Personally, I have nothing against the local competition in the inflatable rental market. Nevertheless, good competition makes you even better, and helps maintain a good reputation for the entire inflatable rental industry. Although in Madison, WI, the competition was already very steep, we didn't have too many problems with that since majority of the competitors took safety seriously. I believed, and I still believe, it helped all of us to make renting bounce houses a positive experience for all our clients. Since the majority of customers like to try something new every year, we all had enough opportunities to make our inflatable business profitable.

Whether you are someone who follows the inflatable business closely or not, you have probably heard in the media about a few lawsuits regarding the unsafe use of inflatables. Unfortunately, some people got seriously injured or killed.  The more popular bounce houses become, the more injuries can be expected, if safety is not always priority number one. It happens because many people do this business as an on-the-side activity to make some “easy money” over the weekends. A certain amount of those people don`t even seriously consider the safety issues, or they are not aware of them all. Also, they often buy the cheapest inflatables, usually simple jumpers, with questionable safety features just to be cheap and penetrate the market.