I need help planning corporate XMAS party!?!?!?

Question

I live in phoenix, Az and am in a huge need of Christmas Party Ideas!! I am in charge of planning the party and I have to plan far in advance to get a prime spot. Please help me.

Answer 1

While Christmas parties are great. They are also stressful for people with all of their other expectations and obligations. Some of the companies that I work for now hold their employee appreciation parties in January. You get lower prices . If you pay for it in December the company gets the write off for 08'. With the economy tanking you may want to spend a little less on each person and include immediate family. That would change the whole tone of things. So those are some things to start thinking about. Do a little informal research and find out what people liked about past events and what didn't work. A small in office thing during the work week      I.E. not a Friday when every one wants or needs to get home with food, a bigger celebration in January .

Answer 2

just look in the yellow pages

Answer 3

for about 50 guests you could find a nice restaurant to have it at in a private room or maybe rent it out for the night if it's a smaller location. any dinner cruises in your area on a river or lake someplace? we have a neat steak house where you can grill your own steaks and fish on this huge grill in the middle of the restaurant. maybe a bus after wards to a comedy club for some laughs.

you're really just going to have to drive around one day and look at places and see what may work best for your group-start in the phone book or online to get ideas of where to go. you can also ask around to co-workers of places they think would be nice.

Answer 4

How many people are you expecting?

Can you have a buffet and dancing at a country club?

Do you have any sports teams where you could rent their party box during a game?

How's your weather in December?  Is it reliable enough to do something outside?

Give us some more details and maybe tell us what the company has done before.