Life of an Event Designer!
The challenges we face in this industry are beyond imagination. What was supposed to be a 48-hour setup had to be completed in just 12 hours.
Here’s my story: After numerous venue inspections, countless meetings, and paying every conceivable and inconceivable fee, we finally moved into the hall on Thursday morning and began our setup. But by Thursday evening, we were forced out, and the hall was locked. I reassured my team that it would be reopened the following morning.
Unfortunately, that was just wishful thinking! To our shock, law enforcement agents didn’t unlock the hall as we had anticipated. God bless our planner,
@jdievent , who immediately took action, reaching out to anyone with influence, while the couple’s parents did the same. But nothing worked. It was like a nightmare we couldn’t wake up from. No one could explain the real reason behind the closure.
We then had to start searching for a new venue that could accommodate everything we had planned. By God’s grace, The Monarch Event Center was available, which is rare. The hall was booked, but we ran into another challenge—Nigerian banking issues delayed the payment from reflecting in their account. We waited outside the venue for hours, uncertain about what would happen next.
Meanwhile, our items were still locked in the original hall. Eventually, the hall management opened the back door for us to retrieve them. It was a humiliating and stressful ordeal, but we managed to move all our items, along with those of other vendors, late into the night.
Once inside the new hall, we got to work. The task was to recreate the original design in a completely different space. The two halls had nothing in common, but big shout out to my team
@jasondavidsevents and rentals! We pulled together and showed what we’re made of. We created magic, and the clients couldn’t believe we pulled it off. #jasondavidsrentals#jasondavidsevents#Jdievents#monarcheventcenter #eventinspiration #viralvideostar #owanbenaija #partyplanner #eventplanning#owanbelagos #Applauseflorals #eventslondonprofs
