outside or you go personally up to the limo company and see the limos for yourself!
3. Don't put more people in the limo than it can hold. If a limo is a 10 passenger, that normally means 10 people MAXIMUM! Also remember you are going to have tuxedos and dresses on, on a hot day. The more people in the limo the hotter it will be, even with air conditioning.
2. Reserve your limousine early! Successful limousine companies will often turn down hundreds or even thousands of prom customers because there is simply more demand than there is limousines. If you want to get a good condition limo and not "whatever is left", then book early. Prom season is the busiest time of year for a limousine service.
The Number 1 tip for prom season:
1. Splitting up the limo price can get you a bigger and better limo for the same price per person or less! If an Expedition Limo costs $1170 but can seat up to 14 people, split up the cost and each person pays about $85 a person! This is less than what you will spend on a prom dress, tuxedo, or your in some cases a prom ticket!
& DON’T FORGET TO:
Bring your favorite CDs to listen to your favorite tunes during your rides; and
Bring a camera to take pictures of your unforgettable night.
BEWARE OF THE CHEAP LIMO!
A saying in the limousine industry goes: "Would you hire the cheapest Surgeon?"
Beware of some of the following things that come associated with cheap limousines:
* The limo never shows up. It happens that you went with a brand new limo company that went out of business, or they just happen to be taking people's money!
* The limo breaks down! You went with an older limousine, but you saved $50 or $100! Now the limo shows up and nothing in it is working, no air conditioning, no TV’s, no music, or even worse: the limo isn't coming at all...
* Your limo driver shows up in jeans, a t-shirt, and tennis shoes, when your party is dressed in suits, tuxedos, and formal dresses! Your whole party is embarrassed the whole night, but you saved a few bucks!
* You were told you were getting a 10 passenger limo, and it was $100 cheaper. You paid for it, and a rusty 10 year old limo shows up right in front of everyone. You’re embarrassed once again, and people are laughing about it the whole night!
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