U Party changelog gouparty.com

Full statement below…

Hi there,

It’s Santiago, the operations lead at U Party.

Thank you for being a loyal customer of our event companies. We’re extremely excited and (to be completely honest) a little surprised at how many people booked during this ‘beta’ period - tens of hundreds of events in the valley, in just the first few years!

As a young entrepreneur, this started as a humble side project where we saw a need to redefine a rental service with simplicity & convenience in mind. We couldn’t find an app (or company) for this that actually worked well, so we had to re-build it ourselves and well, we’ve learned quite a lot!

Since early 2020, We have worked restlessly to finally announce today that our new web app is now available to all events & occasions in Phoenix Metro, this sets our path to being the first on-demand full event service from adding a new membership option for events, financing your order, customer support by phone to even launching a florist shop. Check it out!

New

Remote Service is now available with Delivery Unlimited or UFlowers Delivery for complete peace of mind!

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Remote delivery allows a safe-direct delivery (and set up for rental items) in the place you choose during the booking experience when you are away or unable to be present during the designated time slot.

You will receive photos of where we left the item(s) and notifications every step of the way for complete peace of mind

New

Easily choose between having your tablecloths table-ready (ironed) or unironed.

Only available for tablecloths in Polyester material.

New

To facilitate the dispatch (and return) flow of quantities, we've added the support of 10-packs for all Napkins & Chair Sash products.

That means, they are no longer available individually.

Fix

We have changed our hours of operation to 1 hour earlier than usual for self-pickup & self-return.

Additionally

• Self-pickups will only have access to our Equipment Store
• Limited to a 2-day period; which means all items must now be returned the following business day. For multi-day events, please consider Unlimited or Standard Delivery as your dispatch method.

Our new hours will run from 10-12 PM, every day

New

It's finally here: Reserve items on our order portal with the ability to order now, and pay half down.

No interest, no fees. No anything.

Just place an order over $300 with us, and we pay 50% of the total at checkout!

• Your remaining balance (2nd payment) will be automatically charged 7 days prior to the dispatch date. Your order will be subject to cancellation if the charges fail after 2 consecutive attempts, or if you still have a pending balance within 7 days of the event date, whichever comes first.

This feature is only available with Delivery Unlimited at checkout

New

In addition to flat rates for all delivery methods. The Standard Delivery fee has been lowered from $49 to $35

Note: This change is only available through our new web app

New

We heard your feedback! Save time by reserving your rentals and floral arrangements all-in-one place, available starting June.

Finally! UFlowers has launched, offering award-designed flower arrangements for weddings, ceremonies, birthdays, anniversaries, funerals, baby showers, sympathy, or any occasion.

• UFlowers are fully integrated with U Party. For example, you are able to purchase flowers for your wedding and rent bundles all with one order.
• Floral products are searchable by occasion and/or category. We also added support for UFlowers Delivery for a true floral-only delivery.

This delivery fee is waived when renting simultaneously with Delivery Unlimited or Standard

Note: Don’t forget to check out our latest blog post for helpful guidance on choosing flowers best suited for your events (4-minute read).

Improvement

We've made it easier to select your event's period right from a product feed (or shopping cart)

The selectable rental/event period is limited to one or more predefined durations, as follows:

• 1-day Period
• 2-day Period
• 3-day Period
• 4-day Period

New

Improvement

A minor translation has been added for Order IDs:

• Order #xxx → Event #xxx

This helps us better track our event count and understates that only one "order" is permitted per event.