If your funfair event is to be a great success, you need to make sure that you choose your games, rides, activities, and attractions as carefully as possible. But what makes this a challenging task is the fact that you can choose from a whole plethora of rides, games, activities, and attractions – so which ones should you go for in the end? Most everyone loves traditional games and rides such as the carousel, the Ferris wheel, the ring toss, hook a duck, and so on, but there are now some brilliant attractions that are sure to create a buzz around your fairground event and make it memorable as well. So what are these new activities you can include in your event to make it doubly special? Here’s a look at the best and most notable trends in fairground and funfairs in 2020.
Customised Snapchat photos
Most everyone is familiar with Snapchat nowadays, so why not make the most of the app for your event as well? You can design and create a customised filter for your participants' Snapchat pictures and photos, making sure that it matches or complements your theme. Your participants and attendees can then share this, thus promoting your business and brand and event as well. Since photos on Snapchat are shared immediately, this can create a lot of buzz and can boost the number of attendees to your event. You can upload your chosen customised design a week before the event to Snapchat, and you can simply define the particular area which is covered by your event to the geofence of your filter.
Walkie-talkie applications
During the course of your fairground event, you need to make sure that you and your staff can communicate well, and you can do this and make it easier on yourself and your entire team with walkie-talkie applications. As fairground stall hire experts, we know how important it is to maintain continuous communication with your team during your event, so you know exactly what is going on at all times. There are some apps that you can download on smartphones that allow you to communicate with your team, much like you would with a traditional walkie-talkie. You can simply do a search for these apps online and choose the one that works best for you, but here's a tip: look for those which allow you to set up a group so you can share the same instant message to your entire team at once.
Social media photo booths
Everyone knows Instagram, and if you want to make your fairground event more 'Instagram-worthy', as they say, why not set up a social media photo booth? Your participants can easily share photos of themselves at your fairground event through Facebook and Instagram, and you can rent a photo booth or even create your own DIY one with colourful curtains and drapes and fun backdrops – just don't forget the props, which can range from jumbo or giant sunglasses to fake moustaches, fake jumbo noses, feather boas, and a lot more. Make sure, however, to make a customised sign with the name of your company or organisation and the hashtag for your event so everyone can see what it is, and you can benefit from even more buzz around your fairground event.
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