Great point. As I've said before, rentals are rarely worth the potential
danger to the site. By the way, how many of them have anything whatsoever to
do with a site's mission.

Joe Kelley
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> <When you rent out the facility for outside events there is always the
> chance that the renters don't "get it," i.e., don't fully understand
> that you are a MUSEUM and not a banquet hall. >
>
> Actually, I would have said there's the GUARANTEE that the renters won't
> "get it."  We rent out only the grounds for events, have a rental
> reservation form (which, signed, constitutes a contract) spelling out
> conditions, a separate caterers' agreement (which, among other things,
> requires removal of food wastes from the premises), have staff present
> for after-hours events, and STILL from time to time have problems--with
> drunkenness, rowdiness, loud music (neighbors), trying to utilize
> additional space not agreed to or paid for, pushiness that tries to
> encroach on museum areas even though the renters have been made fully
> aware it's off-limits (Well, can the bride come through the house so
> that she can come down the exterior stairway? Can we just run this
> extension cord into this upstairs room?).  And there's always a mess
> afterward, to varying degrees, which our meager maintenance personnel
> take care of.  But very many of the groups are lovely, well-behaved, and
> the income comes in fast lump sums compared to the day-in, day-out
> tours.
>
> Carolyn Breedlove
> Executive Director
> Kent Plantation House
> 3601 Bayou Rapides Road
> Alexandria, LA  71303
> 318/487-5998
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