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Dealing with enquiries: be ready to give potential clients your pricing information, the exact dimensions in height, depth and width (feet and meters) of the bouncy castle, what age groups can use it, and how many at one time. Tell the client that there is a bouncy castle rain-cover included in the price. Ensure you take details of the date of the party, the venue, and the age groups of the children using the castle. Then you can suggest a size to fit the requirements. Remember that most of the time you’ll be suggesting a 12ft x 12ft bouncy castle.

Keeping records: since you are running a business, you’ll need to keep a record of all your bouncy castle income receipts and payment. All expenses which are incurred in connection with the business (advertising, printing, fuel, telephone calls, etc) are subtractible for tax purposes, and you’ll only pay tax on the money you make after deduction of your expenses. When your bouncy castle business is small you may be able to perform your own tax return, but once you expand you may decide that you need the services of an accountant. You can get one to do your tax return for a small fee. It’s a straight forward process for accountants; just make sure that you give them details of all your receipts and expenses for your tax year.

Expanding your jumping castles hire business: if all goes to plan, within a short time span you will be turning away business since you won’t have enough castles for customers! At this point you will need to decide whether you wish to expand. Of course you don’t have to expand, but if you wish to then think about going for variety: different types, shapes, colours of bouncy castle and inflatables, and don’t forget accessories, like slides for castles. Once you have a slide, make sure you offer this to clients as a popular extra that children just love!’ Bouncy ballponds are another popular extra; these are enclosed small bouncy castles where you put roughly 1000 multi-coloured balls and are ideal for young kids.