We just found our location for this year, and were entertaining the idea of having one of our friends haunts from another part of town share our space with us. We have 2,3000 sq/ft and will for sure not use even half of it this year. However, although we got a very fair and reasonable price, we will be paying for the entire space. Our friends who own the other haunt, have not found a location for this year, and last year we talked about setting up together (meaning we would set up our haunts side by side) in order to cut costs (split the marketing, rent, make-up area, having one ticket booth for both haunts, etc.).
I worked for their haunt the year before we opened Trick or Terror, so I know we work well together, and we're all good friends. On the other hand, I'm not sure how we could go about making sure we both get our fair share in the way of either customers or revenue.
I should also mention that this would be an area of town with no other haunts in the direct area (there are three others right outside our 5 mile radius, and we will be participating in our local group marketing guild with all three of them), and neither of us are established in this particular part of town. To that area, we would BOTH be new to our potential customer base.
I know there are a lot of potential ups and downs to this scenario, so I wanted to ask everyone for their thoughts, ideas and advice on this one. Any and all comments are welcome and appreciated.
THANKS!!!
I worked for their haunt the year before we opened Trick or Terror, so I know we work well together, and we're all good friends. On the other hand, I'm not sure how we could go about making sure we both get our fair share in the way of either customers or revenue.
I should also mention that this would be an area of town with no other haunts in the direct area (there are three others right outside our 5 mile radius, and we will be participating in our local group marketing guild with all three of them), and neither of us are established in this particular part of town. To that area, we would BOTH be new to our potential customer base.
I know there are a lot of potential ups and downs to this scenario, so I wanted to ask everyone for their thoughts, ideas and advice on this one. Any and all comments are welcome and appreciated.
THANKS!!!
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