Tom Kreeftenberg from Party At My Place, based in the Netherlands, saw an unexpected opportunity during the pandemic. “We started during Covid, thinking about the issue that people wanted to give parties but have lots of noise complaints,” he explains. The idea was simple but powerful: help people keep the fun going without disturbing the neighbors.
Party At My Place rents out silent disco headsets, mainly to consumers looking for creative ways to host parties at home, though the team is now expanding into business and event management. With a small team that grows with demand, Tom and his colleagues found their customer base multiplying fast. But managing everything through different tools quickly became a daily challenge. “We struggled with management, using multiple systems and overseeing the orders,” Tom says.
Switching to Booqable changed how the business worked. With one connected platform, Party At My Place could finally manage bookings, track equipment, handle payments and deposits, and run their party rental website all in one place.
One system for every task
The team’s main struggle before Booqable was fragmentation. They used different tools for inventory, payments, and order tracking, which often led to confusion and extra work. “We had multiple systems and couldn’t easily oversee the orders,” Tom recalls. That need for one system to handle everything led them to adopt Booqable’s all-in-one system.
Now, everything from the rental website to the backend process is managed through a single dashboard. “It’s one system that handles the entire order processing,” Tom says. Using Booqable means they can manage their online store, rental calendar, documents, and client records in one view.
The team also uses Booqable’s online booking plugin on their existing site, allowing customers to browse available headsets, choose quantities, and confirm bookings instantly. It connects directly to the same system that manages their availability and inventory, keeping everything automatically up to date.
Here’s what that achieves for them:
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Orders and customer details automatically sync without manual entry.
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The team tracks headsets and other rental products on the booking calendar.
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The party rental website shows live product availability to avoid double-bookings.
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Invoices, rental agreements, and confirmations are automatically created and stored.
With everything connected, Tom can finally focus on growing the business rather than chasing details. Having one reliable system means fewer errors and faster service, directly solving their original pain point of scattered management.
Increasing bookings and saving time
Before Booqable, Party At My Place relied on multiple tools to manage bookings, a setup that required constant checking and manual updates. “It was difficult to keep everything in sync,” Tom explains. They needed a system that could not only help with order management but also save time and improve customer satisfaction.
Booqable’s automation did just that. When a customer places an order through their rental website, it is instantly reserved in Booqable. Pickup and return dates are added automatically to the schedule. As the order moves through the rental process, its status updates from Reserved to Picked up to Returned, and it can all be managed from the Booqable mobile app. The system keeps everything accurate and up to date in real time, and as Tom puts it, “Booqable does the rest.”
Here’s how that helps in practice:
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Availability updates automatically as orders come in.
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Documents and emails are generated instantly.
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Pickup and return times are automatically scheduled on their Booqable dashboard
The result is a faster booking process and happier customers. “We’ve had good feedback. Customers are very happy with the simple process,” Tom adds. With Booqable, the business saves hours of manual work while giving customers a smooth, reliable experience every time.
A quiet success story
Party At My Place has grown from €2,500 to around €150,000 in sales within a year, an impressive leap for a business born during the pandemic. Tom credits that growth to focus and clarity. By managing everything from payments to product tracking in Booqable’s all-in-one system, the team can now run their party rental website confidently and keep up with growing demand.
What started as a small solution for quiet parties has become a thriving business built on clear systems and happy customers. With Booqable, Party At My Place can keep growing, one silent disco at a time.
