It needs to be made sure by every inflatable rental company that their inflatable water slides, bounce houses, obstacle course etc, along with their vehicles are secure and safe. These assets are the essentials of the business and their loss could result in a catastrophe for the future of the business.

Compiled below are simple advices for inflatable rental business owners on security.

At the time of hires

Faking booking is among the most common misdeed conducted against a commercial inflatable water slide rental company. How many times has it happened that the customer hands over the money with a smile at the beginning of the booking and later when you go to collect the inflatable, there is no one around and the unit has gone too? Weeks or months later you find the same blow up water slide for sale on eBay.



Here is how you can avoid that from happening to you.

• Get some personal information from the customer and verify it
It is a common practice the businesses to ask for an ID proof before they agree to their service like passport, driver’s licence, utility bills that are registered to the customer’s address, etc. This way you can rest assured you are dealing with a genuine customer who is only interested hiring your service and returning the product at the end of the event. In case they question the practice, politely explain to them why it is important for your assets safety.

• Ensure your inflatables have the business logo and contact information printed on them
This is a fool-proof way of preventing your products from being stolen away and resold. This could be a major bump for anyone who had a plan of doing something like this. They know it will be necessary to get the information removed from the unit before selling it. That can be difficult and can potentially damage the paint on the water slide. This will be encouragement enough for them to leave your unit alone and may be pick someone else.

• Maintain records
It is necessary that you securely maintain a record of serial numbers, test information and other relevant information of the inflatables. This will enable you to easily demonstrate which product is yours. The unique identification numbers are on your records. There is no place for question about the ownership of the item.

• Be in touch with other businesses in the locality
Encourage communication within the community. Discuss about potential scam in the area. In case any of your competitors have been unfortunately scammed, they can share the incident. This will give all the others enough information on what to be aware of and who to look out for.

However, keep these conversations casual and make your intentions clear that you do not wish to breach data confidentiality and you only seek awareness to prevent something like this from happening again. Explain how such awareness would discourage scammers in the area if the business owners are on to their tricks.