Valzy guides
Notes on running a valet stand
Practical writing about the parts of valet parking that go wrong: exit queues at weddings, retrieval times at a busy hotel forecourt, damage arguments nobody has evidence for. Written by the team building Valzy, who spend most of their time at stands in Bhopal and Indore.
Weddings & events
Valet parking for a wedding: what actually needs planning
Arrivals are spread over an hour or two. Departures are not. Most wedding parking problems come from that one asymmetry, and you can plan around it.
How many valet drivers does a wedding actually need?
Vendors quote a number of drivers. Here is how to check whether that number survives contact with your guest list and your venue.
The wedding exit jam, and how to avoid it
Three hundred guests deciding to leave inside the same twenty minutes will beat any valet team that is only told at the podium.
Venue operations
How to cut the wait at a busy valet stand
Nobody at the stand is standing still. The wait is usually built from steps that look free but are not: relaying the request, finding the key, walking to the bay.
Valet damage disputes: handling the conversation, and preventing the next one
Most damage arguments are not really about the damage. They are about the fact that nobody can say what the car looked like an hour ago.
What makes hospital valet parking different
A guest at a hotel is starting an evening. A visitor at a hospital is having one of the worse days of their year. The stand has to be built for that.
How digital valet works
What is digital valet parking?
The phrase gets used for everything from a spreadsheet to a full operations platform. Here is what it usually means, and what it does not change.
Why WhatsApp beats an app for valet guests
A guest uses your valet stand twice a year. An app asks them to install, sign up and remember a password for that. The maths never works.