- Wait until our fourth communication to tell me it’s an outdoor event.
- Organize a pointless in-person planning meeting for vendors.
- As the organizer, turn up late to said meeting.
- Make us switch rooms three times for this meeting.
- Have us drive 20 minutes each way for this meeting, only to be told the set-up time and the inclement weather plan – both of which could have easily been communicated by email.
Let’s hope the actual event goes better than the planning has! Suffice it to say, my expectations are low…
Tags: craft fairs, direct sales, expectations, outdoor, vendor fairs
May 28, 2009 at 3:56 am |
sooooo…. how did it go?
May 28, 2009 at 6:19 pm |
About as badly as I expected! I only had 3 sales and didn’t quite cover my booth fee. The main problem was lack of advertising. Still, at least it was sunny…