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here are all manner of seasonal ebbs and flows in the tent rental industry, but perhaps none as
anticipated as the annual ramp-up to spring, summer and fall events. Staff is hired, inventory
is refreshed and contracts are checked. Each year is a new beginning.
That is until the spring of 2020, when the spreading COVID-19 pandemic began affecting
the rental industry in ways that few could ever have anticipated.
For example, in New Jersey, on March 16, the governor ordered all bars and restaurants closed and
instituted a mandatory curfew.
" During the week of March 23, we received about a million dollars' worth of cancellations on
upcoming events, " says Brian Richardson, CEO of L&A Tent Rentals in Hamilton, N.J., a company he
started in 1987. " Most of the educational and corporate clients in the area were shut down by executive
orders, and that essentially shut us down. "
" Every event was canceled, from big graduations to reunions, " adds Michael Lubas, co-owner of
Vermont Tent Co. in Essex Junction, Vt. What has made it particularly difficult in Vermont, according to
Lubas, was the governor's order that anyone entering the state must quarantine for two weeks, which has
remained in effect even as other restrictions have eased.
" There went the tourism and hospitality industries, " says Lubas.

During a single week in March, L&A Tent Rentals had one million dollars worth
of event cancellations. Tenting for COVID-19 testing sites helped make up some
of the monetary loss. Photo: L&A Tent Rentals.

A DEEP BREATH
Plenty of similar scenarios played out
through the country, but after a deep
breath, most business owners and
managers sat down to determine what they
might be able to do to survive.
" At first, there weren't really any
options, " says Lubas.
The lack of available options made for
tough times at companies trying to make
payroll, even those that had been able
to access various forms of government
assistance, including the Paycheck
Protection Program. " I got our team
together and assured them that we would be
able to weather the storm financially until
at least August, " explains Richardson. " But
after that, it was going to be anyone's guess. "
But some breaks, big and small, began
to appear.
" About seven members of our team
were hired to assist another company on
a project, " says Richardson. " That helped
us slow down our cash burn, as it removed
them from our payroll for three weeks. "

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