Need Chauffeured Ground Transportation - LimoLink International

LimoLink International is a premium worldwide chauffeured ground transportation organization who chooses to focus on the two sets of individuals most often forgot in transportation: the representative who arranges the service and the passenger. LimoLink does not simply take reservations – we manage ground transportation like no one else. We currently operate in over 570 cities in the United States and over 125 countries worldwide.

High Level LimoLink Differentiators:

Dedicated Advocates: We are dedicated to serve you. We invest heavily to ensure the level of service you receive is exceptional – our Customer Service is unparalleled! Our responsibility is to provide the highest level of service in the industry.

Meeting/Event Team

EventLink

888-255-4795

EventLink@limolink.com

Client Account Mgr.

Bryan Johnson

319-730-2148

Bjohnson@limolink.com

Client Relations Mgr.

Stephanie Darling

319-730-2161

sdarling@limolink.com

Ease of Communication: We assign you one point of contact for each meeting/event you do with us. Whether they are managing your group internally at our HQ, or on site at the airport, you have an EventLink Specialist working for you as an extension of your business. Last minute changes, manifest revisions, arrivals and departures or registration desk, we are there for you 24x7.

Breadth of Services: Travel Partnerships, Corporate Travel, Meetings & Events, Roadshows, Private Aviation all coupled with industry expertise. We offer sedans, SUVs, passenger vans, executive vans, mini-buses, motor coaches and everything in between. Contact LimoLink and forget it – we’ll manage it!

Ground Management: We know more about our fleet than any provider worldwide. LimoLink International has the world’s largest personally vetted driver network. From GPS tracking to a ‘watchdog’ website where all maintenance records are viewable. We review an exhaustive list of driver and vehicle qualities before placing a single LimoLink client in a vehicle.

Quality Assurance: Every reservation receives a 3 call quality check. 12hr, 2hr, and 30 minutes before pickup, LimoLink is re-confirming your reservation details with dispatch and driver to prevent passenger impacting issues. Our drivers will be staged a minimum of 15 minutes early when we complete our industry leading quality process.

GPS tracking, driver on-location text/email messages, immediate confirmations, service level options, and customized reporting are all available at your request.

LimoLink provides the best drivers, the best vehicles, the best service and a desire to truly partner with you. We are dedicated to the success of the partnership and look forward to working with you!

LimoLink International

Bryan Johnson
Direct: 319.730.2148
Email: bjohnson@limolink.com
Web: http://www.limolink.com/


Reservations
Transient: 877.789.6210 / orangeteam@limolink.com
Meetings/Events: 888.255.4795 / eventlink@limolink.com

How To Avoid Problems with Vendors

Ask for referrals from friends and family members.  Talk to recent brides who have used the service you are considering.  Ask for their pros and cons.  Interview at least three different firms before committing.  Don't accept a banquet halls recommendation without first checking out the firm.  Don't accept an absolute ("On tables, we always put carnations in bud vases.")  Insist on reviewing sample books of florists' and photographers' work.

Hire a company with a successful track record.  A firm that has been in business for years has proven itself to hundreds of customers.  Although this is not a guarantee (management can change), it is a positive sign.

Trust your feelings.  A wedding-service professional who seems haughty, patronizing, overly rushed, or resistant to your suggestions in an initial interview is unlikely to change over the next several months.  If simple conversation is uncomfortable, go elsewhere.  Avoid anyone who asks for an initial deposit that is more than 50 percent of the total price of the service.  Withholding full payment is your only leverage if the service is not provided or if it is substandard.

Be suspicious of any professional who refuses to sign a contract.  Anything that has been promised verbally must be spelled out in writing.  If a company says they do not have standard contracts, ask for, or provide, a letter of agreement.  Both you and the service provider must sign any document to make it legally binding.

Never be pushed into signing anything.  Give yourself time to fully understand the document.  Ask as many questions as are necessary.  An ethical professional whose services are in demand should courteously answer all questions and never pressure you for a quick decision or deposit.  For example, never cave in to pressure to put a deposit down on a gown before the store closes that day.  If this means that you must return another day to finalize the deal, do that.  If you were made to feel uncomfortable about delaying your decision, rethink buying from the store or hiring the firm.

Keep tabs on the professionals once you've put down a deposit.  Bands, in particular, may break up or re-form during your engagement months.  Market changes may make it impossible for your florist to deliver a particular flower.  Stay in touch!

A Hotel Maya Long Beach Wedding

2010 Bride's Choice Awards Winner!

Press Release

Los Angeles, California – January 19, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Beverly Harris Weddings & Events has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Planner!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Beverly Harris Weddings & Events is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Beverly Harris Weddings & Events is among the very best Wedding Planner within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/vendor/VendorViewProfile?mode=edit&tab=profile

About WeddingWire, Inc.

WeddingWire is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding vendors. WeddingWire enables engaged couples to search, compare and book over 100,000 reviewed wedding vendors nationwide, from wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding vendors, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. In addition, WeddingWire has partnered with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) to provide its network of local vendors and online wedding-planning tools in the Weddings section of http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/. For additional information, please visit http://www.weddingwire.com/

Why Use HelmsBriscoe?

The way HelmsBriscoe services work:

• We are first and foremost “advocates of our clients” and our goal is to assist you with planning triumphant events.
  
  
• We qualify your needs and base on the specifics you provide will begin to search for all the hotels that would be the most suitable matches to your meeting criteria and have it back to you in a full report within 48 hours in most cases.
  
  
• We assist you with your contract negotiations to deliver you with huge cost savings. We are quite familiar with the hotel lingo and know what to ask for in your favor.
  
  
• Our services are 100% free of charge to you & your organization as we are compensated for through the hotels marketing budget. Our involvement does not impact your rates in a negative way, we only impact your experience in a positive way…time wise, investment wise, and partnership wise. We take pride in working with you as your partner and helping you achieve the utmost success.
  
  
• We can be as involved or not, depending on what your needs are. We can coordinate your site visits, we can also be a great resource for all your additional vendor needs as we have a highly accredited group of vendors that we do business with (i.e. speakers, event production, audio visual, off premise activities, city tours etc…)
  
  

I don't know about you, but I am always looking for ways to provide my clients with excellent service.

I used Farrah Tauvaa with HelmsBriscoe for my groups room block and the service was awesome.  She can be reached at:


http://www.helmsbriscoe.com/bio/ftauvaa
Cell: (626) 482-8484
Phone: (800) 397-0054
Fax: (888) 397-0558

Tips To Plan A Corporate Event

To plan a successful corporate event, there are many steps involved. Because corporate events are our business, Beverly Harris Weddings & Events knows how and when to execute each and every step. Take advantage of our years of experience and leave all the details of your corporate event to Beverly Harris Weddings & Events!

Next, you should think about what type of event would suit your group. Is this corporate event for employees only, or are family members invited? Do you want to incorporate team building? Do you want to base it on a theme? Beverly Harris Weddings & Events has many outstanding picnic themes to choose from and we are open to ideas you may have. However, a theme is not necessary to put on an extraordinary corporate event. One-of-a-kind entertainment, delicious food to dine on, a family friendly environment to socialize in and of course, attention to detail are all important ingredients for a fantastic corporate event.

Extraordinary entertainment is essential in keeping your guests happy at the corporate event you’ve planned. Consider the age range of the people who will be attending. If your corporate events typically include your employees’ family members, make sure you include plenty of entertainment for children. But don’t leave out the adults.

Serving a well thought out menu is definitely a priority for corporate events. Do you have special dietary needs? No problem. Do you want to plan a lunch for your management team? We will provide whatever service you choose!

The last step is to promote your corporate event so it is well attended by everyone from your CEO, to your management to every other employee. Beverly Harris Weddings & Events will provide flyers for you to distribute, outlining the awesome day you’ve set up for your company. The flyer will also include directions to the site you’ve chosen and a list of what to bring (swimsuits, towels, entry tickets, etc.) Rest assured your guests will not leave a corporate event produced by Beverly Harris Weddings & Events disappointed.

Of course there are so many details to take care of from beginning to end when hosting a corporate event and that is what Beverly Harris Weddings & Events is for. When you ask Beverly  Harris Weddings & Events to take care of your picnic or corporate event, you can be sure that our team of professionals are here to plan and execute your corporate event down to the last detail. The hardest part for you is deciding how much fun to have!

What You Need To Know About Audio Visual Equipment

Here's some great information I got from Ezine Articles

When you rent or use audio visual equipment, you may also need audio visual staging as well so that your presentation can be fully viewed, in a safe way, by your audience. Many services that rent the equipment out will also rent staging as well, but this is not always the case, and you will want to find this information out well in advance of your event. There are other things that you need to know and consider as well.

How will your audience be spread out in the venue? How your audience will be positioned during your presentation often determines the exact type of staging that is required. Be realistic, and of course, if possible try to visit the venue where the event will be held well in advance. Also consider how the staging will affect the sound and lighting quality.

Do you need some height for your audio visual staging? Most staging will give you height, but how much height you need will matter a great deal. You do not want your event to get started only to find that the people in the front are looking straight up to see your presentation, while the people in the back can't see anything other than the back of other participants heads. Visit the venue and determine exactly how much height is required.

How much security is needed for the equipment? Often the staging for the equipment will play a role in the security of the equipment as well. This is security in terms of protecting against theft, in some venues, as well as protection from damage caused by the movement of people. Do you need staging that plays a big role in security as well?

How sturdy does the audio visual staging need to be? How much does the equipment weight? Will there be anything other than the equipment on the staging? Will people be moving near the staging? You don't want your staging and your equipment to tumble to the floor during your event, so you need to select staging that has the sturdiness that you need.

Can you rent what you need? Again, not all equipment rental services also rent staging materials, and you will need to ask this question. However, in cases where the service does not handle staging, they often have a relationship with a company that does rent this type of material, and they may even be able to arrange a discount with this other company for you as well. So, if the service you are using for the equipment does not also rent out the staging, be sure to ask for recommendations before striking out on your own to obtain the staging.

When you need audio visual staging, as you can see, there really are several things that must be taken into consideration before you select the equipment that you need, including the audio and video equipment. Make sure that you have a definitive idea concerning what is needed for your venue, and work with a qualified Audio Visual Hire sales representative to ensure that you do indeed end up with what you really need.