To Gift Wrap or Not to Gift Wrap.

To Gift Wrap or Not to Gift Wrap. Many years ago I worked as a marketing manager for a company. We had numerous functions, but also had a year end function for staff and family. During this year end function we handed out Christmas Gifts for the children. Instead of Corporate Gifts, we did toys. Naturally these gifts had to be gift wrapped. As the end of the year function was a marketing and public relations divisions, we had to see to the gift wrapping of our end of the year gifts ourselves. We had given the parents a list of toys to choose from and each parent wrote the name of their child and the type of gifts on a list and we gift wrapped these end of the year gifts and put a name tag on each gift. Although it was fun to play Santa’s elves for a while, we have a series of complications. The first was space. We had to do the entire job in our office and no gifts were allowed to spill over into the neighboring work stations. All the gifts were different shapes and sizes and so the office was taken over by year end gifts. The easiest access to our office was to drive our vehicle around the factory and climb in and out through our window. Then came the monumental task of wrapping all those gifts and putting the name of each child on their gift. For a full two days, my assistant wrapped and wrapped and wrapped year end gifts. Yes, the final result to see all the happy faces of the children was wonderful, but I do wonder what the real cost was for two salaried employees wrapping all those gifts. There are many companies that offer gift wrapping services. All you need to do is buy the gift wrap and the ribbon and hand it over to a gift wrapping company and you can get on with your core business and have a fantastic year end function. If you are wanting to buy year end gifts and to gift wrap them, please contact Belle Regalo on info@belleregalo.co.za or 082 948 7461 or visit us on www.belleregalo.co.za