Christian Mayorga runs OC Event Rentals out of Southern California, and the whole thing started because of a birthday party. He had picked up a set of Super Mario character cutouts for his son’s first birthday, and afterward his uncle suggested he rent them out.
That one idea turned into tables, chairs, canopies, coolers, and jumpers, and OC Event Rentals became a full party rental operation serving locals across the area. Christian runs it solo, handling everything from bookings to deliveries himself, and tables and chairs are still what customers ask for most. What sets his party rental business apart, he says, is how well he keeps his equipment cleaned and maintained compared to other party rental companies nearby.
Before he found Booqable, Christian was fielding requests through phone calls and Facebook Marketplace messages, trying to keep every date and detail straight in his head. Booqable gave him a booking page for customers to browse and reserve from, and a mobile app to track every order once it’s confirmed.
Launching quickly with the pre-built booking page
Running a one-man party rental business off calls and Facebook messages meant Christian was constantly going back and forth just to confirm what was available and when. Every new request meant checking his own memory or old messages to make sure two customers weren’t booked for the same chairs on the same weekend.
Booqable’s booking page solved that by giving him a live online catalog that updates automatically whenever he adds or adjusts inventory. Customers can browse his tables, chairs, jumpers, and canopies, pick their dates, and add items straight to a cart. Christian set a fixed minimum rental period for larger orders so he has time to clean and prep between bookings, and checkout automatically calculates and charges a security deposit based on what’s in the order.
This setup helps him in a few ways:
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Customers can see real availability instead of calling to ask
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Deposits get collected automatically, so he doesn’t have to chase payments
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His inventory list stays accurate without extra manual updates
Christian said Booqable now tracks all his orders in one app, which is exactly what he was missing before. Customers book their party rental order online without a single phone call, and Christian gets a clean, organized order sitting in his back office the moment they hit confirm.
Order tracking through the mobile app
Even with bookings coming in online, Christian still needed a way to manage them once they were confirmed, especially since he handles every delivery himself. Booqable’s mobile app became the tool for that. Orders placed through his booking page sync straight to the back office and the app, showing up on his dashboard with the correct pickup and return times already attached.
From there, Christian can move an order from reserved to picked up or delivered, then to returned, all from his phone. If he’s delivering, the app opens directions straight to the customer’s location. He can scan barcodes to check items in and out, add or edit a customer or order on the spot, and generate, sign, and email a contract without leaving the app.
For a party rental business built around deliveries, that kind of visibility matters:
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He always knows what’s due out and what’s coming back, without checking notes
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Routes to each delivery are one tap away instead of typed in separately
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Contracts get signed and sent digitally instead of handled on paper
Inventory tracking is Christian’s favorite feature, and it’s easy to see why. He no longer has to guess whether a set of chairs is already out on another job before promising it to a new customer.
Growing OC event rentals
Christian sums it up simply: Booqable tracks all his orders in one app, and that’s made the biggest difference in how he runs his business day to day. What started as a few Super Mario cutouts for a birthday party has grown into a party rental business handling tables, chairs, jumpers, and more across his local area.
With bookings landing online and orders managed from his phone, Christian has more room to focus on growth. He’s aiming to build OC Event Rentals into a $100,000-a-year business over the next three to five years, and with a booking page bringing in orders and a mobile app keeping them organized, he’s got the back office to support it.
