Soft play, big business??

[Harmonyrays]

Seriously thinking about making changes to our 9-5. Does anyone have experience of running these kind of stay and play sessions with soft play for under 5s and do they generate much income?

[halfwitpicker]

I have no idea but watching with interest.

[Harmonyrays]

I've done some research and from what I've seen you can buy a business (with equip etc) for between 3-5K and then make most money from parties etc. I'm interested to.know about costs of overheads (staffing, Insurance etc) and how that effects the bank balance

[BritInUS1]

I have had a couple of clients cost this up and it’s not a big money maker.

The insurance is high, the rent is normally very high, staff turnover is high.

Long hours, lots of cleaning, etc

[Stardustmemories]

I used to work at one of these. They probably made most of their money from food, and having quite a few under 16s working at the weekend!

[somewhereovertherain]

Big question is do you want to run a cafe. As that’s where the money is made.

Looked into it a few years ago but didn’t want to run a cafe and returns wherent great. We bought a gift shop instead