How To Manage A Wedding Car Business
February 26, 2011 by Owen Jones · Comments Off
Have you ever thought about setting up a wedding car business? Although it can be demanding, because you do not want to let anybody down on their big day, it is also interesting and exhilarating.
Some of the benefits are that you get to own good-looking vehicles – maybe a Rolls Royce or a Bentley and they are tax-deductible; you meet new people under happy circumstances and you are in the position to help them have a wonderful wedding day.
It is a very demanding industry, because you always have to bear in mind the desires of your clients and think about how you can realize and expand their’ wishes. That is difficult enough, but you also have to stay competitive. I hope that the following tips will be helpful.
1] Take care of the conditions under which you keep your vehicles. If you can afford to garage them, they will not collect dust and bird droppings so the paintwork will look better for longer. Do not have a gravel drive, because of possible scratching to the coachwork of the cars.
2] Get one or two really lovely vehicles. You will need to do a bit of research to find out what couples in your area like, but as a rule of thumb a Rolls Royce or a Bentley are sure bets. Or maybe a stretch limousine. Old cars go down well too. Build up your fleet of cars step by step but steadily. Offer your clients as much choice as you can realistically afford to do.
Many wedding couples will not only require the wedding car, but also vehicles for the guests. Many of them want limousines or old vehicles for their wedding day. But a lot of other vehicles are required for the guests. Be adaptable and consent to bedeck the cars according to the couple’s wishes with flowers and ribbons.
2] Employ good, compassionate personnel. A fully trained chauffeur is a necessity, but a military style driver can add to your firm’s image.
3] It is a good idea to offer different packages or elements that a couple can use to build a package. So, you could offer transportation from the bride’s house to the church as one element. From the church to the restaurant as another element and from there to the chosen hotel, the airport or the railway station, as another element.
4] Make sure that your clients know exactly how long they have exclusive use of the cars for. This is useful for them, so that they know precisely how long they have to take photos, eat or chat.
Transportation plays a huge and fundamental part in any wedding day celebrations. In fact, poorly timed or scruffy transportation can ruin a wedding day. If you let that happen, your firm’s standing will suffer badly, particularly in a town or village. You will need a high sense of responsibility; reliable, well-trained, sensitive staff and high quality vehicles that look the part. White wedding cars are popular, but other colours are acceptable, especially for the guests.
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Is Bide-A-Wee in Wantagh NY Cursed?
March 11, 2009 by LJ James · Comments Off
Is Bide A Wee in Wantagh NY Cursed? (I can not say for certain this is all true. Many will argue Animals do not have Souls!)
I worked at BideAWee as a part of the grounds keeping staff for almost five years, from 1990 to 1994. I have many fond memories of my time there! It was my first real job.For years after I moved on I regularly returned to visit the Friends I had made while working there.
A few years ago I returned to find Tim Bourne the man who was my Boss and good friend the years I worked at Bide A Wee was no longer there! Tim Bourne was a Manager at Bide-A-Wee in Wantagh for over 20 years! When I heard Tim was no longer there. Myself and many others knew it was the end of Bide-A -Wee in Wantagh as Tim was the BideAWee of Wantagh!
Soon after Tim’s departure from Wantagh Bide A Wee the Animal Hospital closed! Now the Bide-A-Wee Adoption Center is closing its Doors. Some may say it is just a coincidence and Tim could not have done anything to stop the problems that happened!
I say Tim not being there is the reason these problems occurred! Tim had an incredible knack for bringing all three departments of Bide A Wee together. Whether it was for a Softball game at the School across the street after work or a Bide-A-Wee Staff night out, He made us all more then just co workers He made us all a family! He was the Heart and Soul of BideAWee in Wantagh. A body can not function with out its heart and without its Soul, why would it want to?
Ever since BideAWee of Wantagh let Tim go it has been as if the place has been cursed, I believe it is! There are Hundreds of Animals buried at the Bide A Wee of Wantagh and Tim took care of them for over 20 years.
Tim ran the Cemetery at Bide-A-Wee in Wantagh Honorably and many loved him. Losing a pet is very difficult for anyone, But some how Tim made it easier for people to get threw this tuff time! When the Scandal of pets not being buried at the Pet Cemetery in Middle Island NY happened in the early 90′s there was almost no one who was worried that something similar may have happened at BideAWee of Wantagh, Because everyone knew Tim would never allow something like that to happen there!
I believe the Souls of all the Animals at Bide-A-Wee of Wantagh can no longer rest and the place is now suffering from a curse! These Animals buried at BideAWee of Wantagh long for the man who made sure they were buried properly and helped ease the pain of their owners when they past!
BideAWee needs to do what ever it can to get Tim Back! They need to beg, plead and bargain! I believe once Bide-A-Wee of Wantagh has Tim back the Souls of the Animals buried there will once again be able to rest and the Curse will be lifted. Then Watch how quickly things turn around, I just Hope Bide-A-Wee does what it must before the curse spreads to the rest of the Bide-A-Wee Locations!
This Story is dedicated to the Memory of Red the Cat (Bide A Wee Mascot) By LJ James
The Real Change Agent
February 28, 2009 by Kathi Macias · Comments Off
“I am the Lord, I do not change” (Malachi 3:6).
I don’t like change, and I don’t like surprises. I want everything done decently and in order. Predictability is just below godliness on my list. The problem is, I live in a very unpredictable world-and so do you.
From the time I was a young girl, however, I knew things weren’t as they should be. Inequity surrounded me, but I felt impotent to do anything about it. As a result, when I hit my teens, I became a champion of causes, defending the underdog at every opportunity and jumping on every soapbox that demanded justice for someone.
None of it did much good, though. You see, I recognized the problem but I didn’t know the Problem-Solver. I saw the injustice but had no relationship with the righteous Judge. I longed for people to be treated fairly and equally but erroneously believed that unfair and unequal human beings could dispense such treatment.
To be honest, I’m concerned with people who are satisfied with the status quo, who don’t see the need for equality and justice-even if they don’t know how to deliver it. If we have any compassion at all, we must look around us and see the pain and suffering of others and long to “change” things and make it all right.
But only God can do that. Only God is good-all the time. Only God is right-all the time. Only God is perfect-all the time. We are not. What we see around us that needs change is not circumstances, but human nature, sin nature, fallen nature, that all-about-me mentality that is so deep-seated within each of us. Perhaps that’s why, on a personal level, I resist change and cling to predictability and familiarity. It hurts to change. Real change means I have to let go of who I am, who I have become over many years and decades of walking this earth, who I am that is opposite of what I was created to be.
John the Baptist acknowledged that he needed to change by declaring that he must decrease and the life of Jesus increase within him. Why? Because Jesus is perfect; John wasn’t. And neither are we. We all need to change-daily-and to become more like the One who is already perfect and therefore is the only One who does not need to change. If that process of change is painful for us, so be it. The Cross was no picnic, but Jesus willingly suffered and died there so we could open our hearts to Him and let Him change us from the inside out. Because that, beloved, is the only way real and lasting change takes place.
Whether we enjoy a predictable lifestyle or prefer to “fly by the seat of our pants,” we will never see real change in this world until we allow that change to begin and continue daily in us. May our goal be to become more like the perfect, unchangeable God we serve-and may others be drawn to Him as they see that willingness to change radiating from our lives.
Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored 26 books and ghostwritten several others. A former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Kathi has taught creative and business writing in various venues and has been a guest on many radio and television programs. Kathi is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences. She recently won the prestigious 2008 member of the year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) at the annual Golden Scrolls award banquet. Kathi “Easy Writer” Macias lives in Homeland, CA, with her husband, Al, where the two of them spend free time riding their Harley.
