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Training safer drivers

October 1st, 2024

© Chartchai Suwanachun| Dreamstime.com In 2021, South Jersey Party Rentals (SJPR) started “playing around” with the idea of implementing an in-house driver’s training program, says Eli Tirado, tenting/project manager for the full-service party and event rental company. It wasn’t because they had experienced a rash of accidents or incidents, he says. Instead, the desire was […]

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Finding (and keeping) good employees

October 1st, 2023

As the world adjusted to life during COVID restrictions, tents were in greater demand; however, finding people willing and able to take on the work during those early months of the pandemic was particularly difficult, says David Darby, wedding and event rental specialist at Colonial Heights, Virginia-based Rent-E-Quip.  Eli Tirado, tenting manager at South Jersey […]

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Entrepreneurial spirit

October 1st, 2021

For this wedding, South Jersey Party Rentals installed a 40-by-60-foot Anchor gabled Navi-Trac® tent with a clear middle section over the band and dance area. Photo courtesy of Jdkprophoto LLC. Here’s a recipe for success: Take a young person studying business, partner him up with his accountant father who has connections in the industry, stir […]

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