F.A.Q.

Q.Typical cost per shower?
A. $5 for 5 minutes

Q. How do you dispose of grey water?
A. We have two 3,000 gallon holding tanks to hold the grey water. We are also capable of dumping it into a sewer.

Q. What do you need for fresh water?
A. We need access to a hydrant, or we need the water to be trucked in and then we can hold it in our fresh water holding tanks.

Q. How much space do you need?
A. We need a FLAT, hard surface (cement, gravel, or grass) that is 70 feet long and 40 feet wide.

Q. How long does a typical shower take?
A. 15 minutes - 5 minutes to "prepare" for the shower, 5 minutes for the actual shower, and then 5 minutes to dry off and get dressed.

Q. Are the showers cleaned after each customer?
A. Yes, we pride ourselves on being clean.

Q. Typically, what are the hours of operation for the shower.
A. 6 AM - 10 PM

Q. What does Maui Shower provide?
A. In addition to a HOT shower, you can purchase soap, shampoo, and towels at the event.

Q. How do patrons pay for a shower?
A. There is always a Maui Shower employee at the trailer at all times. The only payment we accept is cash.

Q. How do the showers work?
A. It's just like a car wash. You will receive a token. Put the token into the slot in the shower. The timer will begin to count down from 5:00. The shower will beep when you have 1 minute left. Then after time has run out, the shower automatically stops.

Q. How do I get a price quote? Or how do I reserve a trailer?
A. Call Sam Watts at: 952-892-5706. Or email him at: sam@mauishower.com

Q. How many patrons can shower before you run out of water?
A. We can shower 1,100 patrons before we need more water.

Q. How do you keep the water hot all the time?
A. We carry a 125 gallon, diesel fired, commercial grade water heater.

Q. Is that cute Events Coordinator single?
A. No, sorry he is married to a very beautiful girl from Illinois.

Q. Did the Events Coordinator type the "F.A.Q." section?
A. Maybe...

ABOUT MAUI SHOWER

THE HISTORY OF MAUI SHOWER COMPANY

The year is 1997. Summer is in full swing by the looks of the public swimming pools and little league baseball fields. This is the time of year that every kid loves; no responsibility, no homework, no cares in the world. But while all the kids are outside playing, there is one 16 year old girl who is busy with something else. Something far more important than child's play. She is getting ready for her first multi-day music festival.

This girl is Alison, the daughter of Tim Watts (CEO of Maui Shower). Alison is your normal teenage girl; she gets good grades, she's active in the church youth group, and she has an adorable younger brother. This is her first outdoor festival that she has been to, and she can hardly contain her excitment. She looks through her checklist and back at her suitcase, triple-checking to make sure has packed everything she needs. "Four t-shirts; check", she says. "One sweatshirt; check. Soap; check", she added.

RING. RING.

The phone ring startled Alison. She ran over and picked it up. "Hello?" she asked. "Alison, hey, what's going on?" It was her friend Susan. Susan was also going to the music festival. "Hey Susan, not much is going on, just packing", Alison replied. "Are you bringing your swimsuit?" Susan asked. "No, why would I do that?" Alison questioned. "Because, they have a river at the festival, and that's the only clean water at the festival", Susan said. "You mean, they don't have any sort of shower house or anything?" Alison asked. "No, they don't", Susan said, noticing that Alison's tone had turned from excitment to dissapointment.

Alison finished her conversation with Susan by telling her that she was not going to a four day music festival and not take a shower. I mean, for pete's sake, there will be boys there.

Alison walked downstairs and into the kitchen where her parents were sitting.

"What's wrong?" asked Tim. "I'm not going to the music festival", replied Alison. "But you've been looking forward to this for so long, why the change of heart?" Tim shot back to her. "There are no showers there, and I'm not going to an outdoor event in the middle of July, and not taking a shower", Alison said.

That statement stuck with Tim. 'Why would an event in the middle of the summer not have a shower facility', Tim pondered. He thought to himself that surely this was just a problem with this certain event. But as he began to look around at different festivals in the area, he noticed that none of them had showers; and if they did, they were not very pleasent.

This got Tim's mind thinking, 'What if I build a shower trailer that can be pulled around to different music festivals?'

Well a few years past and Tim hadn't acted on his idea . His real job always kept getting in the way. But he never completely lost the idea either. He was always doddling ideas of the trailer on pieces of paper at work. He wrote up a buisness plan, and started timing his showers to see how long it takes him to take a shower. The problem was that he certainly did not have the expense to finance such a big project himself, and didn't have any partners to rely on.

Fast forward to 2004. Alison marries Jon, who with his brother, become interested in this crazy shower idea that Tim has thought up. Jon wants to see the buisness plan. Tim and Jon begin to talk about this shower idea more seriously. Finally, after researching for months about trailers, plumbing, generators, water holding tanks, and anything else they could think of, they took their plans to Featherlite Trailers.

Featherlite took the plans and changed some things, moved them to different areas, and took some unneccasary parts out. After 6 months of engineering and building, the first Maui Shower trailer rolled off the production line.

After eight years of planning, Maui Shower was not an idea anymore; it was reality.

Maui Shower is now in it's fourth year of buisness, and has three Maui trailers on the road for 40 weeks out of the year. The 2008 season is shaping up to be the biggest for Maui Shower Company. Look for us at an event near you. To find out where we will be in 2008, check out our "Schedule" page.