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Booth Hire and How We’re Different from the Other Guys…

Booth Hire and How We’re Different from the Other Guys…

At In the Booth hire we love events and celebrations of all shapes and sizes. We regularly attend events with our photo booths to celebrate weddings, birthdays, corporate events, school events and everything in between. With so many photo booths available these days we know it’s hard to decide on what to choose. We offer all-inclusive packages for our guests including our exclusive booth features.

With every booth hire service there’s the written and unwritten items! What do we mean by that exactly? It’s the little touches that aren’t listed in a brochure but take your customer experience from standard to “wow”! With over fifteen years in the industry we know what works and what doesn’t. We’ve spent years refining the guest experience to make it simple for guests of all ages to understand. If your ten year old nephew or your eighty year old Grandma can’t figure it out, we don’t do it! We’re not interested in launching the latest and greatest fad if it’s not going to be up to par in the special event environment.

Here’s just a few of the special touches our clients love about In the Booth that can be hard to find elsewhere:

Customer Portal

Our booking system is fully customised to you and your event. Book with In the Booth and our booking office is literally open to you 24-7! Log in any time in the lead up to your event date to make changes or adjustments. View our huge selection of options and customise the booth to suit you and your event. We believe in options – not overwhelm. If you can’t understand the services offered on a company’s website – guess what – your guests won’t understand them either. Our customer portal fully the services and inclusions on offer to you minus the headaches.

All Inclusive Booth Hire

If there’s one thing we know about our customers its that they don’t like hidden extras. Who does?! Our standard booth package includes everything in our inclusions list – crazy huh?! Make sure you chat to any booth hire companies you’re considering about their inclusions. Items such as a guest book are often not included and will cost you extra if you want one. At In the Booth, a guest book is included with all private hire packages. Just read some of our reviews to know why you need one!

Booth Hire that prints – first time and every time

We won’t pull any punches here. At In the Booth we only provide photo booth hire that includes instant prints. What we mean is we don’t offer any services that are digital only. Why? Quite simply it’s because it’s not what the customer (you) and your guests really want. The people spoke a long time ago and they want instant prints! In our digital day and age, instant prints are intrinsically linked to the nostalgia of a vintage photo booth. Almost every digital photo booth service available these days can be duplicated by an app on your phone. Instant prints are the glue that hold the fun of a photo booth together. We have received countless calls from customers who realised too late that the last booth they hired didn’t print. Don’t get caught out! Read the description and fine print in detail.

Enclosed Booth Hire for the win

We’ve never shied away from the fact that we’ve remained tight to our vintage photo booth roots. Our booths are all identical and fully enclosed and we’re not afraid to say “because it’s better!”. After all, what’s a booth without….the booth? Our enclosed booths encourage more introverted guests to have fun on their own terms. Photo booths are made for special moments and sometimes you just don’t want those moments to be in front of everyone. Last but not least, we record video WITH sound. You’ll notice a lot of booth hire companies talking about video but you’ll find they are fast-fun style experiences (they have a time and place – hey we do gif and slo-mo too!). The difference being is that the majority of other booth styles can’t record sound the way In the Booth can for our super popular video message feature.

But don’t worry, we can be open too….

We knew the right answer wasn’t an open booth which is why we designed the world-first Guest Cam! Guest Cam turns each of your guests into a roaming photographer at your event. Guests can print unlimited Guest Cams from the booth, all without even leaving their table if they so desire. Capture the fun anywhere around your event or even in front of an extra special backdrop.

Attendants

Chat to your venue if you don’t believe us on this one! Photo booth hire NEEDS an attendant, it’s that simple. Photo booths are a hard working machine and they need someone on hand to restock paper, perform quality checks and deliver those lost prints to guests! Always check with your booth hire supplier that it includes a dedicated attendant for the duration of your hire. Why the emphasis on dedicated? Because too often we receive feedback from customers and our venues regarding “shared” services. This means a company has offered a combined service, usually for a lower price for booking more than once service. Trouble is, there isn’t a single service in the event industry that doesn’t require it’s own dedicated attention. A DJ cannot DJ while he’s at the photo booth and vice versa. They are completely different services and require specialist attention for each.

Digital copies with your guests’ privacy in tact

The vast majority of photo booth hire services require guests to input their phone number or email to receive their digital copies. Not only does this clog up the booth queue, we don’t believe in forcing your guests to hand over their private information in this manner. That’s why we’re app-only! Guests can download our free app and access all their booth content in their own time; either immediately after their booth session or days or months afterwards.

Read those Reviews!

Did you know In the Booth has almost 3,000 reviews across our various platforms? We ask our clients to review us on external websites such as Easy Weddings and ABIA to ensure our reviews are qualified. At In the Booth we do not believe in editing reviews! We love reading our customer reviews in their own words. In contrast, if we receive a review that’s not up to par, it only inspires us to work harder to get things right.

Happy 15th Birthday In the Booth!

What does a birthday party hire company do when it’s their own birthday?! It’s probably a given that we hire a photo booth!

Wow, fifteen years! It seems possible and not possible all at the same time. In the Booth officially opened in April 2009 at a Brisbane wedding expo. If you’ve read our company story you might know some of our background.

No one knew what a photo booth was back then, much less knew that you could get one for birthday party hire. “Sorry, what is it?” was a common question we received when guests first approached the booth. The questions might have changed but one thing certainly hasn’t. it’s the curiosity to know what’s going on behind that velvet curtain!

Prior to our launch, the only photo booths available were traditional passport style booths. These machines were design to stay in one place for passport photos. You can imagine it didn’t work out so well when people tried to move them around for birthday party hire and the like! We knew there had to be a better way.

And so In the Booth was born! We were the first company in Australia to reimagine the photo booth into ‘components’ to make it more portable. Past experiences in the event industry told us the booth had to be able to get in and out of tight spaces. We wanted to enhance the guest experience while still respecting the all-important floorplan.

Many things have changed with our booths as we reflect on the past fifteen years. It’s only natural that companies should grow with technologies and the changing needs of their customers. However, in a world where nothing is forever, we thought we’d celebrate a few things that have remained:

Customer Experience

If it’s not simple to use or doesn’t keep your guests ‘in the moment; we don’t develop it. It’s that simple! A celebration is just that. Our role for birthday party hire and wedding hire is to enhance that celebration, not complicate it. Guests are extremely excitable at events (which is great!). They need to be able to understand what to do, and quickly. We constantly work to seamlessly combine modern day technologies with an old-school simplicity.

Our booths themselves

Everyone reckons their baby is more beautiful and so it is for us! The physical appearance of our booths hasn’t changed since 2009, which we reckon means we got a few things right. Customers from all types of events love the classic styling of our booths and it’s not something we’re going to change any time soon.

Our dedication to old-school customer service

At In the Booth, you won’t be left “Waiting to hear back” or unclear on an answer. The event industry has no time for lack of clarity! We’re here to make your celebration more straightforward, period. There’s no point hiring a photo booth company that leaves you worrying that you should have done it yourself. Special events require specialised services. Don’t make excuses for companies that leave you hanging – seek out companies who give you the customer experience you deserve.

Happy fifteenth birthday In the Booth! Here’s to the next fifteen 🎈

To get a photo booth or to not get a photo booth?

WHY YOU SHOULD GET A PHOTO BOOTH

Wondering if you should get a photo booth for your next event? Spoiler alert: we reckon you should 😜 To be fair, we’ve got plenty of reasons to back up that statement. If you think the photo booth idea has been ‘done’ the below point should help remind you how awesome they are.

There are plenty of things that have been ‘done’ before at weddings and events. We see them as traditions rather than what’s already been done. For example, phone cameras are everywhere yet you won’t see a wedding without a professional photographer. Dessert is often served at a wedding yet it’s rare there will be a wedding without a cake.

Photo booths have reached that cult status! Let’s rewind to 2007 when In the Booth’s first photo booth was in the planning stages. No one knew what a photo booth was let alone understood what it meant to have one at an event! Fast forward to 2024 and everyone understands what a photo booth is. Guests no longer have to be introduced to the concept or told how to use a touch screen. In the Booth is celebrating our fifteenth birthday this year and it’s incredible to think we had to explain to customers what it meant to get a photo booth for their event! So let’s get down to it! Here’s our top reasons why you should absolutely get a photo booth at your wedding, party or corporate event.

Photos

This one you expected! You can never have enough photos. As opposed to the awkward photographer roaming the room, the booths draws guests in. The ‘PHOTOBOOTH’ sign on all our booths literally tells guests in one word the fun that’s to come. Guests are attracted to the booth like moths to a flame.

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Entertainment

This ties with our first point of photos. You cannot beat the entertainment the booth offers your guests. Photos almost become a by-product of the fun they have! Event entertainment needs to be inherently simple in design. If you’ve got a booth and dancing, your guests will have the best.night.ever.

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Guest Book

It goes without saying that guest books are kind of boring. Not so with a photo booth! Our guest books are a main attraction during parties and weddings. Guests love adding their photo strips and writing messages and captions. Also did you know the guest book isn’t an extra charge with In the Booth?

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Instant Prints

This one’s a biggie! There isn’t a more exciting photo booth hire moment that when those little prints pop out the side. Guests will tussle to get the first look! We only offer printing packages at In the Booth – we’re not fans of digital only because our guests aren’t. It’s for this reason we advise you check your photo booth company of choice actually prints.

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Video Guest Book

It’s time for your interview in the booth! Video messages are just plain fun. Furthermore your guests will sing, dance and ham up to the camera in our private enclosed environment. It’s our unique enclosed booths that allow us to capture high definition sound. That’s why you won’t find open photo booth companies offering video services.

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Digital Experiences

Finally, we’re living in 2024 so despite our vintage roots we’re fully on board with digital too. Our app in addition to Guest Cam, Gif and Slo-Mo round out our digital inclusions for guests to get stuck into. Each time they visit the booth they can choose from one of 5 different experiences. It’s as much fun as the playdough table at a kid’s party!

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