Any suggestions on locations to host a last-minute holiday party for about 50-100 people?

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Co-ordinator of the office party at our office spent weeks trying to find a spot - but we had specific requirements around timing. Suggest deciding upfront what you are prepared to be flexible on (e.g day of week, lunch vs dinner party, proximity to office etc).

Then blast every venue in your target area with the ask (numbers, budget, food/drinks requirements) and degrees of freedom (flex on day and time) and see who can accommodate.

They all want more business so package it in a way that if they have space in their schedule, they will fit you in.

At the end of the email be polite and say thank you for trying to help you on short notice and if they can’t make a plan, can they suggest another venue?

Include restaurants, hotels, clubs in your email blast, but also be prepared to think outside the square - e.g do a barefoot bowls evening, run a pub crawl, have an office ten pin tournament, enter the entire office in a trivia evening, find a company that can run a twilight picnic, charter busses to a place that can accommodate etc.

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