Hi all,
I'm looking to hire a council hall for my young'ens birthday and would love to hire a jumping castle.
The council require public liability insurance. The company I have contacted thus far cannot extend their insurance as they only supply the jumping castle, not and staff to man it.
I've gone through one quote and it came up as ~$200.
Does anyone have any recent experience with this matter and know if I can find a better price if I look elsewhere?
Try telling that to the wife…
Let me word it for you.
"The bouncy castle idea is perfect! I'm so excited! Just don't forget to cut back on those trips to the salon as the insurance is $200."
Can see her eagerness right now to give her son/daughter/genderless child the birthday parts they want
Give her the bill to pay out of her budget
$200 worth of alcohol isn’t much.
Let me introduce you to goon bags from Aldi.
Hello darkness my old friend.
Try joining a toy library. we hired a jumping castle for $30 and it came with PI insurance if used at home. not sure if it extended to the park…
Ooh. Great idea. Will look into that. Thanks!!!
How did you find toy library with jumping castle.
Most Councils (at least metro Victoria) will required $20mil public liability for the castle which is in the realm of $150-$300.
Check the Council's other options for an event within their land, for example, street party, which (again) some Councils will allow you to perform and they will pay for the insurance. That is, that type of event is covered under Council's insurance.
Forgot to add that you if you can get (say) a street party permit, you just add the castle as part of the event. But check the exclusions.
I have been and hosted Jumping Castle parties, without fail each time someone lands on someone, kicks someone (inadvertently), and there's tears.
So true! It's one thing having to console the kids when this happens but super awkward when the adults under-estimate their jumping castle prowess!
I tell the bigger kids not to go in when there are little ones in there because of their ability to launch small kids into each other by their air displacement. One girl got headbutted in the mouth, I just cringe everytime there is a jumping castle party.
OP don't overcrowd the castle, don't allow big bodies in there with little ones, the little ones are launched and don't know how to brace.
They should change this to a Stampede Party.
We went in this one in Barcelona. Play the video, near the end you see how tall it is. It came with a soundscape. Two latish 50s Aussies jumping around in the bouncy castle. The attendants thought it was hilarious. Damn fine workout though.
Now, that is a proper jumping castle for adults!
@[Deactivated]: It was brilliant. I had a stuffed knee, turns out is is a torn medial meniscus, but I just couldn’t resist. I think this could become a new exercise craze.
@try2bhelpful: That jumping castle looks fabulous so I'm not surprised you had to try it out - very brave with that injury tho.
@[Deactivated]: Nah, the brave (dumb) bit was climbing to the top of bell towers five weeks earlier when I knew I had to walk down the 400 steps for Sagrada Família near the end of the trip. I stuffed the knee in a pump class, before I left, and wasn’t game to find out what I’d done until I’d got back. Didn’t want the doctor telling me I couldn’t go on my trip.
Does the council require PI even if the jumping castle is fully staffed?
Just have the party in your backyard and put the $200 towards alcohol for the adults.