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 :)
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.
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.