Hire Terms

These are the terms on which The Síbín hires out its pubs. They form part of your booking, so please read them before you confirm. If anything here does not suit your event, talk to us — most of it is negotiable in advance, and none of it is meant to catch you out.

1. Definitions

"We", "us", "our" means The Síbín, of Plymouth, MA, 02360. "You" means the person or organisation making the booking. "The Pub" means whichever unit you have hired — The Síbín, The Aer, or another in our fleet — together with any add-ons. "The Hire Period" means the 24 hours your booking covers, unless we have agreed otherwise in writing.

2. Booking and payment

• A booking is confirmed only when we have accepted it in writing and received your deposit. Until then, your date is not held.
• A 25% deposit is payable on booking. The remaining 75% is due 14 days before the first day of the Hire Period.
• For bookings made within 14 days of the event, the full amount is payable on booking.
• Prices quoted cover the Pub for the Hire Period. Travel beyond our standard area, staffing, add-ons and any extra hours are quoted separately.
• We may hold a refundable damage deposit, returned within 14 days of the Pub being collected in the condition it arrived.

3. Cancellation and postponement

If you cancel, the following applies to the total hire price:

• More than 60 days before the event — you lose the deposit only.
• 28 to 60 days — 50% of the total is payable.
• Fewer than 28 days — 100% of the total is payable.

We would always rather move a date than keep your money. Where we can, we will offer to transfer your booking to another date within twelve months instead, subject to availability. Ask us — we are reasonable about this.

4. Alcohol — please read this one

We do not sell, supply or licence alcohol, and we cannot. Massachusetts law does not provide for a mobile liquor licence: alcohol sales must be tied to fixed, licensed premises. Everything we do is therefore a dry hire.

• You provide all alcohol. It is yours, at your cost, and it remains your property throughout.
• Nothing you pay us is for alcohol. Our charges cover the Pub, equipment, labour, mixers and add-ons only.
• You may not sell alcohol, or charge admission that amounts to a sale of alcohol, at your event unless you hold the appropriate licence or permit. Obtaining one is your responsibility.
• Where we supply bar staff, they serve alcohol you have provided, on your behalf. They will refuse service to anyone who appears intoxicated or who cannot show they are 21 or over, and they may stop service entirely if they judge it unsafe. That decision is final and is not grounds for a refund.
• You are responsible for the conduct of your guests and for compliance with all applicable liquor laws at your event.

5. Where the Pub will go

Before we arrive you must make sure that:

• There is clear, level ground of adequate size, free of sharp objects, debris and overhanging branches.
• There is vehicle access for delivery and collection, and somewhere lawful to leave the Pub for the Hire Period.
• You have permission to site the Pub — from the landowner, venue, park authority, HOA or anyone else whose consent is needed. We will assume you have it.
• There is a reliable power supply within reach. The Aer's blower must run continuously for the whole Hire Period; if it stops, the Pub deflates.
• You have told us about anything underground — irrigation, cabling, septic, utilities — before we stake or anchor anything.

If we arrive and the site is not ready, not accessible, or not safe, we may be unable to set up. In that case the booking is treated as cancelled by you on the day.

6. Weather

Our pubs are built for weather, but not for all of it. The Aer is an inflatable structure and is governed by wind.

• We will not erect, and will take down, an inflatable pub in sustained winds or gusts above roughly 24 mph, or in electrical storms.
• That decision rests with us, on safety grounds, and it is final.
• If weather prevents setup or forces an early takedown, we will offer you an alternative date or a pro-rata refund of the hire fee for time lost. We are not liable for other costs you incur.

7. During the hire

• The Pub stays in your care from setup until collection. Please look after it.
• No smoking, vaping, naked flames, fireworks, cooking equipment or heaters inside the Pub.
• No climbing on, sitting on, or hanging anything from the structure. Nothing may be nailed, taped, screwed or glued to any surface.
• Do not move, re-site or disconnect the Pub, its blower or its power supply once we have set it up.
• Keep within the stated capacity. It exists for safety, not tidiness.
• Tell us immediately if anything is damaged, if the blower stops, or if anyone is hurt.

8. Damage, loss and cleaning

• You are responsible for loss of or damage to the Pub and its equipment during the Hire Period, however caused, beyond fair wear and tear.
• Report any loss or damage to us within 24 hours.
• The Pub should be returned reasonably clean and empty of your belongings and rubbish. Excessive cleaning, or removal of anything left behind, may be charged.
• Where damage exceeds the damage deposit, we will invoice the difference with evidence of the cost.

9. Our liability

We will provide the Pub with reasonable skill and care, and we carry public liability insurance. Beyond that:

• We are not liable for injury, loss or damage arising from your use of the Pub, the conduct of your guests, or the consumption of alcohol you have supplied.
• We are not liable for indirect or consequential losses — lost profit, lost bookings, disappointment, or the cost of other suppliers.
• Except where the law does not allow it to be limited, our total liability is capped at the amount you paid us for the booking.
• Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be excluded.

We strongly recommend you hold your own event insurance, and — if alcohol is being served to guests — host liquor liability cover. Your venue may require it in any case.

10. If we have to cancel

Very occasionally we may be unable to fulfil a booking — vehicle failure, damage to the Pub at a previous event, illness, or something genuinely outside our control. If that happens we will tell you as soon as we know, offer an alternative date or another pub from the fleet where we can, and otherwise refund everything you have paid us in full. That refund is the limit of what we owe you.

11. Photography

We may photograph the Pub at your event for our own marketing. We will not photograph your guests as the subject without asking, and if you would rather we took no photographs at all, tell us before the day and we will not.

12. General

• These terms, together with our written quotation, form the whole agreement between us.
• We may update these terms; the version in force is the one published when you booked.
• These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the courts of Massachusetts have jurisdiction.
• If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest continues to apply.

13. Talk to us

Questions about any of this, before or after booking: [email protected] or (508) 322-1298.

See also our Privacy Policy and Accessibility statement.