It’s time to organise your festive bash date
Okay, you may not have had your summer holiday yet, but believe it or not now is the ideal time to start planning your Christmas night out.
Hotels and restaurants are starting to advertise their Christmas party packages, with good discounts to be had.
As anyone who has ever had to organise an office Christmas party knows, it pays to get started with your planning as early as you can.
So, use this time while everyone else is busy talking about summer holidays to start thinking ahead to what kind of Christmas party you want to have this year.
In particular you need to start thinking about when and where you will hold this year’s festive bash.
The right venue can make or break your office party, making it a night to remember, or one your colleagues would rather forget.
And it does no harm to start ringing around and making enquiries now.
Most likely venues would welcome you making an early booking rather than having to turn you away because you left it too late.
Location is key and you want to make sure that, a) it’s easy for everyone to get to, and b) it’s big enough to fit your crowd.
Think about whether you want lots of places for people to sit down or a big dance floor, and do you want casual or formal? If it’s in a