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Q. Which cities do you serve?
A. Photo Booth Mania serves all of Los Angeles County and, depending upon the distance, portions of Orange County, Ventura County, and the Inland Empire. Contact us with your zip code to see if your event is in our service area.
Q. How much does it cost to rent a photo booth?
A. It depends upon the length of the rental period. Please contact us for current pricing. It starts with the cost of our one-price, all-inclusive 3-hour rental package. After that, it depends upon the number of additional hours you want.
Q. How do I find out if a photo booth is available on our event date?
A. If you are booking several months in advance, there's a good chance your event date is available. To make certain, please call us at (626) 239-3553 or email us with the date, city and Zip Code of the event's location.
Q. How do I reserve a photo booth?
A. Before a photo booth can be considered reserved, you must complete and return our Event Information Sheet and our Rental Agreement, and pay a deposit. Please note that simply informing us that you want to rent a photo booth on a particular event date does enough reserve a photo booth.
Q. How much deposit is required to reserve a photo booth?
A. 50 percent of the total rental fee, plus 9.75 percent California state sales tax. We prefer payment by check , money order or bank transfer. Call and ask us about other payment options
Q. Why is it necessary to pay a deposit to rent a photo booth?
A. A deposit insures that a client is serious about renting a photo booth. A last-minute cancellation can prevent us from renting the reserved photo booth to someone else and result in a large loss of revenue for our business. If you cancel more than 30 days before your event, the deposit will be refunded. If you cancel less than 30 days prior to your event, and we are able to rent the photo booth you originally rented to another party, your deposit also will be refunded.
Q. When must the balance be paid?
A. The balance must be paid in full at least 30 days prior to the event date.
Q. How do I pay the photo booth rental deposit?
A. You will be emailed an invoice with your Event Information Sheet and Rental Agreement. Please the send both documents and a check, made out to "Photo Booth Mania", to the address listed on the invoice.
Q. How much will it cost to deliver the photo booth to my event?
A. Generally speaking, there is no charge; transportation and delivery is included in the price of the photo booth. However, if the venue's location is out of our service area, then there may be a transport/fuel surcharge. Please contact us with your Zip Code for more information.
Q. Is there any additional charge for assembling or disassembling the photo booth?
A. No. Approximately one hour before your rental period begins, an attendant will arrive to set up the photo booth. They will also pack it up at the end of the event.
Q. Will someone take care of the photo booth during the rental period?
A. Yes, a Photo Booth Mania attendant will be on hand to replenish printer paper and ink cartridges, show your guests how to operate the photo booth, answer any questions that they may have, and troubleshoot any problem that may arise. At the end of your event, the attendant also will provide you with a DVD containing all of the photo booth images taken during your event.
Q. How many sessions does your photo booth take per hour?
A. Photo booths take four photos per session and can––realistically––take about 40 to 50 sessions per hour, if the photo booth is kept busy with a continuous line of subjects the entire time. If your event requires a large number of people to use the photo booth over a short period of time, we recommend renting more than one photo booth.
Q. How many photos can a photo booth take during the rental period?
A. Take all the photos you want, but understand that the total number of photos that can be taken is limited by the number of photos the photo booth equipment can process. It is physically impossible to process more than around 60 sessions per hour. Realistically, people need at least 40 seconds to enter the photo booth, take their photos, and exit the booth. But this process often takes longer. Usually that means––give or take––about 40 to 50 sessions per hour.
Q. There will be 200 guests at my wedding. How long of a rental period will I need for everyone to use the photo booth?
A. We recommend at least 1.5 hours for every 100 guests. However, please remember that some people will use the photo booth alone, and others will use it twice, three, four or even a half dozen times. A few––often, not many––won't use at all. There may also be times during your event when other activities are going on, during dinner, for example, when the photo booth may remain unused. Based upon this information, please use your own best judgment to determine how many hours your guests will need. Renting a photo booth for just a little bit longer insures that everyone will have a chance to use it and some guests will be able to use it multiple times, and the cost of additional hours is almost half the cost of the basic rental package.
Q. How much floor space will the photo booth require?
A. The photo booth has a footprint of about 4.5 feet by 4.5 feet square and is about 6-1/2 feet tall, but realistically, when you include a small table to set the printer on on one side and space in front of the photo booth for entering and exiting the photo booth, it requires a footprint of about 10 feet by 10 feet.
Q. How many people can fit inside a photo booth?
A. It fits two or three persons comfortably, but we've seen the faces of 15 people squeeze into a single photo. Granted, not many body parts appear in the pic (it's nearly all faces), but it does make for a very interesting photograph.
Q. Is there anything that we need to provide?
A. The venue needs to provide (1) electricity within 50 feet of the photo booth, (2) three armless chairs (banquet chairs work best, because their weight prevents them from pushed around so much, but folding chairs will do), and (3) a small perhaps 3-foot table, which will adjoin the photo booth, to set the printer on (if you're planning to have a scrapbook, however, a larger or second, smaller table is advisable). You could expedite the process by notifying the venue coordinator of our needs.
Q. What preparations should we make if we plan to have guests put their photo booth photos in a scrapbook?
A. It would be a good idea to have a single, larger adjoining table for both the printer and the scrapbook materials. Alternatively, you could place a second, separate table not far from the photo booth. In addition to the scrapbook pages and perhaps the scrapbook itself, we also recommend putting out some scissors, gel pens in appropriate colors, double-sided tape or adhesive strips, and perhaps some stickers and/or lettering.
Q. Is there anything else I need to do for the scrapbook?
It's not absolutely necessary, but it would be helpful: A small sign written in the name of the person(s) being honored, which instructs guests to use the photo booth scrapbook, can also go a long way toward motivating guests to use the photo booth. Keep the wording short and simple. If it's a wedding, for example, it might say, "Please glue a strip of your photo booth photos in the scrapbook and write a message to Lisa and Jason."
Q. Are the photo booths wheel chair accessible?
A. With the chairs removed, absolutely.
Q. Can you provide copies of the digital images taken by the photo booth?
A. Yes, it's included in the price. Following the event your on-site attendant will mail a CD or DVD to you containing all of the photos taken at your event.
Q. Can your photo booth print classic black-and-white strips like the old-time photo booths did in the 1950s?
A. Yes, choose either black-and-white or color. This option is called Duplicate Strip layout. The photo booth prints out two 2" x 6" strips on a 4" x 6" sheet. This is a popular option for people who want to a make a scrapbook from the event's photos. Guests glue one strip into the scrapbook, then take the other home as a party favor. The strips are somewhat smaller than the old-time black-and-white strips, but our customers appear to like them because their smaller size makes them more convenient for putting in a scrapbook.
Q. Are there any other printing options?
A. You can also choose to have your photos printed in Grid layout, four unique prints on a single 4" x 6" sheet, which are twice the size of Duplicate Strips, but without duplicate prints.
Q. Can a personal message be printed on the photos?
A. Yes, a personal message or a logo can be printed on the same sheet as your photos. If you choose this option, your personal message and/or logo must be submitted to Photo Booth Mania at least one week prior to the event date.
Q. Will the digital images from our event be posted online?
A. Yes, We post all digital images online in a password-protected gallery shortly after the event, unless otherwise instructed by the client. You can get the password from the event's host. Visitors may also purchase additional prints of themselves, friends or family members and a variety of merchandise with a photo booth image imprinted on them.
Q. I see a lot of photo booths renting for $130o, $1500, even $2000. How are your prices kept so competitive?
A. Photo Booth Mania photo booths are lightweight and portable, which minimizes the number of people and the size of the vehicle required to move them, which reduces transportation and delivery costs and--in turn--reduces our cost to you.
Q. What happens when I step into the photo booth?
A. Whenever you're ready, simply press the button on the floor just one time with your foot. The photo booth will take four photos five seconds apart, consecutively and automatically. Your prints will be available shortly at the printer outside the photo booth.
Q. I was at a wedding where the bride and bridegroom refused to get out of the photo booth. What can be done when something like that happens?
A. We recommend pepper spray. Also, remember, whatever happens in the photo booth doesn't necessarily stay in the photo booth; it's printed out on high quality photo paper for the whole world to ridicule, and the digital images––potentially––last forever.
Please contact Photo Booth Mania for a price quote.