The holidays are more fun in the Philippines, and now that office Christmas parties can now be held face-to-face again after two years, it’s always best to plan for some hassle-free celebration and fun. Securing a shared office space or meeting venue for office parties is one of the things that you must prioritize before going ahead with the rest of the party details.
Hosting a Christmas party for your small business or team is essential because it shows that you value the team’s efforts and work. It also serves as an avenue to prepare for the upcoming year, recap the business’s achievements and celebrate them, highlight employees that went beyond, and discuss the company’s goals. Learn how to plan for a smooth new normal gathering with these office Christmas Party planning tips.
Office Christmas Party Planning Tips
Allocate a budget
Your holiday party budget should cover expenses for food, drinks, dessert, venue rent, corporate raffles, prizes, giveaways, and other miscellaneous things.
It’s easier to plan such parties if you are in a small business with less than 20 employees because you can save a lot on the budget by renting a conference room as a venue for the party. This will then give you more funding for prizes, raffles, and food.
Setting a budget for the party and planning months ahead can save you because some retailers tend to raise their rates during December as the demand is high.
Divide labor
Preparing for a Christmas party is a very time-consuming task. That’s why it’s best to have committees handle a segment of the party.
Divide your employees into teams and have someone take food preparation, games and prizes, venue, and other utilities. You or your team leaders could oversee the entire process and discuss from time to time if there is a need to change some things.
When planning for such parties, it’s vital that the planning team should be flexible. For example, the team in charge of the food should also have vegetarian options on the menu to cater to their salad-loving office mates.
Book a venue ahead
Now that remote work or hybrid work structure is in, coworking spaces could be an excellent option for a party venue. Metro Manila will be very booked and busy, so you must look for a budget-friendly space where it’s accessible to the majority of the employees. Once you have reserved a venue, you can move forward with discussions on the food, games, prizes, and office party themes.
Office Christmas Party Venue for Your Team
M Spaces, located in the central business district in Ortigas, offers shared office spaces, meeting rooms, and conference rooms that could alternate as your holiday party venue.
M Spaces private offices are fully equipped for as low as Php7,000, and it even comes with 12-hour access to meeting rooms. If you have a team of digital nomads, you can utilize meeting rooms for as low as Php500 per hour.
M Spaces offers meeting and conference rooms that can cater to your small business size. M Spaces conference rooms can accommodate up to 22 people.
M Spaces meeting rooms are equipped with soundproof walls, a TV monitor, and a projector, perfect for those year-end photo slideshows.
You can decorate meeting rooms with your Christmas party theme and set up tables to place your sumptuous food and gifts for the ‘monito monita.’
Sample Office Party Program Flow
Is it your first time hosting a team celebration after the height of the pandemic? Here’s an office Christmas party program flow sample you can use for your celebration. This assumes that you will secure a 6-hour venue rental so you can adjust accordingly.
4:00 pm- Preparation and decoration based on the office party theme
5:00 pm- Assembly
5:30 pm- Fun and Games
6:30 pm- Dinner
8:00 pm- Exchange gifts and raffle draw
9:00 pm- Awarding of standout employees
10:00 pm- Pack up and cleaning
You can host various Christmas party games like white elephant, money games, and typical Filipino party games hosted at birthday parties. It’s a great way to positively celebrate a much-awaited return of face-to-face office parties and welcome 2023.
Celebrate with Safety
You can rest assured that you can celebrate easily because health and cleanliness are of utmost priority at M Spaces. Every office space and meeting room is sanitized and disinfected daily.
There’s also 24-hour security and a receptionist during operating hours, so you don’t have to worry. If you are bringing a car, here are some parking locations within the vicinity and their rates:
- Proparking – 2nd and 3rd floor
Parking Fee: Php 80 for first 2 hrs, Php30 per succeeding hour - Creekside parking lot
Parking Fee: Php 60 for first 2 hrs, Php 20 per succeeding hour, Php 180 for 8 hrs - Parking area access master & solutions inc.
Parking Fee: Php 60 for first 2 hrs, Php 100 per excess of 2 hrs up to 8 hrs, Php150 more than 8 hrs up to 12 hrs - Psecure – Pearl drive Ortigas center
Parking Fee: Php 80 for the first 2 hrs, Php 30 per succeeding hour.
Ready to kick off the holiday season? You are in for a treat because you can rent an M Spaces meeting room for as low as Php250. From Oct.1 to the end of 2022, all M Spaces meeting rooms are 50% off on the hourly rate, so you can enjoy a safe and conducive meeting venue that could work as your party venue.
Check out M Spaces virtual offices and meeting rooms for rates and services and know more about coworking in Manila. You can also contact email info@mspacesph.com or follow us on our Facebook and Instagram to learn more about our ongoing promos.
