The band I'm in has been asked to play at a mate's wedding reception in a local hotel. We're an amateur band, gigging once a month or so, usually in pubs, usually unpaid (i.e. we do it for fun, not as a business), so PLI has never been an issue. But the hotel requires us to have cover for this gig.
We've been looking around on the web and it seems we can get cover for around £50 to £70 for £2m cover (for a year), which isn't too bad, but just thought I'd ask on here if anybody knows any cheaper temporary cover (I can't find any - I sort of assumed it would be like travel insurance where you pay £5 for temporary cover, but it seems not).
Any recommendations for an amateur band playing a one-off gig in a health and safety obsessed venue?
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We use these guys.
£69 covers the whole band for a year.
https://www.ampband.co.uk/
....as I have done in the past, arranged PLI through the MU & a PAT test of all the gear to satisfy a hotel booking who specifically stressed we couldn't play the function if we didnt have it...
....went to the gig with a folder with all relevant paperwork in....they never queried if we even had it or asked to see it once.
Total waste of time and money.
But you should have it.
(formerly miserneil)
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It's such an important thing to have.
Sod's law dictates if you have it you won't need it, if you don't have it the worst will happen.
We find it's mainly the hotels (for weddings) and holiday parks that ask to see it. The certificate is stored on my phone so it can be emailed straight away
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