Meet The Wedding Pro - Kayla with Signature Event Rentals & Coordinating

Your wedding vision deserves more than a mood board. We sat down with Kayla, the design-forward owner of Signature Event Rentals and Coordinating, to unpack how smart rentals, thoughtful coordination, and hands-on consultations turn scattered ideas into a polished, guest-ready experience. From champagne walls and a vintage phone booth with an audio guestbook to hundreds of linen options and curated place settings, Kayla shares how to craft a tablescape you can touch, tweak, and love before the big day.

We dig into the choices that matter most: when to book, what to bring to a consult, and how your venue’s table mix shapes every design decision. Kayla explains her tiered services—pickup-and-return, delivery with setup and teardown, and day-of coordination—and the real cost of DIY versus full-service delivery. Expect candid stories about packing pitfalls, broken glass, and the infamous charger confusion, along with practical fixes like DJ announcements, colored linen bags, photo guides for repacking, and clear instructions that save you fees and stress.

If you’re deciding between doing it yourself or letting a pro handle it, this conversation will help you measure time, budget, and peace of mind. We also cover deposits, final counts, timelines, and how vendor communication keeps the night moving. Kayla’s design eye and logistics-first mindset prove that elevated style and smooth operations can live on the same table. Subscribe for more conversations that make wedding planning simpler, share this with your planning crew, and leave a review to tell us which rental piece you’re obsessing over right now.

Transcript

Fast Intro And Kayla’s Role

SPEAKER_03 0:00

Welcome to Metropolitan Wedding.

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SPEAKER_03 0:24

Hello, we are here today with Kayla. Kayla, would you like to introduce yourself and your business?

SPEAKER_02 0:30

Yes, my name is Kayla Sheets, and I'm the owner of Signature Event Rentals and Coordinating.

SPEAKER_03 0:36

And what does Signature Event Rentals and Coordinating do?

SPEAKER_02 0:41

Well we have um rentals for events and we coordinate events.

SPEAKER_00 0:47

How did I know that was going to be her answer kind of says it in the name? It does, doesn't it?

SPEAKER_03 0:52

She's one of those people that really just got to the point.

SPEAKER_02 0:55

Yep. Self-explanatory.

SPEAKER_03 0:57

You don't even have to well if somebody wants to get a hold of you for rentals or coordinating, how did they that was the fastest podcast ever?

SPEAKER_00 1:05

Yep, okay.

SPEAKER_04 1:09

Yeah, have a have a great day. YouTube. Bye.

SPEAKER_03 1:15

Is there anything specific about your rentals or coordinating that makes you special in the industry, Kayla? And don't just say like I'm special.

SPEAKER_00 1:26

I think what we're illustrating right now is Kayla has a very fun personality. She does.

SPEAKER_02 1:31

I do.

SPEAKER_00 1:32

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 1:32

She's hilarious. Um I am special, but I also am very good at what I do. And I have a lot of different items that some people might not have for like rentals, such as champagne walls, phone booths.

SPEAKER_00 1:54

Wait, is it a functioning phone booth?

SPEAKER_02 1:58

Yeah. You actually walk inside. I have an audio guest book that you can use as well with it. So it's actually like old-time phone booth.

SPEAKER_04 2:07

It's pretty cute.

SPEAKER_02 2:10

It's real cute.

SPEAKER_00 2:11

That's cool. What other things do you have unique?

SPEAKER_02 2:15

Uh well, not very many, you know. Everyone has plates and glasses and chargers and linen.

Unique Rentals And Design Eye

SPEAKER_03 2:25

So I think one of the things I think no one else has uh your rental company, like elevates your rental company specifically because of you. Because you have a distinct eye. You're always like researching trends and making sure that everything that you've got is high-end looking, it's quality and it's clean and you're very organized, but you also have this great eye for putting things together. And so I think for the couple that is looking for help deciding how to execute something, they're like, you're the perfect fit for them because you can actually say, I wouldn't put that with that. I would do it this way. And then once you show them, I think they can definitely see that through like, oh, she was right. That does look good.

SPEAKER_02 3:12

I think Yes, and that's that's one of my favorite things about being able to have like in-person consultations and having people actually be able to come into the showroom and put together like an actual tablescape and being able to actually see it. I feel like a lot of people have a vision of what they want, um, but they might not actually love it as much once they see it on a table and not on a Pinterest board.

SPEAKER_03 3:37

So being able to like actually come in and in person start to play around with the um tablescapes and get that put together. And it's I mean, it should be the fun part. It should be like extremely uh satisfying to like look at it and be like, okay, that's our personal design. Like we talked that through with our vision and let Kayla kind of interject and and now seeing it all come together, it's not just off a Pinterest board. It's something that's uniquely ours, and we're in love with it and can't wait to show it to our guests and have our party and do all the things. Actually, yesterday we had a photo shoot in which one of the other merchants said, Kayla's tablescapes are my favorite. Don't get a big head though. I know, I know.

SPEAKER_02 4:23

I was like, Oh, thank you.

SPEAKER_03 4:25

That was really sweet.

SPEAKER_00 4:26

That wasn't what that wasn't what you're nice. Kayla was like, yeah, I know.

SPEAKER_02 4:31

I I did say. I was like, I knew it. I knew it. I knew it didn't want me to hit her.

SPEAKER_04 4:37

Oh my god, that's it.

SPEAKER_02 4:39

Kayla's my favorite.

SPEAKER_04 4:45

Get me out of here. Oh, that's hilarious.

SPEAKER_00 4:48

So, what are the like different what would be the different levels in which you can be involved in an event for someone?

SPEAKER_02 4:58

So I offer different services. Um, so like the the most would be the day of coordinating, actually at the event, and like a month before helping you with coordinating the whole wedding. Also includes like delivery setup teardown, like design of like any of my rental items, or I offer just like delivery setup design in teardown, or um, I also offer where they can come and actually pick up the rental items and then return them.

SPEAKER_03 5:33

So basically they can either just rent from you or you can do it for them and they just show up. That's right. And everything in between.

SPEAKER_00 5:42

What would you see is probably the most popular that people choose?

Showroom Consults And Tablescapes

SPEAKER_02 5:48

Um, it really kind of depends. I feel like I have like a lot of like delivery setup and teardown, but also there's only one of me, so depending on how the weekend is, like sometimes if I am coordinating an event, I might be able to do a delivery and set up teardown. Um, if I have enough people to help. And then um other and then if I if it's just like not possible for that weekend, I mean they have no option but to do just pickup.

SPEAKER_03 6:25

So the hint there is go ahead and book early. If you are looking for full service, you definitely want to get on the books as soon as possible so that you don't fill up. Yes, exactly. Yeah. Do you so did you get into coordinating because of rentals or vice versa?

SPEAKER_02 6:47

Um I feel like it was a little bit of both whenever I purchased the business. Um, I knew I wanted to add like some services. Um I always like and at first I actually thought that I wanted to do like full-on planning. And because I do enjoy like that process, but I come I came to find out that like it's not I can't do everything I want to, but I had to like be like, okay, like planning takes up a lot of time, it consumes like a lot of energy, and I just couldn't do all of it and plan.

SPEAKER_03 7:34

I'm surprised you just I went with the next best.

SPEAKER_02 7:37

That you couldn't do it all. I know, I know. I was doing like a lot whenever I first started.

SPEAKER_03 7:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 7:44

So now you're doing the coordinating and not full planning. And I did like I've done some planning, but it's not it's not much. Interesting.

SPEAKER_03 7:57

I don't offer it to just anybody. And it's because you're busy like hauling trailers full of things and raising a little one and doing all the things.

SPEAKER_02 8:11

Oh yes, and then also it's just like coordinating is a lot as well, just like getting with the vendors, making sure like the timeline's correct, everything's good to go. But planning is a whole nother level of like making sure that the payments are made and picking out certain vendors for them. Like I have like a trusted vendor's list that if anyone wants, like I can send them like vendors that I like recommend, but I don't want to actually go through and like book them for them. Yeah. Gotcha. Yeah, that makes sense. Because you're too busy. Yeah, I am, except I am doing that this weekend for an event.

SPEAKER_04 8:56

But it wasn't very many vendors, so I was like, okay, I can do that. So the moral of the story is Kayla can be talked into it.

SPEAKER_02 9:03

Yes, you can pretty much twist my arm for the right amount.

SPEAKER_04 9:08

Oh my gosh. Just tell her how much you love her and you really want her to do it. And she'll be like, okay, fine, I'll do it. Okay, you talk me into it.

SPEAKER_00 9:17

Love it. It usually has to be accompanied by some zeros, though.

SPEAKER_03 9:22

Yes. And she does like coffee.

SPEAKER_04 9:25

She does dye. And Cheetos.

SPEAKER_02 9:31

And twists. Does it watch anything with like red dye in it? Yeah. No my god. I have no idea why I have ADHD. Crazy.

SPEAKER_03 9:42

Oh my god. That's so funny. Your palate is that of like a third grade boy. It's my son. Yeah. He's 12. Just bring that in.

SPEAKER_04 9:52

Red dye.

SPEAKER_02 9:53

I need to know what I like.

SPEAKER_04 9:54

Minus the coffee. Oh my God. That's true.

SPEAKER_02 9:57

I don't know. A five-year-old likes coffee.

SPEAKER_00 10:02

Because you're her mom. His mom.

SPEAKER_02 10:05

Yes. He is literally he was actually was getting espresso straight out of the wound.

SPEAKER_04 10:16

I love it. Oh my gosh.

Service Levels And Booking Early

SPEAKER_03 10:19

So as far as as like rental items, um I know you have like all the the regulars, the charges and the plates and the glassware and the flatware and the how man like how many linen choices do you think you have? Hundreds. Hundreds?

SPEAKER_02 10:40

Yeah, probably hundreds. I mean like if you're talking like linenses and like napkins and or like covers, like overlays, or runners, or anything. Any of the linen items, like so tablecloths, we got poly, satin, uh crinkled, multiple colors, velvet, cheesecloth, runners, sequence, you name it, we probably got it.

SPEAKER_04 11:15

Wow. You guys do have a lot.

SPEAKER_02 11:18

And if you want a certain color, you can probably talk me and if you get one too.

SPEAKER_03 11:24

So there's really nothing. If they make it, you you could have it. I could, yes. Yeah, that's what that sounds like. I do like new things.

SPEAKER_00 11:33

So, what would be like some things, the process? What would you recommend people start with you? Like sit down and talk about what their color palette is, talk about what their vision's gonna be, like what would be the good good starting point?

SPEAKER_02 11:46

Uh so I usually tell people like to book a consultation, and I offer those obviously in person, which is a lot more hands-on. Um, but I also do offer like a virtual, so we would just chat about like their event, and then I would we would be like back and forth through like a Google Doc with like photos. So it's a little longer process on like the virtual, but it it all works. Sometimes people just aren't in like from the area or just like can't make it work. Where is your store? I do offer it that way.

SPEAKER_03 12:24

Um, in web city. Okay. So yeah, if they aren't like completely local to Web City, you do have other options for putting together the looks. I like that. That's nice.

SPEAKER_02 12:37

And so like on my website, they can set schedule that consultation. And so, like as a consultation, I usually say like, make sure you know that what you have your like venue because that is gonna determine like table count. And some venues only have X amount of round tables and X amount of rectangles, so depending on what we're styling and looking at, um uh estimated guest count. And then we kind of just go over the different design elements, color schemes, and then rental selections, and then pretty much anything that you kind of think that you might want. I put on an invoice for them, and then that way they can kind of pick and choose what they do want after seeing all the prices of things. Nice.

SPEAKER_03 13:29

Okay, cool. I like it.

SPEAKER_00 13:31

I've always wondered what the process was like for rentals in design. Because like we we run a venue and people come to us with nothing basically. And then what happens from there?

Why Coordination Beats Full Planning

SPEAKER_02 13:44

You know, yes, and so then after they come in, and then so usually for me personally, I require a 50% deposit and then a signed contract, and then four weeks before either the pickup date or the delivery date, um, is the final payment, and that's like when we would want the final count. So like you might say that you have 200 guests to start, but it actually might only be like 175, so we take off those extra tables.

SPEAKER_03 14:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 14:15

That makes sense.

SPEAKER_04 14:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:18

So if I was coming to you as a wedding and I was between picking it up myself or having you bring it out, what would be some things that you would say to me to kind of help me decide in either direction, like things to think about?

SPEAKER_02 14:35

Well, I'd say it depends on like time um that you have. And so if you have a lot of time at the venue, you have a lot of extra hands to help you set things up, then maybe it's easier for you to go for the pickup and then return. Um, with those items your responsibilities um on picking up and returning, packing them, cleaning them. So if that's something that you don't have a lot of time, so you just have a venue that day, you don't want to be stressed about making sure everything's set up, you don't have people that can help you set up, then that's definitely an option to where like a better option for me to deliver and set it all up for you so you don't have to be stressed about any of it. And then with picking it up, I know how it's packed because I packed it, I know where things go. I clean everything if I do all the delivery setup here down, so you don't have to worry about any of like the hassle of making sure it's ready to go before you have to deliver it back.

SPEAKER_04 15:50

I would just definitely have you do it. Yeah, there's so much more peace of mind.

SPEAKER_02 15:53

Also, also just like if I so like if I accidentally break one of my vases, well that's on me because I broke my vase myself. But if you break one of my vases, well then you have to pay me for my vase.

SPEAKER_03 16:11

Yep. I mean that's a good point.

SPEAKER_02 16:13

And that's yeah, I mean that's just kind of and then well, and that is that's a lot, and so sometimes it's just like people just don't realize on like packing things back, you know, that it does matter how they're packed because they're packed to make sure that they don't break. Right. So a lot of the time, sometimes people which I mean sometimes a cylinder base is doesn't really cost much, you know, to replace. So it's not that big of a deal, but also sometimes whenever you return things and you just reach in there and you're like, Oh, yep, that's that's glass, it's broken, you know, and it does happen.

SPEAKER_00 16:56

Yeah, it happens a lot. I have to say, from a venue standpoint, we've experienced this a lot, and that's why I was curious to get your take on it. Just from a time standpoint, before and after, the things you don't think about. We've we've had so many times where people have done it themselves and then they call us the next day and they're like, hey, we're missing 10 glasses.

SPEAKER_02 17:19

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 17:20

Do you do you do you see them anywhere?

SPEAKER_02 17:24

Yeah. Or I've I've literally had to switch like my linen to um a colored trash bag. So I I send, like if someone picks up linens, I send them with blue trash bags to place them in because I've actually had people throw away my linen, like put them in the garbage, they're gone, can't get them. I mean, can I tell the story of and then that way someone knows that like that's not trash. It's in this, it's in a colored bag.

SPEAKER_04 17:58

Yeah, that makes sense.

SPEAKER_02 17:59

It's not a regular black trash bag. Because I mean, after after like two times of that, I was like, oh, this is an issue.

SPEAKER_03 18:06

Right.

SPEAKER_02 18:06

It's actually an issue. I think one time someone went dumpster diving, so they got them back.

SPEAKER_03 18:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 18:12

But another time it was they were gone.

SPEAKER_00 18:16

So branching off of that, we recently had a wedding where a rental company brought some stuff out and the guests threw away some chargers. What would what would be something to where you would kind of advise the couple or the clients to keep something from that like that happening?

Linen Options And Custom Colors

SPEAKER_02 18:34

Honestly, I feel like it's sometimes like those things are just bound to happen. You know, like mistakes happen. You on your wedding day, it's so hard to ensure that nobody accidentally throws away a fork or a charger. Um, but it's like having a day of coordinator there, kind of keeping an eye on things. Typically, they're the ones like whenever I'm coordinating, I'm also like cleaning up my items throughout the night as well. So it's a good way to make sure that no one is throwing things away that shouldn't be thrown away.

SPEAKER_03 19:16

So because we're talking about chargers and the chargers that got thrown away, it's because they thought they were the plates. Yeah. And they thought the plates were disposable because they were like a clear charger. But in seeing the wedding industry, having a husband that works in catering, like Kayla, can you please explain to the audience what a charger is, how to know it different from the plate and what its purpose is and how it's not a plate.

SPEAKER_02 19:42

A charger is larger than a plate. So it's typically beneath the actual plate. If the plates are not set, they're it's usually pretty large. I know that, like for me, this day of coordinating, um I typically ask like the DJ to like say like hey, it's the top plate, you know, not the not the big one, not the gold. Um, so to make sure people don't know, like but if it is just like a charger there, um typically if they're doing like throwaway plates, um like a charger is gonna be heavier, it's gonna be acrylic or it's gonna be like a real a heavier duty plastic or acrylic. Um where like a plastic plate would be easier, like flimsy.

SPEAKER_03 20:38

I love the DJ making the announcement because a lot of times what happens is the chargers are on the table to make it look pretty, but it's a buffet. So they've got a stack of plates, but they don't know that. So they think, oh, I'm gonna grab this plate and they go get in line. Yeah. But it's the charger.

SPEAKER_02 20:58

I'm like, put it down.

unknown 21:00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 21:01

I don't even think they I don't even think they're doing it now. Well, some people probably are, but I think most of the time they just are used to picking up the plate from there and taking it to the page.

SPEAKER_00 21:10

I mean, let's be honest, you've got some guests that are like, it's a plate. Why am I not able to use this plate?

SPEAKER_02 21:16

Yeah, and I'm like, because it's not a plate.

SPEAKER_03 21:21

So I'm literally just to make the event look it's a placeholder. It's a placeholder at this at the seat to like that's where the plate will go. It goes on top of it, and so then it's still pretty. I know. I love a layer, I love a charger and a plate, you know.

SPEAKER_02 21:39

And it's just but it's really it's really just for the look. It is to make it look good.

SPEAKER_03 21:46

But I love the announcement from the DJ. I think that is one step towards solving the problem of people not knowing. And I did not realize until recently in talking to people that aren't like part of our industry that they don't know what a charger is.

SPEAKER_02 22:03

Yeah, it's it is crazy the amount of like brides and stuff that I even get in for consultations, and I'm like, okay, like are you wanting like a full table skate? Do you want chargers? And they're like, What's a charger?

SPEAKER_00 22:16

Oh, yeah. I mean, we we have a we have a 20-something year old uh guy that manages for us, and we haven't had this come up yet, but I guarantee if we told him, Hey, can you go stack up all the chargers, he would probably be like, uh, I don't know what you're talking about.

SPEAKER_03 22:31

Yeah. Well, I've I asked my friend to grab chargers and they brought me a phone cord.

How Consultations Work

SPEAKER_00 22:38

Yeah. Oh, how funny.

SPEAKER_04 22:40

And I was like, Oh, oh but I didn't know what a charger was until I was in the wedding industry. Yeah, exactly. And so, I mean, I was like 30. Best kept secrets apparently. Yeah, charger.

SPEAKER_00 22:53

So I think what we're getting to here.

SPEAKER_02 22:55

No, I do. I do feel like it is like one of those things where like most people, I mean, I guess unless you were like born into like a really like wealthy family that like has place settings every night kind of dinners, like you probably wouldn't know what it was. You wouldn't.

SPEAKER_04 23:13

Not at all.

SPEAKER_02 23:14

So what I do we have like some kind of like class in like high school to be teaching these kids, kind of like how we should learn how to like write a check and stuff. Like this is also something, like how to set a table. No one knows, like how to put the I disagree.

SPEAKER_03 23:29

AI's where the fork so the kids set the table goes.

SPEAKER_00 23:34

That's hilarious. They did used to have those classes for like etiquette and everything.

SPEAKER_03 23:38

Yeah. I mean, even just like one picture with some things on it would probably cover a lot of information and the checks and an envelope. They can't address an envelope, you should have seen. It was not good.

SPEAKER_02 23:50

Honestly, I know no one does, but also me every time I have to mail something, I have to double check and make sure I remember if I go in the top or in the middle. I'm like, wait, hold on. Wait, I had to like think about it for a second. Like, okay. Okay, I did do that right. Yep, that's where my name is.

SPEAKER_00 24:11

So, in essence, a lot of this for people who aren't used to being at weddings all the time, who may be somebody there that's an aunt or an uncle or a cousin or a friend or somebody that's helping, especially at the end of the night, and they don't know how these things go. It sounds like it's worth a conversation with you and the couple for them to say, like, hey, what are some things that we need to think about at the end of the night? And maybe we should just have a coordinator take care of this stuff so it's easier for us.

SPEAKER_02 24:41

Yes, exactly.

SPEAKER_03 24:44

I concur.

SPEAKER_00 24:45

Yeah. We we work so much at the venue with like coordinators and these types of things at the end of the night that it's it's so fun to hear actual rental places talk about it because we we see them leave and we're like, okay.

SPEAKER_02 25:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 25:02

I don't think that's how they were packed, but okay.

SPEAKER_02 25:06

Yeah, okay. I do I do feel like it is like you you tell a different you can just tell the difference in weddings that you know have coordinators and ones that like don't. I mean, just like the process through it. Even if I'm like setting up tearing down and there's like not like I'm not coordinating it, you could just tell. There's just things.

SPEAKER_03 25:29

Maybe they should take a picture. Maybe you should have. Take a picture before you unpack so that when the 13-year-old boy is cleaning up at the end of the night because he's the one not dancing, you know.

SPEAKER_00 25:39

Yeah, or maybe that's a that's a good piece of advice for the the clients. That's what I'm saying. Oh, yeah, yeah. Tell your clients take a picture of how it's packed. Yeah.

Deposits, Counts, And Timelines

SPEAKER_02 25:48

And I feel like sometimes it is one of those things where it doesn't matter if you had them take a picture. There's just some people that just aren't gonna do it the way it's supposed to be done. And I mean, like, I literally I started making like it's obviously lined out in the contract, but I started like kind of like a little step-by-step on like a sticky piece of paper on top of the tote, like hey, you know, on these bases. If you're adding water, I know they're adding water because I'm gonna want to help them put their design together. Make sure you dry them out before you pack them back up. Because if not, there it's gonna all the packing is gonna mildew. It's gonna smell terrible in here whenever I open up and it's gonna ruin. And then I have to re-clean, repack, re make, literally throw all that packing away, start fresh, new packing. That costs me money, it's gonna end up costing you money. Um like I put it, I put it on there and put it on and then the totes get returned. The stickers are not on the top with the instructions anymore. And the vases still wet. All the packings. You're like, I know you saw that. I was like, are you playing? No, I mean it was on every all three totes of vases. I mean, you couldn't have missed it.

SPEAKER_04 27:17

That's hilarious.

SPEAKER_03 27:18

Oh, Kayla, you kill me. Oh my god. You couldn't have you really couldn't have missed it.

SPEAKER_04 27:23

No, and if you did, it was probably your fault. It was. I couldn't miss it. No, I mean that's I can miss anything, but I I even pointed it out. Oh, well, well, then that's the one. When they pick up helping them look. You're very detailed, and people need that.

SPEAKER_03 27:40

I promise, listeners, Kayla is not Kayla's the one of the funniest, sweetest people. She's not gonna come at you. No, she's charging, but she's not gonna come at you. She might sound like it in this podcast, but she's very funny.

SPEAKER_02 27:55

I'm gonna say, hey, just listen, just follow the instructions. It's pretty easy. Or here's a better idea, hire me to coordinate or to deliver for delivery setup and teardown. That's it. And then you don't have to worry about it because guess who does all that? Me.

SPEAKER_00 28:12

Yep. Yeah. Yeah. One of the other things that I we hear from rental companies a lot, which I'm sure you can attest to, PSA, wash the dishes before you pack them up.

SPEAKER_03 28:22

Yeah, it it is something that you don't know. Like as a road, you have to return it.

SPEAKER_00 28:26

People just think that, hey, um, return it's totally food on them.

SPEAKER_03 28:29

Like they still have to put it through their stuff for like the health code and the heat and whatever, but you can't have food particles on it. It has to be clean. All the silverware has to be clean. All the yeah, you have to clean it all off before you can return it. It's a lot of work for your guests at the end of the night or your family or whoever. Yeah. It is having that service provided to you is priceless at the end of the wedding when you guys you don't want to have to stop early and just have to start cleaning everything up. No. No one wants that.

SPEAKER_02 29:00

Yep, and that's literally, I always say, like, make sure all the food particles, make sure it's clean. Food particles, stickiness, you know, dry. You don't want it in there freaking soaking wet. I want a glass full of wine.

SPEAKER_00 29:15

Hey, so how big of an area do you cover? Like from Webb City? How far out do you go?

SPEAKER_02 29:21

Um, kind of depends on if I mean I'll go wherever. Probably North Carolina. I actually just coordinated a wedding in Indianapolis.

SPEAKER_01 29:34

Oh, okay.

Pickup vs Delivery: Real Tradeoffs

SPEAKER_02 29:35

So yeah, she'll go wherever. She does have trust. And I've done coordinating and uh in Indianapolis I just flew, so it was just me. No no like rental items or anything like that. I did one in Wichita, Kansas, and I actually did have to all the rental items and coordinated it, so I had to actually take my trailer there.

SPEAKER_03 30:02

I mean, we do call you the Queen of Hustle for a reason. You can drive a trailer, which a lot of the people in the industry can't do, so it's pretty impressive to be honest. Uh drive a trailer, pack the trailer, load the trailer, unload the trailer. You do it all. Yeah, I do. For weighing under a hundred pounds. I wish. No.

SPEAKER_02 30:26

You're so tiny to be able to do all those things though. Um I was raised on a farm and so I have a lot of experience with trailers and um I also, because of being raised on a farm, I never had it easy. I had to haul 50 two 50 pound bags of sacks of feed.

SPEAKER_03 30:53

They didn't take it easy on you, huh? No, they didn't. So Well, it gave you gained a good work ethic through that, so it paid off.

SPEAKER_02 31:02

Well, yeah, I'm not afraid of work. I I liked I would rather work than be sitting here talking on the phone. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_03 31:13

If somebody wants Kayla to work hard for them, how do they get a hold of you?

SPEAKER_02 31:17

Um, yeah, you can email me at signature events by Kayla at gmail.com. It's probably the easiest and fastest way to get a hold of me um regarding work. And that's a great way to start. Okay. I also have a phone number.

SPEAKER_03 31:35

But it's not the fastest way.

SPEAKER_02 31:38

I prefer, yeah, I prefer an email.

SPEAKER_03 31:40

Okay. Well then we'll stick with the email.

SPEAKER_02 31:43

Well, sometimes I relate like my texts and stuff to like personal, and I'm not like a huge texter. As you guys know, probably.

SPEAKER_03 31:54

I can attest to that. She was like, oh, it's a month later. Is it too late to answer that question?

SPEAKER_02 32:01

Um, I literally my hairdresser just told me, like, I love how you just responded to this. Like I was like, sometimes it takes me three to five business days to respond to that. Like, you don't get it.

SPEAKER_01 32:15

We don't get it.

SPEAKER_02 32:16

So it's not that's why I say email because I'm always checking my emails.

SPEAKER_03 32:21

Right.

SPEAKER_02 32:22

Because I know that that's work related.

SPEAKER_03 32:24

That's good. I'll email you from now on. Okay. Okay. Love it. Yeah. Oh dear. Thanks for hanging out with us today. Bye.

SPEAKER_04 32:39

Bye.

SPEAKER_03 32:44

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