Event Planners - A Budget-Friendly Advice to Organize a Great Event
As an office manager here in sunny LA, I am often asked to organize some of the parties for our small companies. In the past, dinner and drinks was an easy standby, but the weak economy has put a damper on that sort of fun and budget constraints prohibit that kind of spending on an event. An event planner friend of mine suggested that for a really fun Los Angeles corporate event, we could try indoor karting at a facility in nearby Thousand Oaks: fun, slightly competitive, slightly team-oriented, silly, and relatively inexpensive. It was a perfect recommendation.
When it comes to planning a corporate event Los Angeles doesn’t offer that many convenient and inexpensive options, unless senior management’s idea of a good time is the playground at McDonald’s. Kart racing was both fun and budget-oriented. Planning the quarterly office party there made me a hero/superstar to a lot of management, as they all had a great time trying to one-up each other on the raceway in the same way they try to one-up each other every day in the office.
The venue helped plan the party, including arranging for food delivery and providing a comfortable private room for us to relax in and laugh about the morning races before hitting the track again in the afternoon. They customized a package for a party, the cost of which was less than half what it would have cost us to throw the usual dinner-bar party that ushered in new fiscal quarters in better economic times. Management seemed to have so much fun that I think karting could become a semi-annual tradition - if the company doesn’t form a competitive team to race against other companies. When you can make it so people have more fun for less, you really look like a hero, which is exactly how I looked thanks to the people at the indoor go-kart track.
Los Angeles corporate event planning used to be much easier when the company budget allowed for what seem now like outrageous expenses on office parties. While I will need another good idea for the next quarterly party - racing every quarter might be too much of a good thing - I am glad to have found this venue, which makes my job a whole lot easier. I now know that when it comes to planning an affordable corporate event, Los Angeles isn’t completely devoid of options.