FROM THE PLANNING DESK
Hat bar planning guides
Longer reads for planners in the thick of it — each one distilled from recaps, not theory.
GUIDE · 07.2026
The six-week booking timeline
Working backward from event day: when to lock the date, approve patches, finalize counts, and what is still fixable in the last week.
Read the guide → GUIDE · 07.2026Choosing hats and patches
Richardson 112 versus Flexfit versus foam, and how to build a patch menu that fits your crowd instead of stalling it.
Read the guide → GUIDE · 07.2026Hat bar or live shirt station?
An honest comparison from a crew that runs both: cost per guest, pace, keep-rate, and when combining them wins.
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