Vendor application

1. Only one(1) business per space: unless other arrangements have been made with additional costs. Vendors may ONLY promote the business they included on the application. Only those who sign up are able to work event, you cannot assign someone else to "cover" or "take over" your spot for you. If a partnership, both names need to be on agreement & signed. Businesses with more then two people and too large of a selection of unlike or multiple products will not be accepted. Booth or table sharing and/or subletting is not allowed. Each vendor must purchase their own booth or table for their business. All those who will be at the booth, need to sign the waiver. No more than 2 at each 6 foot table spot. 10x10 spots can have 3. Vendors must stay at their booth to sell. Vendors cannot walk around event to solicit their products.

Swag Bags- Swag bags will be given as this event. Each vendor is required to donate at least 10 coupons or cards with candy, or samples etc. Must be given to Jennifer by Feb 1st. 

2.Payments: We must receive application & payment in full to secure your spot at the event. Payments will be due on Oct 1st or at sign up depending on sign up date.

3. Set up/Break down: starts at 8am, no earlier and must be ready to sell by 9:45am. If not in spot by 9:30am, you will lose your spot with no refund. You will need to be prepared to have help for setup and break down if you cannot do it yourself, as we won't have volunteers to help. All 10x10 canopy vendors must have weights for any canopies in use. Please insure that all four corners of your canopy have weights attached. 

Vendors are solely responsible for manning, operation, set up and break down of your booth. You must leave the spot as you found it, free of any trash. All vendors must stay set up until the end of the event. Failure to follow these rules will result in rejection from future events.

4. Vendor Parking: Once unloaded, cars must be moved across the street to the library side parking lot or in the side church overflow parking lot.

5. Photographs: Vendor Permits For the Love of Shopping event coordinators to take photographs of the booths and vendors and use these photographs for advertisement or promotion purposes.

6. Professionalism: Anyone behaving in a rude or unprofessional manner will be asked to leave and will not be permitted to participate in future events. Please dress appropriately and professional, nothing that would be seen as offensive. 

7. Weather: These are rain or shine events, In any case that the weather prohibits the event, no refunds will be issued. For the Love of Shopping Events is not liable if weather or other conditions prevent the vendor from attending and fulfilling the contractual

obligation. No refunds will be made for weather, accident, health or other causes for non-participation.

8.Refund/credit: Whether due to an accident, health or other causes for non-participation, no refunds or credits will be given from 60 days of the date of the event, no exceptions. If your business closes or you stop selling your product, the same rules apply. You cannot sell your spot or sublet to someone else. If you cancel prior to the 60 days, we will only offer a credit towards another event within 90 days of cancellation. If we cannot get you into an event due to sold out of category, date doesn't work for you. There will be no refunds or credits offered.

9. Clean Up: All Vendors must leave the space as they found it, free of garbage, food, debry. If a vendor, vendors guest or vendors child leaves a mess, stains the rug, damages their space in any way which results in a charge to For the Love of Shopping's Event planners, you will be invoiced for the amount the venue charges and it must be paid in full within 24 hours. 

10. Vendors aren't limited in vending at different event company events BUT we strictly uphold NO SOLICITING FOR OTHER EVENT COMPANIES at or during our events. Violations will terminate subsequent contracts. Vendor are to be Professional which includes no defamation of For the Love of Shopping, LLC, it owners and volunteers at an event or after. If there are any conerns, they are to be brought to For the Love of Shopping, LLC.

*For the Love of Shopping, the venue and their management and their participants, officers, agents and employees will not be held responsible for any liability claims, fire, theft or damage to person, business or products, including attorneys fees that may occur at the event. 

If an event gets cancelled due to a pandemic outbreak or Mother Nature/Act of God/Weather , we will do our best to reschedule for a future date if possible, but no refunds or credits will be issued in this situation. If we are able to reschedule and/or you cannot make the rescheduled/rain date, no refunds or credits will be issued.

By signing this Agreement, I voluntarily agree to assume all of the foregoing risks and accept sole responsibility for any injury to myself including, but not limited to, personal injury, disability, and death, illness, damage, loss, claim, liability, or expense, of any kind, that I may experience or incur in connection participation in this event. 

On my behalf, I hereby release, covenant not to sue, discharge, and hold harmless For the Love of Shopping Event planners, it employees, member, agents, volunteers and representatives, of and from all claims, including all liabilities, actions, damages, costs or expenses of any kind arising out of or relating there to. I also understand and agree that this release includes any claims based

on the actions, omissions, or negligence of For the Love of Shopping Event planners, its employees, members, agents, volunteers, and representatives, including if a COVID-19 infection occurs during, or after participation in any For the Love of Shopping Event. I also understand by not signing this release, I will not be able to participate in the event. Any dispute arising out of this Agreement shall be settled by Arbitration in Florida undeer JAMS. A pre-arbitration mediation must be conducted before arbitration is inititated. If legal action is required to be initiated against a vendor under this agreement, the vendor will be held liable for all reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with such proceedings. 

*We do highly recommend having your own liability insurance for the event, but not required.