Summertime visitors and downtown business owners in Saugerties, N.Y., want the city to install a portable restroom in a municipal parking lot to handle pent-up tourist demand for bathroom facilities. According to the Saugerties Times, overuse of business bathrooms and a lack of public restroom options are prompting complaints. Read a recent news story here:
http://www.saugertiesx.com/2012/06/26/tourists-demand-porta-potty/
In busy summer tourist towns, public restrooms may be too few and the ones available can be overwhelmed during a very few weeks of the year. Rather than small cities spending vast sums for permanent facilities that are only used for a few months, portable restrooms can be a smart choice for user convenience.
Have you approached small towns you serve to provide restrooms along city streets and in parking lots to ease the demand for bathroom facilities? If you provide such a service, have those placements worked successfully and provided a much-needed revenue boost for your company?
Tell us about your downtown tourism-related restrooms and share tips for other PROs on how to secure that business with municipal customers. Write your responses right here under the blog or send a note to editor@promonthly.com.
