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History of the Porta Potty

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When you're at an outdoor concert or are having your home bathroom remodeled, those rental porta potties can be your best friend. Many places where building a bathroom with standard plumbing is impossible or impractical are made accessible and comfortable by bringing in porta potties. Also known as porta johns, tidy johns and port-o-lets, you can find them everywhere from the presidential inauguration to the Grand Canyon. In fact, the largest ever gathering of these facilities was at Barak Obama's inauguration in 2009, with a whopping 5,000 porta potties on hand. So, how did it all begin? 1940s The shipyards of Long Beach...

Planning Porta Potty Rentals for your Outdoor Events

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Let's face it: it's pretty easy to plan an indoor event. Line up your food and beverage requirements, get a grasp on the guest list, sign a contract, and BAM! You're all set to go. An outdoor event, however, is an entirely different ballgame. What if it rains? Where are people going to park if you don't have a parking lot?...

Porta Potty Rentals for Events: Family Reunions

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A large family reunion doesn’t take place every day. The mood is exceptional as people who haven’t seen each other for years share stories and tears, not to mention phone numbers and recipes. This congenial atmosphere is shared by all in attendance, as are the brownies and soda. Though the planner of the family gathering seems to have remembered everything, including...

Wedding Planning on Pinterest

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Pinterest is a two year old social bookmarking site that has recently boomed in popularity during 2011. Pinterest acts as a virtual pinboard, allowing users to create and curate aesthetic content and ideas. Pinterest is unique due to its visually-oriented nature, and serves as a source of inspiration for users, providing interior decorating ideas, recipe suggestions, and event planning guides. While Pinterest...

Portable Restroom Rentals for ANY Event

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The comfort and convenience of your event's guests is naturally your number one priority. Because of this, you need to make sure that their needs are taken care of before they can even anticipate having a need. This even extends as far as the restroom facilities. While no one really likes to talk about the facilities, they are one of...

Construction Site Porta Potties for When You gotügo

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A lot goes on at construction sites. After all, getting a building together is a complex process with a large number of variables involved. With this being the case, it's a foregone conclusion that the job of keeping the process moving along gets more complicated with each passing day. Fortunately, there are some ways to keep your sites cleaner, more...

Porta Potty Rentals: Top Four Reasons to Rent Portable Restrooms

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Picture the scene: you are attending a corporate event and you are surrounded by influential people you want to network and socialize with. Everything seems to be going well - the talks are informative and the coffee and tea is flowing freely. Suddenly, you become aware that the drinks are not the only thing flowing freely - you need to go...

Gotugo is Proud to Donate its Time and Services to this Year’s Timonium Motorcycle Show!

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Gotügo is proud to donate its time and services to this year's Timonium Motorcycle Show at the Maryland State Fairgrounds on February 10 - 12, 2012! Don't miss this huge custom and antique bike show featuring many stage and celebrity appearances such as Michele Smith, Ron Finch, Feather Free Zone Bike, the USBikerLaw.com 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Memorial Chopper, Kundratic Kustom Mach Five, THE PATRIOT – A Tribute to the Corps.,  I.C.E. Jeff Kessel, Roland Morrison as well as A Tribute to Racing Great Gary Nixon. There are many different contests and silent auctions...

Gotugo is Proud to Donate its Time and Services to the 16th Annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge!

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Once again, gotügo is very proud to donate its time and services to the 16th Annual MSP Polar Bear Plunge on January 28, 2012! The MSP Polar Bear Plunge will take place at Sandy Point Beach, Annapolis, Maryland. All benefits go towards Special Olympics Maryland and the thousands of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Because of incredible fundraisers like the MSP Polar Bear Plunge...these individuals are able to experience the life-changing benefits of participating in the Special Olympics Maryland's year-round training and competition programs at no cost to themselves or their families. Come...

What Kind of Portable Restroom Do You Need?

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A bear goes in the woods. We know this. But where do construction workers, wedding guests and festival-goers go while outside, far away from the comforts of normal bathrooms? The nearby café or hotel would answer that question with “elsewhere.” When planning an outdoor event or project for groups of people, there is one important thing that should not be...