Laredo's December has a peculiarity worth knowing: the city's biggest civic celebration is not Christmas but the Washington's Birthday Celebration in February, a month-long binational festival that has run since 1898. December is comparatively quiet, which means venues are available and reasonably priced when they would be scarce elsewhere.
Nine options and their trade-offs.
1. A hosted murder mystery at your own venue
Ours, and first because we come to you at a time that fits the port's round-the-clock rota. Some employers here run it twice in a day to catch two shifts.
It also works in a bilingual room, because the game gives everyone the same facts to work from.
2. A salón or event hall
The local standard for a company celebration, affordable, and sized for a big headcount. It is a blank room, which is why it needs something planned in it.
3. A restaurant buyout
Very good value here and December availability is genuinely better than in most cities. Book by October.
4. A daytime lunch
The strongest option for a workforce that runs around the clock, and cheaper.
5. A catered carne asada at the workplace
Popular, genuinely local, and it works in your own space with no venue at all.
6. A hotel ballroom
Right for a few hundred people at low rates.
7. An outdoor patio event
December here is mild and dry — one of the few American cities where an outdoor December party is comfortable rather than brave.
8. A cooking class
Good for twenty to thirty and reliably indoors.
9. Charitable giving instead of an event
Well received in this community. Not a party by itself.
Timing
December is easier here than most places, but we still ask for about 45 days, so late October is the practical last call.
If the port never stops and one evening date leaves half the team out, 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.