I like to think of myself as fairly party savvy. I've done some great classic events, and also some unique and modern ones. Clients and guests often tell me that they never would have thought of something I designed or created for their party, and thank me for thinking outside of the box. I appreciate and try to learn from each piece of feedback I receive, but it turns out the joke's on me because never, not once, did I think to recommend to a client that s/he have (drum roll) ... a Machine Gun Tour and Test party. I feel like I'm saying this a lot lately but: yes, you heard me.
I heard from a gentleman this week who owns a company that teaches military and law enforcement units how to safely use the weapons they're assigned, and sometimes does similar exhibitions for members of the public. He was looking for an event planner to help him put together a big marketing event, and also wanted to let businesses like mine know that we can offer these tours as an option to clients for their parties. So if paintballing or lasertag or renting out the movie theatre to watch "Robocop" just don't satisfy your adrenaline, I'm here to tell you that now you can take 40 of your closest friends and learn to shoot machine guns instead.
I know I sound a little tongue-in-cheek here, and that's mostly because I'm still kind of in shock, but the more I'm thinking about this the more I think it might work (under totally safe, controlled, and conscientious circumstances). This business owner doesn't allow his clients to drink alcohol before taking the tour, he does a full safety demonstration on each weapon, and every test is heavily supervised. Can you imagine a more dead on (no pun intended) bachelor party? I'm not saying I'm ready to advertise this as one of my services quite yet ("Weddings, baby showers, anniversary parties, and gun shows!"), but at the very least I see the lesson here: even when you think you know it all, there's always something new to learn.
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