Free planner for event rental owners
Plan your cash for the slow season
Event rentals follow the wedding and party season, mostly May through October, with a bump for holiday parties. Winter brings little revenue, while the warehouse, trucks and inventory loans cost the same.
Adjust your season (share of yearly revenue by month)
Lowest month-end cash
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Cash burned in the slow months
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total of the months that lose cash
Cash to hold before the slow season
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burn + one month of fixed costs
The starting numbers and the monthly pattern are an example for an event rental company. Adjust them to your own history.
A slow-season plan for an event rental company
- Set the winter reserve before May, from last winter's numbers.
- Sell corporate and holiday events to fill November and December.
- Schedule inventory cleaning and repairs for January and February, with the cash set aside.
How cash moves in an event rental company
- Deposits arrive months ahead. They belong to events not yet delivered.
- Peak season brings long weeks of labor and fuel, all at once.
See the slow season coming, every Monday
One Page CFO tracks your cash 13 weeks ahead from your QuickBooks, so the slow months never arrive as a surprise.