Creative Kicks Media

HOW HIRE WORKS

The booking process is an easy four steps. Pick your dates, pick your gear, book it online, sort your ID. After that you collect it, use it, bring it back. Easy.

Know exactly what you need? Head straight into the catalogue. Not sure where to start? Take a look at our packages or tell us what you're doing and we'll sort out a setup.

Quick hire info

  • Security bond: starts at $200
  • Pickup: Footscray, by appointment
  • Delivery: from $82.50 including GST, each way
  • Standard hire period: 24 hours unless your booking shows a different window

01. Pick your dates

Punch in your hire dates before you start browsing. You'll see what's available and what it costs.

Your booking's confirmed once payment's cleared and any required approval is sorted. Bigger, longer, last minute or higher risk bookings might get a quick check from us before we lock them in.

02. Choose individual items or a package

Know exactly what you need? Grab the individual items. Want the whole setup in one hit? Grab a package instead. Packages are created around a common job with all the gear, all the cables and all the accessories already grouped together.

Check the What's Included section on every product or package before you add extras. Don't assume something's in the box unless it's listed there.

03. Complete your booking

At checkout you'll need to give us:

  • Your contact details
  • The hire dates
  • The hire or event location
  • Collection, delivery or freight details
  • Payment
  • Acceptance of the hire terms

Payment's due upon checkout or prior to it getting to you, unless we've agreed credit terms with you in writing. Setting up an account speeds up repeat bookings, but you don't need one for a normal checkout.

04. Sort your ID and security check

Right after you book, we'll send you an ID Verification Form to complete online. We run a 100 point check, the same idea as a bank.

Get it back to us quickly. An incomplete form puts your booking at risk of being cancelled.

A security bond or card hold also applies, from $200. The exact amount depends on the gear, the hire and how we read the risk Full Detail Here

05. Collect it or get it delivered

Pick up from our Footscray studio by appointment or we'll deliver across Melbourne starting from $82.50 including GST each way. Setup, pack down, having us onsite or an operator running the gear are separate services unless they're included in your booking.

Selected gear can also go by freight to you Australia wide. Full Detail Here

06. Check and test it before you need it

Check the cases and gear at handover, or as soon as you can after delivery. Test the setup before your event starts, not five minutes before you need it live. That gives us time to help while someone's still available. Get in touch straight away if anything looks damaged, missing, unsafe, isn't working or doesn't match your booking.

07. Use it properly

Only people who know what they're doing should operate the gear, following the instructions and safety warnings that come with it. Don't sub hire, alter, repair, relocate or use it for a job it wasn't built for without checking first. Keep it secure and dry, away from weather, liquids, sand, salt, heat and anyone who shouldn't be near it.

08. Bring everything back on time

Everything that goes in the booking comes back: equipment, cases, cables, batteries, power supplies, adapters, stands and accessories. All of it clean, dry, properly packed and in the condition it left in, fair wear and tear aside.

Want more time? Get it confirmed in writing first. An unapproved late return may cop an extra day's hire rate.

09. Check in and get your bond back

We check and test everything once it's back. Any part of your bond that isn't owed is released promptly once check in and any assessment are done. Your bank might take a bit longer to show the funds again after we release the hold.

Change of mind cancellations

  • 48 hours or less before your hire period starts: no refund
  • More than 48 hours but less than 15 days out: 50% refund
  • 15 days or more out: full refund

Approved third party costs we can't recover stay payable.

None of this affects rights you can't legally sign away.

Need help choosing equipment?

Send us:

  • What you're doing
  • The date and location
  • Venue or room size
  • Number of people, performers or microphones
  • Equipment you already have
  • Whether you need delivery, setup or an operator
Mike Jaballah at his sound cart on a Carl Cox shoot, in black and white

KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED?

Head straight into the catalogue. Not sure where to start? Take a look at our packages or tell us what you're doing and we'll sort out a setup.