Missing the pub?
You don’t have to wait for lockdown to end to return to the joyous experience of paying too much money for a freshly pulled pint.
You can find your nearest takeway pint or go closer to home by renting a giant inflatable pub for your back garden, complete with beer hall tables, benches, and enough room for 40 people – although government rules mean you can only actually have five pals to join you (and they’ll need to maintain that two-metre distance).
The Manchester Inflatable Pub Company rents out their pop-up inflatable pub for between £275 and £495 a hire, allowing people to create a local in their garden.
The largest Tudor-style expanding pub is 20ft high, 25ft in length, and measures 20ft in width, meaning you’ll need quite a bit of outdoor space to host it.
Claire Lambert, 39, who works for the company renting out the pub, said: ‘People might not be able to go out and enjoy a drink at their local at present but with the inflatable pub you can bring your local to your back garden.
‘The pub has a real wow factor.
‘You can serve behind the bar and be your own landlord or landlady and you can set your own last orders.
‘People have been having special household-only birthday parties and hiring the inflatable pub as an eye-catching addition.
‘I would use the pub for a special birthday or gathering with friends.
‘It’s a more interesting and cheaper alternative to a function room – I think it’s amazing.’
The company say they have a strict cleaning procedure to make sure their inflatable pub is properly disinfected between uses, so those in need of the pub experience don’t need to panic about hygiene.
Jimmy Duffy, 48, who also works for the company, says: ‘We also encourage customers to clean the pubs themselves after use.
‘They’re very quick to put up and our staff ensure they’re anchored into the ground properly.
‘My aim is to enjoy life and give back as much as I can to communities and providing the pub to people as a bit of fun is a way of doing this.’
It’s worth noting that if you are keen to book an inflatable pub but the Manchester Inflatable Pub Company is all hired out, there are other businesses offering similar blow-up pubs.
On Ebay you can find tiny taverns and bigger inflatable bars for hire or to buy, while companies you might traditionally associate with bouncy castles also offer more grownup-friendly options.
And, of course, you can create the pub experience without spending a penny by just pretending you’re in a beer garden, making your floors a bit sticky, or asking your housemate to ignore you when you ask for a pint. Dreamy.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/11/can-now-rent-giant-inflatable-pub-room-40-people-go-back-garden-12836751/
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