When planning a holiday party, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the details of the event. This season, if you stay true to your vision, stick to your event budget, and enlist the help of Best Venues professionals, your holiday party will be a stress-free event for everyone involved! To ensure the party is a quality experience, we put together a few party planning rules to make everyone feel the holiday cheer.
What Kind Of Party?
Always create an outline of the event you have envisioned for the holiday extravaganza. This allows your research, details, and budget to be focused and goal-oriented.
Are you planning a sit-down dinner or something more casual like a cocktail party? If you’re leaning towards a dinner party, consider a buffet. Serving dinner buffet-style allows dishes to get out quickly and the food stays warm as the guests help themselves.
For a relaxed cocktail party atmosphere, have a variety of hors d'oeuvres picked out and schedule them to circulate throughout the entire night. It’s usually better to have light meals and desserts if you want the party to last longer and have less of a dinner party feel.
Having these details narrowed down, and summarized will make it easy to articulate your holiday party vision to your event planner. With Best Venues once you submit the Organize an Events inquiry you can expect to hear back from an event planning professional within 24 hours
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Paying For The Event
There are countless ways to pay for holiday events without breaking your budget. The way the event is funded depends on who the holiday party is for.
If you’re planning an event for family and friends, reach out to your siblings to see who is willing to help fund and organize the party. People are giving during this time of year so don’t hesitate to ask for help. If it’s a company party, think of fun ways to get employees on board for fundraising and voting on the type of entertainment they want to have. If you enlist the help of Best Venues it will be less of a hassle to get people on board as contacts for keeping up to date with the event organizer.
No matter who the event is for, the next step is to create an event budget that includes everything you might need, and verify the amount with whoever you’re planning the event with. Once you have a set amount, Best Venues will work with you on staying within your budget while
finding the perfect venue, and vendors to give your holiday party the direction that it needs.
If you’re someone who is responsible with credit cards and want to take advantage of your role planning and paying for the event, use a travel rewards credit card to initially pay for the cost of the event. With the money saved in your budget pay it off at the end of the month and
earn miles for a winter vacation at a discounted price to celebrate all your hard work this year. Best Venues based on the booking value of your event, you can earn special rewards to make the party, and savings, a holiday gift of their own.
Key Takeaways
Once the holiday season begins, calendars begin to fill up fast. It’s important to send out invitations three to five weeks before the party. To guarantee the party is a success it needs to be on everyone’s radar. Send regular email updates to your guests to make sure all of your planning, and Best Venues work, is enjoyed by a packed house.
The holiday season is well known for being full of joy and excitement. With these tips, you will surely be off to a stress-free and memorable holiday party.
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