Atlanta holiday parties fail for one of two reasons: the venue was booked in November when everything good had gone in September, or it was held downtown on a weeknight and a third of the company decided the drive was not worth it.
Nine options, with what each actually costs you.
1. A hosted murder mystery at your venue
Ours, and first because it removes both failure modes. We come to your office or a room you already have, so you are not competing for a restaurant in the busiest fortnight of its year, and you can run it in the late afternoon so people beat the traffic home.
It also fixes the thing that makes office parties dull, which is that everyone sits with their own team. Characters and secrets make that impossible.
2. A restaurant buyout
The standard. Book by September for December; by late October the good private rooms in Buckhead and Midtown are gone. Priced per head and the bar is where it escalates.
3. A hotel ballroom
Right for several hundred people, overkill below that. Formal, expensive, and large enough that the room fragments.
4. A brewery or distillery buyout
Good value and plentiful. Relaxed, which suits some companies and not others, and non-drinkers become spectators without some thought.
5. A venue at Ponce City Market or the Westside
Characterful and a genuine draw. They book early and the good ones are not cheap, but the building does some of the work for you.
6. A daytime lunch instead
Badly underrated in this city specifically. Attendance is far better when nobody has to face I-285 at seven in the evening, and it costs a fraction of a dinner.
7. A cooking or cocktail class
Good for twenty to thirty. Everyone has something to do, which covers the first half hour when nobody has drunk anything yet.
8. Topgolf or an arcade venue
Easy, casual, and it handles a wide headcount. Conversation is limited by volume, which some offices consider a feature.
9. Charitable giving instead of an event
Well received, genuinely worthwhile, and not by itself a party. Works best alongside something rather than in place of it.
Book in September
Anything needing a venue in December should be settled by the end of September here. We ask for about 45 days, so early October is the practical deadline for the first half of December.
If you want the version where people actually mix and nobody sits in traffic to get there, We bring the host, the storyline and every piece of the game to your venue, and we ask for about 45 days so it can be staffed and prepared properly. Pricing and availability shows what your guest count works out to, you can book a date directly, and the contact page reaches a person if you would rather talk it through first.