Cruise ship wrap

[daenterpri]

So... the resort in my town does a pirate cruise every year and they want me to bid the job. The wrap is all banner material, held on by velcro. They reuse the prints for 3 years and then reprint. There is roughly 1950 sq/ft of banner and about 100 sq/ft of actual adhesive vinyl to fill in where the banner cannot.

The shop that did this last time claims it was way harder than they imagined so they upped the bid this year...which is why they want me to bid it.

Does anyone have any advice for me on how I should go about this project?

I have a few of specific questions

• What type of banner material would be best for something like this? (needs to last 3 summers)
• How often should I place the velcro to hold up the weight?
• Are there better ways of hanging banner besides velcro?
• It appears that the banner is laying really tightly to the boat... think they just used lots of velcro?

I've attached a picture to help give an idea. Any help or advice would be appreciated!

Wish I could just wrap this sucker in PhotoTex...but I doubt I could reuse it after the first year...or could I?

 

[Gino]

Well, here's hoping they never take it out on a windy day. I can't for the life of me, believe they used Velcro to hold banners on.

On another note, I thought that guy up at the cannon was really a pirate with one leg, until I realized he had his foot propped up on the railing. ​

 

[ProWraps]

lol.. thats a houseboat not a cruise ship.

and chances are they are just using you to compare the other guys quote. pretty standard. he has all the templates and the experience doing this before. he will still get the job.

the customer will just make him come down to your price point if you are lower.

i wouldnt put too much thought or time into it.

 

[daenterpri]

lol.. thats a houseboat not a cruise ship.

and chances are they are just using you to compare the other guys quote. pretty standard. he has all the templates and the experience doing this before. he will still get the job.

the customer will just make him come down to your price point if you are lower.

i wouldnt put too much thought or time into it.

That is a good point. That did go through my mind. I should probably just put $100k on it, see if I get it

 

[formanek]

Run!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jack Knight1979]

 

[daenterpri]

I ran. Thanks guys!

 

[Moze]

My wife and I have vacationed up there. I'm very jealous of where you live. We just spent a week up in McCall a few months back. Makes it hard to want to go home.

 

[threeputt]

lol.. thats a houseboat not a cruise ship.

and chances are they are just using you to compare the other guys quote. pretty standard. he has all the templates and the experience doing this before. he will still get the job.

the customer will just make him come down to your price point if you are lower.

i wouldnt put too much thought or time into it.

Around here they're just plain ol' "party boats".

 

[daenterpri]

My wife and I have vacationed up there. I'm very jealous of where you live. We just spent a week up in McCall a few months back. Makes it hard to want to go home.

We do very much love living here The only bad part about living here is that we don't have anywhere to vacation to!

 

[synergy_jim]

love the look.... impressive

 

[HulkSmash]

I'd bid it out to wrap the whole thing. You can easily do that in a day with a guy or two.

 

[visual800]

lol.. thats a houseboat not a cruise ship.

and chances are they are just using you to compare the other guys quote. pretty standard. he has all the templates and the experience doing this before. he will still get the job.

the customer will just make him come down to your price point if you are lower.

i wouldnt put too much thought or time into it.

He nailed it!

 

[Marlene]

lol.. thats a houseboat not a cruise ship.

and chances are they are just using you to compare the other guys quote. pretty standard. he has all the templates and the experience doing this before. he will still get the job.

the customer will just make him come down to your price point if you are lower.

i wouldnt put too much thought or time into it.

I hate these kinds of people. they clearly got a great job done and were happy with the results. the other company had to figure out how to make this work with banner material, on a boat, held on with velcro that could be used again and they did all that. what does the "cruise ship" company do? take photos of their great work and send it out to bid to see if they can get it cheaper. dirt balls

 

[Randy101]

 

[ddarlak]

I hate these kinds of people.

seriously?

what, you are never allowed to get a second quote or a second opinion????

 

[visual800]

seriously?

what, you are never allowed to get a second quote or a second opinion????

I get what marlene is saying. They obviously had something on there that worked and now they are entertaining bids. Who knows maybe they bid the first time. point is this last printer spent some time making the measurements and all that jazz

 

[CheapVehicleWrap]

seriously?

what, you are never allowed to get a second quote or a second opinion????

And continue living? I think not.