Xmas party. How much?.

VfM4meplse

BigAunty wrote: »

As a vegetarian, I just knew that the options would be unappealing and unimaginative.

The only way veggies do not draw the short straw on group outings is by eating at a vegetarian restaurant. An unlikely choice given that a standard Christmas meal might involve 3 different types of meat on a single plate.

codemonkey wrote: »

Just because we're DINKS, doesn't suddenly make me [STRIKE]rich[/STRIKE] stupid enough to splash £35 on a lunch that I won't even enjoy.

Corrected. If it's about value for money, £35 is just far too much full stop.

onlyroz

My company pays for our Christmas party and this year they have said we can bring a partner if we pay an extra £40. I also tend to organise a lunch for just my team and that typically comes to around £25 a head (usually somewhere like Zizzi or Carluccios).

Callie22

codemonkey wrote: »

Ours is lunch at a choice of 3 places, all of which cost £35 a head before drinks and none of which have a menu that fills me with joy. It's being organised by our office resident 'foodie' . Needless to say, I'm not going. Just because we're DINKS, doesn't suddenly make me rich enough to splash £35 on a lunch that I won't even enjoy.

Ours is the same, and I'm very tempted to not go. Work events tend to be so awkward anyway, and the Christmas one especially so - we have to go in our own time so it tends to be really rushed, and people just sit in the same groups that they sit in at the office, talking about work. If I'm going to spend £35 on a lunch then I'd like it to last more than an hour and a half! OH is self employed so doesn't get a Christmas do so we've already discussed spending the same amount of money for a nice, relaxed lunch together which is something that I'd enjoy much more.

Petra_70

No way I would pay that! :eek: DINKIE or not!

PenguinOfDeath

elisebutt65 wrote: »

I thought this was MSE? £15 is the difference between soft drinks and vino;)

I might be, but as I said in my earlier paragraph, it could be the difference between a good time and spending hours praying to the porcelain god

elisebutt65 wrote: »

Anyway I got a reply saying I was free to organise it myself :rotfl:
I.e, if you don't like it then do it yourself. So I will:D Never had any complaints yet.

Result! :j

Mr_Toad

Just had a read through this thread and it seems to be all about the money.

Nobody seems to think that it's more about celebrating Christmas or the company and a good time out with colleagues and friends.

PasturesNew

£10-15 would be my top spend. It's just a meal .... probably ponced up a bit, that you'll have to wait forever to arrive at the table ....

Certainly not worth what, for me, is a month's shopping! I'd rather trouser the £35 and get a £4 Asda pizza

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Just had a read through this thread and it seems to be all about the money.

Nobody seems to think that it's more about celebrating Christmas or the company and a good time out with colleagues and friends.

It is about the money if you've not got a lot - and not everybody's lucky enough to like/know their colleagues; few are friends.

gettingtheresometime

for various reasons I haven't been to the christmas do for a number of years though I would go out with my immediate team for a meal.

Spendless

elisebutt65 wrote: »

It's for everyone in the dept, but I'm one of the 'professionals' now, only on 50% though.


I thought this was MSE? £15 is the difference between soft drinks and vino;)

Anyway I got a reply saying I was free to organise it myself :rotfl:
I.e, if you don't like it then do it yourself. So I will:D Never had any complaints yet.

Out of curiosity, how is that going to work? Presumably your colleague already sent emails out to other people about the more expensive place? Are you now going to say that has been changed in favour of you doing it at the cheaper place instead and what about the people who have said they are happy with the first place, is there going to be 2 Christmas parties depending on which you wanted to attend?


Re- how much, I find where you live greatly influences the price, so a cheaper than £40 wouldn't have us all with food poisoning as a previous poster seems to indicate. £40 is at the higher end of what places charge here, and the places that do, seem to have more to it than just the meal. eg a few years ago, I remember somewhere charging around that price that was also having dodgem cars on the premises, or some places do a roulette table. I'd be reluctant to pay that price for 'just' a meal, but be open to it if there was a bit more on offer.

DKLS

Have never encountered having to pay for your own do, Current place has sent out comms to say, that the official do has a budget of £120 per head for the main shindig, £80 per head for the dept do and a we can expense up to £50 a head for a team meal.

Should be a good party season this year :beer: