Every Buffalo company has a story about the year the holiday party was cancelled by snow. Planning around that possibility rather than hoping it away is the single most useful thing you can do.
Nine options and their trade-offs.
1. A hosted murder mystery at your own venue
Ours, and first for the obvious reason: a party at your own office happens whatever the roads are doing, and nobody drives across town in a storm to get to it.
It also gets people out of their own departments.
2. A restaurant buyout
Good value here. Book by September for December.
3. A hotel ballroom
Right above a couple of hundred people, and a downtown hotel means guests can stay if the weather turns.
4. A brewery buyout
Good value and casual. Non-drinkers need thought.
5. A historic venue
Buffalo's architecture is genuinely remarkable and several buildings do events. Long lead times.
6. A daytime lunch
Much better attended in December here, and nobody drives home in the dark on ice.
7. A Sabres game
Indoors, central and popular. Everyone faces the same way for three hours.
8. A cooking or cocktail class
Good for twenty to thirty and reliably indoors.
9. Charitable giving instead of a party
Well received in this city. Not an event by itself.
Timing
Settle December by the end of September, and whatever you book, decide in advance what happens if there is a driving ban. We ask for about 45 days, so early October is the practical deadline.
If you want the party that goes ahead in a storm rather than the one that gets cancelled, 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.