Hot concerts are coming to the Valley of the Sun! Take a limo, party bus or sedan/SUV to a concert so you can have cocktails on the ride there and back - and at the venue - without worry of a DUI!
Concerts coming in October:
10/1 - Brad Paisley with Dierks Bently and Jimmy - Cricket Wireless Pavillion
10/1 - AC/DC - US Airways Center
10/1 - Jamie Foxx - Dodge Theatre
10/8 - Music of the Doors ft. Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger - Dodge Theatre
10/9 - Stephen Lynch -Orpheum Theatre
10/10 - Little Feat - Martini Ranch
10/10 - Frank Caliendo - Dodge Theatre
10/16 - Rodney Carrington - Dodge Theatre
10/17 - Bob Dylan - AZ Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10/17 - Loggins & Messina with Rich Furay - Dodge Theatre
10/18 - Stone Temple Pilots - Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10/20 - U2 with Black Eyed Peas - University of Phoenix Stadium
10/20-10/25 - Grease - Dodge Theatre
10/22 - The Black Eyed Crows - Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10/22 - Andrew Belew - Rhythm Room
10/23 - The ABBA Tour - Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10/25 - Gordon Lightfoot - Orpheum Theatre
10/27 - Steely Dan - Dodge Theatre
10/29 - Rob Zombie with Nekromatix - Dodge Theatre
Ride in style and safely with one simple call to 602-996-LIMO!
Most Common Bachelorette Party Mistakes
1. Letting the party go on for more than 3 days.
2. Letting the bachelorette have sex with any man besides her husband-to-be.
3. Using the penis straws - okay their kinda cute - but really penis straws?!?!
4. Making assumptions about who will attend.
5. Not collecting money up-front from the attendees.
6. Skimping on anything - this is a once-in-a-lifetime event for 50% of the population darn it!
7. Buying the pre-packaged packages.
8. No (visible) tattoos.
9. Talking about feelings, especially feelings of love for other party goers or the groom.
10. Let her truly see how awesome it is being single.
11. Ignoring (all) of the bride's input and requests.
12. Letting more than one woman get naked at a time - (hmm is this really a mistake?)
13. Generating evidence - photographic or otherwise.
14. Sustaining visible injuries.
15. Sustaining permanent psychic scars.
16. Not letting what happens at the party, stay at the party.
17. No getting into cat fights, borrowing clothes or makeup without permission.
18. Taking that last shot.
19. Letting her talk on the phone after 10 shots to her husband to be. Or worse allowing them to meet-up at the bar when she is drunk and grinding into the male stripper.
20. Not coming home.
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I just finished reading an article about mandatory interlock devices - about 47 States mandate interlock devices for first-time DUI offenders and every year there are over 13,000 deaths from drunk drivers with blood alcohol over .08. Pretty interesting.
I know that one of my best friends got interlock after her 2nd DUI - she was happy because she felt like helped her not drink and drive. She has admitted to having a problem with drinking and has gotten help. Yes it was a pain to have to blow in the device - especially if she was talking on the phone or eating while driving. Sometimes she would lose her breath and not be able to get the right "hum" out and the machine would report an error.
Another friend of mine refused the field sobriety test (2 times) and didn't want to pay for the interlock device (which is required if you refuse a test) - so got is license suspended. He still drives - he still drives drunk. I think the device would be awesome for him. He doesn't seem to be able to control his drunk driving once he has a few cocktails. It just seems like a good idea to drive - after drinking - after two DUIs in the last 6 months - on a suspended license.
I think if there was a way to make an interlock device or sobriety monitoring device for all vehicles be unobtrusive and not a pain in the neck for sober drivers. Something that takes the measurements from your skin on the steering wheel or looks at your pupils like the article suggests it would be a great advancement to prevent drunk driving accidents.
Drink at home, get a cab, order a Phoenix sedan or AZ limo service - but don't drink and drive. Maybe if the stats go down to zero for DUI accidents - car manufactures can concentrate on other improvements than thinking of breathalizers and interlock devices.
What do you think? Do you have any personal experience with interlock devices? What it every car had something to measure drunk driving built in it - would that be acceptable to you?
We are right in the midst of Homecoming Dances and some parents of teenagers are worried and wondering if their children are drinking. Of course we all know that teen drinking is bad - although some parents think it is a "right of passage" and look the other way.
Hopefully, most of us parents realize that early exposure to alcohol can have long-term consequences and lead our children down a path of destruction and addiction. Surprisingly addictions kills more women than Breast Cancer - but there is no "Three Day Walk for Alcoholism" in the same fashion as breast cancer - mainly, I think, because most feel that addiction was brought on by the person's bad behavior rather than being a true disease.
Recent studies have found that of those individuals who began drinking before age 14, 47 percent experienced dependence at some point, vs. 9 percent of those who began drinking at age 21 or older.
So waiting to drink is good - but how do we get that message across to our kids?
Here are 6 tips:
1. Talk early and often with your children about drinking. Get in the habit of talking every day with your child.
I try and ask my daughter 3 questions every day to keep lines of communication open
- What was the best part of your day?
- How do you feel about you today?
- Tell me three things you are grateful for today.
2. Get involved. Volunteer at school or in after school activities. Young people have less mental health and substance abuse problems when they have caring people involved in their lives.
3. Be a role model. Your own actions are the most powerful indicators of what is acceptable or unacceptable to your children. If you drink heavily or take drugs in front of your children, there is a good chance they will follow suit.
4. Teach kids to choose friends wisely. Their peer group will be one of the biggest influence's of their actions as teens. Who are your kid's friends and their families - get to know them and discourage the friendship if you see red flags.
5. monitor your children's activities. Limit the amount of time your child spends without adult supervision. Unsupervised they run the risk of experimenting in risky behavior including drugs and alcohol.
This is the reason so many of the parents of our Homecoming and Prom groups in our limos and party buses like how strict we are about Teen Drinking. We require that all underage passengers and their parents sign a Teen I Promise document stating that they will not drink on this night and that if they are caught the night is over (that we will inspect bags, they cannot bring their own opened water bottles on-board, etc., etc.). We take it very seriously and have terminated many rides when they are caught drinking.
6. Set rules. Make clear, sensible rules for your children and enforce them with consistent and appropriate consequences. Follow through is key - as I have learned the hard way. Saying your child is grounded for life (like I do out of frustration sometimes) is not realistic or enforceable. . .
Like discounts? Wanna see your picture on our website or Facebook profile? All you have to do is send us pictures from your event in one of our limos or party buses and you get 5% off your next rental. Send us pics of your group inside the limo/party bus - or outside the limo/party bus - then get a 5% discount on your next reservation!
It's simple to get discounts from In The Scene Limousine. And we really want to showcase our vehicles with you and your friends/family! The best way for people to see how fun it is in a limo or party bus is to see photos from our actual clients having fun at their various birthday celebrations, anniversaries, weddings, school dances, engagement proposals, concerts - all the occasions people use our limos and party buses for.
And of course we know your group is beautiful and we want to put pics of your fabulous looking selves up on our website or Facebook profile. So do it - click on the link below to get the instructions emailed to you on how to get 5% off your next reservation!
Would you send us your pics - what do you think of the idea? Give me some feedback!
We just finished another wonderful long weekend, Labor Day, a time when family and friends get together and celebrate the end of summer and the kids being back in school! Unfortunately, for many people the weekend celebrations ended up in a DUI arrest. Now they are on a long path of huge expenses and legal trouble.
How do you avoid a DUI? It is simple and easy - just follow these steps:
1. Drink at home - you organize the party and invite all your friends and family over. Make sure and wash the guest bed sheets and get some blankets ready for the couch because there will be some friends that need a place to sleep it off and that is okay. It is better to have some people over for breakfast who are alive - than have them killed or hurt somebody else in a drunk driving accident.
2. Find a bar/restaurant you can walk to. Just be careful of really over doing it because you can get in trouble for public intoxication - or even get a DUI if you are caught riding your bike when drinking. This works better if you live in Scottsdale or Tempe - but there are usually neighborhood bars in well - every neighborhood.
3. Designate a driver in advance. It doesn't work to try and figure it out on the fly. The day was stressful - or it was fun and everybody wants to celebrate - nobody is willing to step up to be the designated. Switch it up - it's my turn this time - your turn next and don't deviate from the plan. I was always the worst at this - I never wanted to be designated and threw a tantrum when it was my turn. But somebody has to suck it up and not drink. I promise you that you can have fun sober - I've done myself for the last 3 years.
4. Get a cab. If you are in old town Scottsdale, cabs are buzzing around like "flies on poop" - there is no excuse to not hail one. No money isn't a valid excuse. You went out - you had the money for drinks. The cab can take you through an ATM to get cash. Trust me, it is cheaper to pay for a cab than pay for a DUI.
5. Get a limo or party bus. Of course I was going to say this right? We have a limo company. And we don't always understand why a group of friends can't seem to scrape together $17-25 a person to get a limo or party bus. It actually saves you money to get a limo or party bus because you can drink on-board and get VIP access into clubs!
There really is no excuse to get a DUI - but thousands and thousands of people did this last Labor Day weekend. Hopefully you can try and use one of these tips and it can save your life or the lives of others!
Some companies in the limousine business try to categorize their chauffeurs as Independent Contractors instead of employees. There are lots of reasons for this - paperwork, government hoops, but the most important reason is cost. These limo companies spend about 20-30% less for wages because they are not paying employer related taxes (FICA, Medicare, Social Security & Workers Compensation).
By these companies keeping their payroll costs lower they can undercut the competition. But at what price to society? For example if the chauffeur is injured in an auto accident on the job and the employer doesn't have Workers Compensation - this injured workers gets no wages while off work from the accident. Not good for the worker, their family, their lenders or taxpayers if they go on government subsidies. When this worker tries to retire - where are his Social Security benefits?
It is not just the little limo companies that try and classify chauffeurs as Independent Contractors versus Employees. There is a pending case against the 9th largest limo company in the nation where the IRS just put down a ruling that this company was the Employer and these chauffeurs are entitled to be treated as Employees versus Independent Contractors. Huge win for chauffeurs/workers - just put down by the IRS.
What does all this matter to the average shopper for limo service? Pretty much the chauffeur is an employee of the company you are renting from unless the worker OWNS his own car and determines when he wants to work and when he doesn't - then he is an independent contractor.
The playing field should be level - avoiding paying compensation and other employee related costs affords the low ball operators the opportunity to undercut and remain in business - but at a price to society.
We are in a luxury chauffeured transportation business - rates charged should reflect that. In today's market - with many limo companies not operating legally and the sad state of the economy - all of us are having to play at the low ball pricing and undercutting nonsense just to make our limo, rent and telephone payments. Hopefully this ruling, and some improvement to the economy, will send our rates back to where they should be.
What do you think? Do you - as a consumer - care about how the company treats it's workers - or is price more important? Or is it a balance of both? Talk to me. . .
