While I strongly believe in how much difference face to face help and support when trying out new slings and carriers can make. Sometimes, just occasionally, it’s not needed. Sometimes you know exactly what you’d like to borrow and just want to hire directly.
Maybe you’ve already been to the library and didn’t hire something you tried at the time and would like to now. Maybe you’re already an experienced babywearer who is going on holiday and want to hire a lighter weight carrier or a toddler carrier for that trip. Or maybe you are really struggling to make a session, and want to try something a friend has recommended first before committing the time to come to a session or schedule a consultation. There are many reasons you might want to hire a sling without coming to a Library session or booking a consult first.
For this, I offer “doorstep hires”!
To arrange a doorstep hire you simply get in touch with me (by email, via the form on my contact page, WhatsApp, text, Facebook or Instagram message) and let me know what you want to hire and what day you’d like to collect it.
I then confirm whether your chosen carrier is available for your desired collection date, and if it I will ask you to fill out the following hire form (although, please only fill out if I have confirmed the carrier is in stock!), as well as confirming costs and how best to pay.
Then on the day I pop your chosen sling in my front porch for you to collect at anytime at all that day. For payment, I accept cash on collection (posted through my main front door), or bank transfer or paypal in advance.
It’s that easy!
Then you simply enjoy your hire and return to my front porch at the end of your hire period!
Things to note, if your are considering if a doorstep collection;
- There is no additional charge for organising a door step collection, you pay only for your hire period.
- There is no opportunity to be shown how to use the carrier or to try it first. The sling will be in my front porch and I am often not present when doorstep hires are collected.
- If you would like to be shown how to use the carrier, or would like to try one or two different options and compare them before deciding which to hire please do consider booking a mini-consultation (£15 for upto 30 minutes one to one help and advice) or coming along to a sling library session instead.
- You are welcome to ask a couple of questions about suitability of a particular carrier for you personally and what else I might suggest when arranging your doorstep hire but please bear in mind that this is no subsitute for face to face help. Without seeing you and your little one in the carrier I have I can not be sure it will work for you, so I can only offer fairly generic advice and not truly tailored information. As such the doorstep hires works best for those who already have tried or know well what they are intending to hire.
-Madeleine
