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While you might have spent weeks planning for your special event, you may not be thinking about the task everyone dreads after the party, the clean-up. Even small-scale events can create a pretty big mess.  

Before the day of your event, you should create a checklist of items you may need for the event and after. You may need a vacuum cleaner, rags, a multi-purpose cleaner, gloves, and more. You'll want to have everything you need before the event.

It is best to work top to bottom when taking down decorations and cleaning up. Start by taking down any decorations, putting them away, or tossing them out. Then you'll want to clean counters, tables, or anything higher up. You can finish with the floor so you don't have to go back and reclean any crumbs that may fall from the higher areas. Once you have everything cleaned, you can put everything back in its proper place. 

Here are four tips for tearing down and cleaning up after your event

1. Make Sure to Have a Plan

Planning is one of the most important parts of any event. You may be deciding to have the event at your home or elsewhere, to alleviate some of the stress of having people at your home. Let's face it, parties, holidays, and large family gathering are a joy but can also get pretty messy. If you're hoping not to spend hours cleaning after, you can plan the setup for an easier tear down when the party's over. 

There is, of course, another option! You can decide you don't want to deal with the mess and hire an after-event cleaning service to handle everything for you!

2. Keep the event clean throughout

Make sure to let all the guests know where they can find the trash,  recycling and compose.  This will hopefully keep the mess to a minimum throughout the event. Not allowing a buildup of empty cups, plates, and anything else can help keep the event clean. You'll also have to make sure you have a plan for trash removal, if necessary. In California it is now mandated that you dispose of all biodegradable items like fruits and vegetables, table scraps, coffee grounds and filters, yard waste including flowers and soiled cardboard. Never dispose of meat or seafood in the compost. Make sure you read on acceptable items and how to dispose of. 

Assign someone to change the garbage bags, for example, and leave the full bags somewhere else. After that, someone else can transport the full garbage bags to a dumpster or roll-off container. By doing this, clutter will be removed from the space, which will make clean-up much simpler after the event. No matter how you approach it, take the clean-up process into account while planning the overall event. When your event is over, the less work you have to do, the better. If you plan for teardown and clean-up from the beginning of the event, it will be much smoother. 

3. Designate Someone To Help

Choose someone to be in charge of organizing and directing the clean-up effort.
Figure out what needs to be done and have them help you with the cleaning efforts.. It's a good idea to choose someone who is not worn out from working the entire event for this role. Select a person who will approach the breakdown with enthusiasm and attention and isn't frantic to get home.  

4. Remember hidden spots

It's simple to concentrate your clean-up efforts in the areas of your venue that are the most visible but don’t ignore the less noticeable areas. Toilets, patios, and parking lots are all common guest hotspots that may be frequently overlooked when cleaning begins.
These may cause a headache for whoever is helping out especially when they realize they still have a lot of work to do. If you plan for the small details in advance, you won't have any surprises. 

Also Read: After The Party Or An Event Is Over, Someone Has To Clean Up

Conclusion

Hopefully, these tips can help you be better prepared for all your events! If you can plan for all the setup and cleanup tasks, it might just make your life a little easier, come the big day. Taking a few minutes to go through these four guidelines can save you unnecessary angst during your event..  

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Let us handle the cleaning before or after your event so you can unwind and enjoy it. If you are too exhausted to clean up after the event, you can search for professional cleaning services in Carlsbad, and we will undoubtedly appear towards the top of your search results.

You can also go to book now page. We offer a wide range of after-and pre-cleaning services as part of our event and party cleaning service. Instead of spending hours upon hours cleaning, give us a call and be assured that we will have your space clean and tidied up in no time.