Prom Limos

Oct 9, 2009

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Prom Limos: Make your prom unforgettable with a limo

For every sixteen-year-old in Britain, their school prom is the biggest social event in life. The prom season normally starts during summer. School proms are a tradition passed on from the United States. It is in vogue there since the 1900’s. In Britain, this tradition took off in the last decade or so. “Prom” takes its form from the word “Promenade”, which means group of guests gathered officially at a formal ball. In north-east America, the early proms were meant to introduce to the youngsters the traditions and values of social etiquette.

Proms gathered pace in the 1920’s and 1930’s. By the 1950’s, high school proms in America had become competitive and expensive, boys and girls competing with each other to be and be paired with the best prom date. The teen movies that came about thirty years later made these American proms a cult, the ultimate social event of coming-of-age, as it remains till today.

Around the same time, America started with the stretch limos once they became popular, thanks to the movie industry in the 1930’s. These came to be used a lot by school kids who wanted to go for their proms in ultimate style. Thus, the prom limos became a huge and profitable business in America. The kids in the UK were only happy to embrace this idea of prom limos from their counterparts in the United States. They loved this idea so much that limos were difficult to find around this period. People who could find prom limos at the end of June were indeed lucky.

Due to the high demand for prom limos, they are rarely given on discount. Hence, parents who want to hire them should make sure that they get good value for money. Best solution would be to fill up the limo with as many people as possible and split up the hire in as many ways. Prom limos that are eight seaters normally cost £400 for an evening. So if you can find eight people, the cost would be split to £50 each, which is much better than four people paying £100.

You might think that you can cut down the cost of the limo hire by hiring it one way to the school. You can, but you are still liable to pay all the set up cost like cleaning, preparation, minimum chauffeur charges and, last but not the least, the cost of running such an expensive car. All these might come up to £300. It might be a pleasant surprise to you that the whole evening’s hire might come up to only £75 or £100 more than the one way hire. Although this could be more money, it saves the parents from having to collect their kids from the school after the prom, which is not very ideal for both the parents and the kids. Plus, it makes a perfect close of the day with the kids returning in a prom limo from which they didn’t want to get out in the first place!

If you still want or need only a one way hire, you can manage to get some additional value by requesting for an extra half an hour cruise around the city before you reach the school. This can be made fun if the kids bring their own music mixes, spot people out of the limo or interact with other prom limos, making a cruising circuit. This can also ensure that the kids are dropped at the school exactly at the right time, getting off from the prom limos with everybody watching them.

Another tip that you can remember is that everybody can gather at one place to start their journey to school. This way they can have snaps taken together, and it can also give time for the parents also for their own little party. This moment can be a little emotional for the parents also who are seeing their kids looking grown up for the first time. And it is also a good way for the kids to give something back to their parents to thank them for all they have done and paid to make the evening special and unforgettable for their children. Another advantage for this is that it avoids many last minute hitches and makes everybody be on time. It also saves the prom limos from running all over the place collecting all the kids, stopping and restarting, which can use up a lot of valuable cruising time and, needless to say, much precious fuel.

Another thing you need to keep in mind is that while hiring the prom limo, it is better to have a detailed conversation with your limo operator. This will help you to find whether he is fully licensed as well as whether you are getting the service and the limo you paid for. Nowadays, limo companies try bringing out the limos is many different shapes, sizes and colours ranging from the eight seater Lincoln Town Car limos and baby Bentley limos (which are actually Chrysler 300′s but look like stretched Bentleys) to the larger Ford Expedition and Excursion limos as well as the extremely popular Hummer limos.

Keep in mind the fact that you might not be lucky enough to get a limo in the busy prom limo season. In case you don’t find one, think laterally. Girls can think of one of those fire engine limos manned by some good looking firemen. And for boys, there is that awesome tank limos! Check with your parents whether they can find someone who has a really cool vehicle to take you to your much-awaited prom. An American classic car like a Chevrolet or Dodge Truck or even a Ferrari or Lamorghini can be good choices. And if you are lucky enough to find a prom limo during the season, make your move quickly before someone else take away your dream car.

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