The Salt Lake holiday party has one question to settle before any other: is there a bar, and what does that mean for the part of your team that does not drink. Get it wrong and a third of the room spends the evening holding a soft drink at the edge.
Nine options and their trade-offs.
1. A hosted murder mystery at your own venue
Ours, and first because the entertainment is the game rather than the bar, so everybody is equally in it. We come to your office, which also removes the snow risk.
It gets people out of their departments too, which is the usual failing.
2. A restaurant buyout
Good value here. Book by September for December.
3. A hotel ballroom
Right for a few hundred people and downtown has capacity at sensible rates.
4. A canyon lodge
Genuinely special in December and a real draw. Weather is a live risk — have a plan for a closed canyon.
5. A daytime lunch
Better attended and cheaper, and it neatly sidesteps the bar question entirely.
6. An ice skating outing
The Gallivan Center rink is central and cheap. An hour, and not for everyone physically.
7. A cooking or cocktail class
Good for twenty to thirty. A cooking class includes everyone; a cocktail class does not.
8. A Jazz game
Easy and popular. Everyone faces the same way for three hours.
9. Charitable giving instead of an event
Very well received in this city. Not a party by itself.
Timing
Settle December by the end of September. We ask for about 45 days, so early October is the practical last call.
If you want a party where nobody is standing at the edge of it, 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.