I’m hosting a networking event, and I managed to snag a free venue that fits all of us. Problem is, it’s not a bar. No food or water provided.
My budget is honestly as close to nothing as I can get it, but I also want to provide something to people.
For water, my only idea is to get bottles od water. A water cooler would be nice, but those are expensive.
It’d be nice to have snacks too. I could just get bags of chips, maybe cookies, but I don’t know how much I need to cover ~100 people. If anyone has ideas or experience, please let me know :)
Why don’t you make it a potluck? Perhaps you can buy water cans which hold 20 litres of water and use a cheap water dispenser from Amazon. They fit in the cap of the water can. It is around 5 dollars. The manual ones would be even cheaper. Also paper cups. Lots of them 😄
As for water, you can get giant 50 or 100L bottles that can be set up as dispensers. For food I would suggest buying some kind of jumbo pack of things like a cookie sampler or pretzels from Costco.
Rice and beans are pretty cheap. Maybe tacos? You could even make it for fun by using a tiny bag of Doritos instead of taco shells.
Open a tiny bag of Doritos and put in your taco ingredients (rice, beans, beef etc.). Close the bag, crush it, and shake it.
What time of day is the event, and how casual/formal is it?
7pm to 10pm, and it’s casual. We’re just there to catch up and meet new people.
That late means you don’t have to worry about a meal, snacks are fine. A discount warehouse is your best bet here. Get a couple of trays of cookies, some large bags of chips, stuff like that.