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The International Singing Telegram Company & Nationwide Balloons
900 Moe Dr, Akron, OH 44310, United States
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Ai
Review №1

As an event planner tasked with coordinating grand opening celebrations for a national retailer, I relied on International Singing Telegram Co. to provide our event balloons for concurrent grand openings in cities across the country. The balloons always arrived on time, lasted for several days, and made our stores look great! The team is wonderful to work with too! Whenever Im planning an event, I know I can count on International Singing Telegrams to make it look great.Ive also used them to provide Santa for a community event that I had planned and again they did not disappoint. BEST Santa ever - great costume, awesome personality, and fantastic with the kiddos.Thank you International Singing Telegram Co. for making my job as an event planner easier!

Jo
Review №2

Kim, and everyone at international are awesome. They are reasonably priced, and have the best CS. I’m very happy with their services, and will definitely be using them again! Thank you for making people happy!!

Pa
Review №3

I wanted Frank Sinatra songs for my Moms birthday party and specifically requested this. I was told they could accommodate this and had a great guy. Well he really didnt do Frank songs as requested and although had a great voice I was disappointed

Ch
Review №4

I cant recommend this place more highly. They made my grandmothers 95th birthday so incredibly special with all of their hard work. If youre far from your loved ones like I am, is a great way to show someone you care, even when you cant be there. 5 stars all the way.

Je
Review №5

I work in Dining Services at The University of Akron and we have worked with Nationwide Balloons for several events. They are great to work with and super accommodating, even on short notice! They do amazing work with balloons and bring a fun and exciting atmosphere to any event! I recommend them to everyone and have never regretted it. Thanks, Kim and staff, for your hard work!

Th
Review №6

The employees are friendly and designed a beautiful balloon arrangement for my daughter. The owners of the company are completely amazing . They treat everyone like family. I highly recommend this company .

Ni
Review №7

I have known the family that owns this company for pretty much most of my life. I Worked at IST in Sales and Administration at one time. I also even played Minnie Mouse in a pinch once. However best of all I have used their services. My favorite time was for my Aunt Sara who just loves Elvis ... no really loves Elvis. I made her dreams come true with Kims help. Elvis serenaded her for her anniversary and our whole family because we do nothing small was there and it went off without a hitch!!!! The family at International helped my family create lifetime memories. From flowers and balloons to telegrams and a whole bunch in between IST can help you make memories that last.

Vi
Review №8

We did a great deal of business with IST and always with great success. Not just single orders but large orders that involved company roll outs and new product announcements on a national level that involved hundreds of cities in ONE day. We sent business leads their way on a daily basis and once the referral was made we knew the customer would be taken care of to the best of ISTs ability.Former Vice-President, Balloon Bouquets, Inc.

Br
Review №9

Provided awesome entertainment for my sons birthday! Staff was very accommodating & friendly.

Jo
Review №10

Great company staff great to work with. Need balloons for any occasion this is the place to call you wont be disappointed.

Br
Review №11

Excellent service! Prompt and perfect. Amazing staff. 💯🕺🕺

Pr
Review №12

BEWARE: I was specifically looking for a Santa with a full face, nice beard, jovial appearance and great costume. ( I myself own a mediocre, cotton costume and wanted an awesome Santa for our event this year with an amazing costume.) I requested a picture of the Santa I was booking before I would commit as I wanted to ensure the Santa look. I was pleased with the photo staff sent of Santa P. Santa Ps appearance and his velvet costume with real looking fur, and went ahead and booked.I reached out prior to our event as I had not received a booking confirmation. I left a message in without any reply. I called again the day of our event to ensure we actually had a Santa coming (It was a Sunday and they were understandably closed.) I left another VM. I had no email/phone contact for Santa P, and had to move forward by having a neighbor come prepared to be Santa for our event.I was thrilled when A Santa walked through the door, despite the fact that I had a backup Santa there, and I had scrambled all day to prepare for the possibility no Santa would show up due to the lack of communication.I was surprised it was most certainly NOT Santa P that I had booked. His costume was mediocre, red flat cotton, not real fur, I was disappointed in his appearance (He reminded me of Bad Santa) but -happy that we had an awesome Santa persona.We went over the plan, as this Santa said he had been given no instructions from your company and wasnt sure what he would be doing despite the fact that I had provided that information to you. I reviewed our simple itinerary with him.The minute he walked into the room I knew I was in for disappointment. His voice was completely un-characteristic of Santa. There was nothing Santa about it. It was of higher pitch-Nothing jovial or jolly. His appearance was ackward, almost painful-Parents in the room exchanged glances and I wished I could stop him from continuing.During the meet and greet he seemed even more nervous and uncertain of what to say to the kids, sentences were un-natural. He needed to be reminded several times to give the children their gift.I feel positively terrible as he was nice and I wish it were different.As a business owner I understand negative reviews and how you may think this may be an issue in my perception. Let me assure you-this is not the case. Several guests attendance were chattering about our Santa while in the gift shop.You can imagine my surprise when a SECOND SANTA showed up. He showed me an email, sent by your staff member E, stating that the original Santa had bailed and they were in need of a Santa for our event just a few days prior. Really? Is this why I could not get a confirmation? And this man showed up 30 minutes late if he was going to be our Santa? Im not sure exactly what was going on. -If you could not confirm you had the Santa that I booked, I wish that you would have notified me, especially considering I was not sent the Santa that I agreed to book through your company. In hindsight it seemed a very real possibility that no Santa may have arrived at all.*I reached out for a response/resolution 10 days ago. I have sent a follow up email to ensure the complaint was delivered to a supervisor/manager. A staff member C stated she printed it and handed it to her manager herself. I have still not received a single response from your company. That is shameful and extremely un-professional. I cannot imagine simply ignoring an extremely dissatisfied customer. I wish you would have reached out.

Ri
Review №13

Hired a singing telegram for a friend and she said it was the life of the party. Would definitely do this again.

An
Review №14

Great Entertainment for all occasions!

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4.6 Rating
  • Address:900 Moe Dr, Akron, OH 44310, United States
  • Site:http://www.nationwideballoons.com/
  • Phone:+1 800-886-7464
Categories
  • Balloon artist
  • Singing telegram service
  • Balloon store
  • Children's party service
  • Corporate entertainment service
  • Corporate gift supplier
  • Gift basket store
Working hours
  • Monday:9am–8pm
  • Tuesday:10am–2pm
  • Wednesday:Closed
  • Thursday:9am–8pm
  • Friday:9am–8pm
  • Saturday:9am–8pm
  • Sunday:9am–8pm
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