The surprise, and how it is prepared
Nine times out of ten the bride-to-be knows nothing. That imposes two precautions: a billing address that is not hers, and timing kept to the minute, because the group must be there before us. We call the organiser, never the person concerned, and the driver does not sound the horn on arrival. Just tell us which first name the crew may announce and which one they must not say before the right moment.
A truck for a stag day
Groups of men book less often, and almost always at the end of the day, after a physical activity: karting, paintball, a treetop course, a hired pitch. The truck parks on the site’s car park, which simplifies everything: space, hard ground, no neighbours to consider. Just check that the site operator allows outside catering, because some run their own bar and forbid it by contract.
A short stop in a packed day
A hen or stag day rarely stands still: brunch, activity, terrace, then the evening. Our most requested slot lasts one hour, often mid-afternoon, between two stages. The truck parks where the group already is, serves, and leaves. Nobody loses half a day waiting for dessert, and the organiser has no extra venue to book.
Where we park for a group of fifteen
A private garden, a ground-floor terrace, the car park of a rented holiday house, the yard of a hall hired by the hour: those are the pitches we see most. On the street a permitted parking bay is required, requested from the municipality a few days ahead. We will say plainly if an address does not work rather than discover the problem on site.
Quantities for a small group
Orders start at 100 pieces, which is more than a dozen people will eat: groups often share the surplus with neighbours, family or the holiday house team. The friends organising usually take 100 pieces for fifteen to twenty participants, with drinks added. Below that threshold a journey makes no sense for us, and we prefer to say so rather than work around it.
The surprise, without the logistics
You give us an address and a time, we turn up. No caterer to brief, no dishes to return, no kitchen to book. The truck parks, serves, and leaves: the surprise lasts as long as it needs to and leaves nothing to clear away.
Indoors or outdoors
Outside an Airbnb rented for the weekend, in a courtyard, beside a park, on a venue car park: we need an accessible spot with room to park. The Velo Truck is more compact and gets where a van cannot, which is useful in a city centre or a narrow street.
What it costs for a small group
Orders start at 100 pieces, which suits a group of around fifteen who go back for seconds, and there is always some left for the next day. At €3.90 a piece, a surprise for fifteen people stays within a brunch budget, with far more impact.