Spa, I mean Site Visit
Monday, June 2, 2008 at 08:16PM Your colleagues are probably giving you a hard time every time you jet off to the airport on another site check. Stay in luxury hotels, dine in fine restaurants and check out the spa...Site visits sound glamorous but as you know, site checks are anything but a vacation.
If a venue can physically accommodate your group size, I like to walk the property as if I were attending this future event and consider: what are the parking options, how are the staff outside the sales team (hopefully happy), do I like the food presentation, does a logical registration area exist, how far will guests have to walk to each meeting area, and what existing features can be incorporated into the production? Discovering ways to incorporate a large blank wall, a fountain, a row of picture frames into your event branding are creative discoveries you can't unocover over the phone. There is so much you learn about a venue, and inturn improve your guests' experience, by spending some serious time walking through the event logistics on site.
For a simple checklist to help brew more ideas on your next site visit see "Venue Ck List" under Event Planning Templates. And hey, if the hotel GM sends truffles to your room, enjoy!
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