Booking for entertainment to entertain your guests could be very expensive.

While having entertainers in your events or meetings are essential to enhance guests’ experience, the cost of hiring for such entertainers (that some of them are celebrities) will, more often than not, only allow financially strong event planners and individuals to hire them.

But fear not, I found a knol written by Joshua Gair about the ways to save money on booking for top quality entertainment.

In short, here are the 10 money-saving tips for securing top quality entertaninment:

1. Ask for a reasonable discount.
2. See if you are able to book the talent for multiple dates or engagements for your event or meeting and ask if there is discount for multiple bookings.
3. Ask the entertainment company if they offer any type of package deal for the type of performer you are looking for.
4. Book the entertainment as far out as possible, especially on high demand events such as Christmas or New Years Eve parties.
5. Offer to use the entertainment company for next year’s event if they are able to meet you on the price of an act.
6. Book unique and undiscovered talent.
7. Offer a great incentive for the talent in exchange for a small discount.
8. Get a sponsor to cover the cost of entertainment.
9. Be flexible with the dates you book.
10. Provide all or lots of the AV equipment needed for the act.

A very, very interesting tips, indeed. If you are interested to learn more, just visit Joshua’s knol.

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