{"id":6214,"date":"2020-10-20T07:14:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zters.com\/?p=6214"},"modified":"2020-10-20T07:14:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:14:29","slug":"ask-angela-pumpkin-patches-in-a-covid-19-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zters.com\/blog\/ask-angela-pumpkin-patches-in-a-covid-19-world","title":{"rendered":"Ask Angela: Pumpkin patches in a COVID-19 world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Angela Phillips is a Senior Account Manager III at ZTERS Site Solutions. She helps customers with some of their most challenging site service issues, and she answers your questions here on our website.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Angela<\/strong>, Pumpkin patches and haunted houses are allowed in our area. We usually host a pumpkin patch in our building\u2019s parking lot, and we want to have one again this year. How should we plan for things to be different in light of COVID-19?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey, there.<\/strong> This is a great question for fall. Even in a \u201cregular\u201d year we see a huge increase in demand for portable toilets and hand sanitizer dispensers for fall festivals, pumpkin patches, and haunted houses. There will be fewer festivals this year, but we\u2019re still seeing demand for extra porta potties and especially hand washing stations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each municipality has their own recommendations and regulations (and whether or not they\u2019re allowing events to occur at all). In places where outdoor fall events are taking place, it\u2019s likely you\u2019re going to need more portable toilets, hand washing stations, and standalone hand sanitizer dispensers to keep people washing their hands often and thoroughly. And don’t forget to maintain social distancing! Follow your local guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the National Foundation for Infectious Disease\u2019s resource center including considerations for events during COVID-19<\/a>. It sounds like you\u2019ll have a small, local community event, so take a look at their recommendations for things like wearing masks, maintaining six feet of distance between people, and providing adequate facilities for hand washing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your event is small, and you\u2019ve never ordered portable toilets before, you may want to consider ordering one or two to supplement any indoor bathroom facilities. It depends on whether you\u2019re expecting a lot of people and whether there\u2019s enough room for people to social distance in the available facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also consider ordering extra hand sanitizer dispensers<\/a>, and make sure you have plenty of refills available! In a usual year, festivals and haunted houses would have ordered porta potties and hand washing stations at least a few weeks in advance. In fact, they’re often ordered as early as August, depending on the area. This year, with fewer events, you may still be able to put an order in, even as late as mid-October. It really depends on your area and how many events are going on near you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any time you\u2019re hosting an outdoor event, give us a call as early as possible to make sure you get the best selection of porta potties<\/a>, temporary fencing, hand washing stations, and any other site services you’ll need. This year may be different, but late October all the way through December is usually a peak time for toilet and fencing rentals. After Halloween and pumpkin patch season, Christmas tree lots sprout up and people need a lot of porta potties, office trailers, fencing, and storage containers. We like to get people scheduled early so they don\u2019t miss out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope that helps. Stay safe, and have a good pumpkin patch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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