• Throwing Cheap Christmas Events

    Date: 2009.11.25 | Category: Uncategorized | Tags: ,,

    The event is soon approaching, and you want it to be memorable. Only thing is, since the economy took a turn for the worse, the pennies are kinda tight at the moment, getting in caters or calling your local Chinese takeway is never cheap. Heres how you event can go off with a bang, without putting a bigger hole in your wallet.

    • Doing the food yourself. Now with an event you’ve got hundreds of things to organise, and if someone has been hired to take care of it- that’ll help. BUT, you gotta save the pennies, and your not liking the prices the outdoor catering firm has quoted. So although its another chore to do, itll be cheaper to do it by yourself. This may work out for you, as you now have total control over what you want to serve to your guests. This way you can make that wheat free meal for the family member who cant eat wheat.
    • Get help from family and friends. Seeing as your now holding the event yourself, your gonna need to call in those favours to get this done. Call in those favours and get family members or anyone with time on their hands to help out. All hands on deck for this one, and the more hands you have the quicker it gets done and you can move onto something else.
    • Use a cheaper brand when shopping. If you dont mention it many of your guest wont even notice that you’ve swapped for a cheaper brand. During a recession we really shouldnt start being snobbish over eating a cheaper brand of food. This will save on some more pennies, allowing you maybe to buy more or put that money saved into something else.
    • Use you house as the venue for the event. Yes, its not as glamourous as what you had planned, but you can get away with it. The money you’ve saved on not booking a hall can be put back into the bank. For a bigger event you could even, as long as you permission, use a location out in the countryside, for a touch of class.