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ThoughtBox Photo Booth

ThoughtBox Photo Booth

Santa Barbara, CA
4.6 out of 5 rating, 15 Reviews
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4.6 out of 5 rating
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15 Reviews
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    Stefani Sent on 10/04/2017
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    Our wedding guests loved Thoughtbox photo booth!! The photo strips were amazing and we received a link to all the digital photo strips. They had great props and really made a fun activity for the wedding. Would recommend!
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    Sue A. Sent on 04/01/2015
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    They did follow up contacts throughout the planning of my wedding reception. They wanted everything to run as smoothly as I did! When they showed up I only needed to meet with them twice. Once to show where they were going to set up and second to let them know we were happy and ready for break down. No issues throughout the night which was wonderful! Highly recommended for customers that want fun with as little hassle and drama as possible
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    We bought a discount photo booth on Groupon. The week before our wedding; we found out that the photo booth company had gone out of business and we were without a photo booth. We called ThoughtBox photo booth two days before and they saved us! Thank you Matt, you are our hero! You saved the wedding!!!
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    Denise Sent on 07/18/2013
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    Thoughtbox was a pleasure to work with! They were very professional and their services were a great addition to our wedding day....I highly recommend them!
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    C Sent on 06/24/2013
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    This was a huge hit at my daughter's wedding and Alex and Matt were great to work with!! Even my 95 year old grandmother got in on the dress up action! The booth was there on time and ready to go when the reception started and it was filled with people most of the night. The fun and laughter my daughter and son-in-law had the following day while reviewing the photos and what people wrote in the book made it wall worth it. Highly recommend.
  • User1136567 Sent on 04/16/2013
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    I hired ThoughtBox for my wedding and it was a total success! Alex was great to work with. They do custom cut-outs as props in addition to the usual, fun hats and things. We had them do cut-outs of our cat and dog, and my husband and me while we were making faces and things. These were a huge success. Everyone had so much fun, and I've been loving and laughing out loud at the photos.
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    Anne Sent on 09/19/2012
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    ThoughtBox Photo Booth was fantastic! Matt is such a great host and he made our day so special. Matt knew we had a theme going so not only did he provide SUPER cool props for us, but he also invited us to bring our own as well...so we did! Swim caps, handle bars, and bike helmets...it was a sports nerdfest and our guests loved it! Even our 85 year old grandparents got into the fun! :) Thank you Matt and Alex! It's a night we'll certainly never forget! ~ Anne & Greg
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    Gena M. Sent on 04/29/2012
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    We were so lucky to have thoughtbox photobooth at our wedding recently. Everyone had so much fun using the photobooth, and the pictures turned out great! They were hilarious! You are able to view ALL the pictures on their website afterwards, and getting a keepsake book with everyones photo strips and wishes was a great touch. The owners were professional, helpful, friendly, and punctual. It definitely adds a lot of fun to a wedding or any party! We would highly recommend Thoughtbox photobooth! Thank you Matt and Alex!
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    Jessica Sent on 01/10/2012
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    I loved thought box, they showed up on time and were very professional! They had so many fun props!! I loved the mustaches on sticks and the chalkboards!! That's why we booked them, all of the other photo booths in town had boring props and no personality. We also LOVED our book that we got at the end. It was a hard bound book that had our names on it!! I always look at it!!

    I would highly recommend Thought box!!This photobooth company rocks!!!!
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    Annie Sent on 11/13/2011
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    Thought Box Photo Booth was one of the best things about our reception! Everyone had a great time with it and we got over 200 spontaneous, fun pictures of our guests. It was easy enough for the kids to use on their own and one of the operators stayed the whole time to assist and make sure it ran smoothly. They provided a variety of fun props (hats, mustaches, boas, etc) that everyone seemed to enjoy. Whats great about it is that it gives everyone a souvenir photo strip to take home, and one copy that gets left behind for the bride & groom to keep. We had so much fun looking through the pictures during our honey moon - and it was so gratifying to see how much fun our guests were having! It was definitely worth its weight in gold!
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    Jasmine Sent on 01/14/2012
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    Having Thought Box Photo booth at our wedding was probably the best decision we made. We asked our guests to put their filmstrips in our guest book (it prints 2 copies) and we now have a great album of our friends/family having fun (vs all the family portraits we also have). Keep in mind that this is an ACTUAL photo booth where people can have a little privacy when they take photos....which is much better than some of the "open photo booths" out there because our guests really let loose behind that curtain! The owners, Matt and his wife Alex, were amazing. They worked with us in the few weeks before for planning, they arrived and were set up on time, the booth was always working / no troubleshooting, Matt stayed the whole time to keep it running smoothly, and they are just a cool couple to work with. Hands down, best photo booth experience we could have asked for! Hopefully we can have an event to use their services at in the future.
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    Elizabeth Sent on 01/10/2012
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    We had a great experience with Thoughtbox Photobooth!

    Alex was friendly, professional, and easy to work with, and we got a great deal by booking them early after meeting them at the SB Bridal Expo (2011).

    Our guests really loved the Photobooth, and that they could download the pictures after! We really loved using the Photobooth pictures to create a guest book - it let everyone show their personality instead of just signing their names!
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    Kristin Sent on 10/30/2014
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    I posted this on the knot but as someone who just got married - online reviews were SO important in my search for vendors. I am a very thorough person and spent hours and hours pilfering through all of the possible options.
    Our guests LOVED the photobooth!
    We ended up going with the 4 hour package + guest book.
    The props were so fun and they even let us include some cardboard cut outs of our cat that we made.
    Customer service was solid and while pricey (that's Santa Barbara for you) - they were the most fairly priced of the 20+ photobooth companies that I looked at.
    Overall a great pick!
    I was not the biggest fan of how the photo strips printed - we had requested four pictures but they changed it to three because they thought it looked better (this is fine but I wish they would have let me know ahead of time). Also the printed strips looked a bit off-center and not quite aligned.
    Those are the little details that I notice - our guests had the most amazing time and the photo booth was definitely worth the price for the fun that people had.
    I definitely did my research - and for a photo booth in Santa Barbara - this was the best bet by far.
  • User915965 Sent on 08/29/2012
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    Our day-of service was great...As far as I was able to tell, everything arrived on time, worked, was what we anticipated, etc. The vendor was also flexible in meeting us at the venue when our schedule changed at the last minute, and was flexible with respect to where we wanted to locate the booth. The hard-copy guest book we received was A+, so wonderful to see all the photos of our family and friends and relive the night, and the attendant I remember being friendly and helpful. We also love how our wedding guests can log onto the website and download whatever pictures they'd like or order them from the vendor - that is a nice touch which makes it possible for our guests to continue enjoying our event past the event date. Unfortunately, however, several of our wedding guests brought to our attention the fact that another wedding's photos were linked our wedding's link for one day short of a month following our wedding was disappointing, and a bit embarrassing to explain to our guests. It got resolved so it's no big deal now, but I would say that's what affected our impression of the vendor's overall responsiveness and professionalism. Everything else was great, it was just the problem with the website which was pretty important so kind of a bummer.
  • User1481467 Sent on 12/23/2013
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    Let me first state that our wedding venue contracted out the photo booth services to ThoughtBox, so we did not have any direct contact with them. I can't rate them any higher than I have because of two main things. First, and most important, they did not spell my husband's name correctly on the photo strips. We checked and we definitely provided the correct spelling in the form that you fill out to indicate what should print on the photo strips. Clearly this is not okay since all our guests now have photo strips with my husband's name spelled incorrectly. We let them know after the wedding and asked that they reprint the photo strips with his names spelled correctly and mail them to us, but it still was not okay that it was misspelled in the first place.
    Second, they bought props. We specifically asked that there be no props. This could very well have been the venue's fault for not telling them, but I do feel like I need to note it in case they were told about this. Also, they had props that were really not good for photo booths -- like masks -- since they covered the entire faces of people.

    ThoughtBox Photo Booth's reply:

    Hi Leana,
    We are so sorry to hear you were not fully satisfied with your experience with our Photo Booth. We always try to ensure our photo strips are spelled correctly. We had even emailed the final proof to your vendor to make sure everything was spelled correct and received an approval. As for the props at your wedding, we were never aware that you did not want any props. We know that if you had come to us at any time during your wedding, we would have put all of them away immediately and would have fixed the spelling of your husband’s name. We are very sorry that this was not communicated to us before and during your wedding from your coordinator. Please feel free to contact us if there is anything we can do.

    -ThoughtBox Photo Booth Team