TricoShade - Carwash Customer Waiting Areas
Car Wash Customer Waiting Areas
TricoShade designs and manufactures Velarium brand shade solutions for car washes across America.
People get their cars washed when the weather is nice and the sun is out. Give your customers a place to wait comfortably while their car is being serviced.
Benefits of shade at customer waiting areas:
- • Keeps customers comfortable and protected from the hot sun
- • Attractive colors draw attention to your car wash business
- • Shows the customers that you care about them
- • Makes it easier for parents with kids to come get their cars washed
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Do your customers have the choice to wait inside or in the hot sun? If your business provides those options, give them shade and a cool environment to wait while their car is being serviced. The time will pass faster and will result in a better shopping experience for your customer.
Velarium shade structures, awnings, canopies and shade sails provide the perfect, cost-effective, durable and attractive solution.
Helpful Information for Starting or Upgrading a New Carwash Business
Customer Waiting Areas
Water use restrictions, busier lifestyles, and trends toward apartment living have basically left consumers with little time or space for washing their own vehicles at home, so when scouting out car washes in their area they are looking for a home away from home to care for the maintenance of their vehicle.
Some of your customers know very little about car care, but they will know if they are uncomfortable. Prevent discomfort at your car wash business by providing a cool oasis of shade for customers to wait in.
Velarium shade structures and canopies can provide a perfect outdoor waiting area as the shade cloth blocks the heat and sun but allows the wind to move in, around, and through the shade cloth, creating a cool breeze to keep your customers cool and comfortable even on the hottest of summer days.
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Designated waiting areas benefit carwash owners as much as the customers - having the customer and their children wait in a safe area eliminates the possibility of accidents and reduces owner liability.
You can reduce your business liability insurance by using shade structures to establish traffic flow, as well as by designating customer areas and restricted employee areas. This will provide you with peace of mind as you know your customers will have a safe comfortable experience while their vehicle is being taken care of.
Customers are busy and don't like to wait long especially if they are uncomfortable while they wait. We know this is especially true of children waiting with their parents.
Anywhere the customer lingers or congregates at your car wash could be a good place for an outdoor shade structure or shade sail.
Evaluate your need to expand and improve your existing waiting areas with outdoor shade structures by how many customers are wandering outside of designated areas and lingering around your car wash.
An insufficient waiting area can hinder your business as cluttered seating arrangements and sitting too close makes people uncomfortable. An improved customer waiting area utilizing Velarium shade structures and awnings can expand your business by providing a festive atmosphere with additional seating capacity where customers can congregate to enjoy a snack from your vending machine.
In addition, you can create additional revenue under the shade sails with product displays that can be wheeled outside expanding your potential to profit from impulse purchases and convenience items such as snacks, sodas, coffee, bottled water, newspapers, magazines, sun glasses, sun protection products, and auto accessories.
Get creative with waiting areas using shadecloth sails to create an open airy space without walls and watch the customers flock to your car wash instead of your competition.
Providing shade structures is even beneficial for the environment. Encouraging drivers to use commercial car washes with attention grabbing bright colorful shade structures is good for the environment, due to the fact that there is a huge difference in the amount of water used for a home hand car wash (approximately 66 gallons) compared to a car wash (which use approximately 4 gallons of fresh water per wash) by recycling 80 to 85 percent of the water used for each wash.
Sun protection for elderly customers is extremely important because they are more vulnerable to heat because they are less active, don't sweat, and dehydrate more easily than a younger person. Even touching hot surfaces such as stainless steel on a vacuum island, patio furniture, change machines, and even the car itself can be a hazard to a car wash customer.
Awnings and shade structures protect people and assets from UV rays of the sun, environmental conditions and provide hail protection. It is simple to see the benefits to you, your employees, the customers' vehicles and your car wash equipment.
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