Saving Money on AV in a Post-Covid World

It was probably inevitable. Anytime there’s a perceived loss of revenue during the “lean times”, companies will almost always try to make up that revenue once things start going well again. So as the world rushed back to in-person events post-pandemic, prices have soared through the roof. Catering (remember when $90/urn for coffee seemed really expensive? And “muffin-gate’s” $16 muffins? How... quaint), resort fees over $100/day, $15,000 internet, baggage fees, skyrocketing airline tickets, dramatically increased shipping costs, and supply-chain issues.

After all that, the last thing you need is an AV bill almost double what you were charged in 2019 for the same event. Yet that’s exactly what some planners are seeing. And so, since it’s been a few years since my last “How to save money on AV” post, it seemed a good opportunity to revisit the topic.