GSD Events

I’ve worked in the luxury hotel business for quite some time and since then I have an acute sense for customer service with a ‘wow factor’. You know what I mean, right? — Exceeding the customers expectations, going the extra mile and so forth…
Allison, the driving force behind GSD Events has certainly accomplished that for us during our last event: I’d been planning an offsite for our SF based team in a public park down on the Peninsula. I’d contacted several bus companies, including Bauer’s IT, who seems to be the to-​go private transportation company for tech companies here in the Bay Area. — - Well, I didn’t like how any of the big bus companies communicated with me: generic and impersonal emails. On the other hand, Allison at GSD Events, who’d been referred to me by a colleague, was so different. We actually talked on the phone and right away I felt a good connection with her.
The rest of the «booking process» was a piece of cake, at least from my end. Because Allison took care of everything. I’ve rarely seen someone so detailed and thorough in their follow-​ups. Usually it’s me, who’s chasing someone for more information, but Allison was always a step ahead of me and even pointed me to things that I wouldn’t have thought of, but needed to have taken care of. (Like the parking permit for our bus in downtown San Francisco.)
On the day of the event itself, Allison was the first one to show up and the last one to leave. What really impressed me though, is that prior to the event itself, she actually took the time to drive to the place where our event took place and made sure the busses would be able to get there. And that was a good thing, because the park was located in the hills beyond Woodside and the access road to that place was windy and curvy… which wasn’t a problem for the busses necessarily, but it added some driving time… and you know how important it is to coordinate arrival and departure dates, especially when food is involved!
Long story short: I would give Allison a call when you need a large group of people transported from A to B. And while I haven’t had the chance to witness her skills to also organize the setup of actual events, I can see that her attention to details would lead to a perfectly-​planned out event as well.
Thank you, Allison!
By the way, we hosted the event at a picnic site in Huddart Park. I thought this was the perfect location for a leisurely team offsite (175 people).