Venue Fell Through? All Hope is Not Lost

3 Min Read By Azure Collier

While hospitality-related businesses can be unpredictable, there’s one thing that for sure: peak party season is in December.

Even within peak party season, the patterns are consistent. In early December, the number of events starts rising. Each weekend, there are more parties than the week before, and then you hit peak party night on the Friday before Christmas. In 2017, that’s December 22.

For the people throwing parties, the earlier the venue is secured the better. In fact, data from Tripleseat, a cloud-based sales and event management software company, shows that those peak party season bookings start right after Labor Day and hit critical mass in mid-November. For example, on November 14 this year, there were twice as many bookings then on the average day. Then, about the third week of November, it all slows way way down.

And most of the venues for most of the nights? They’re already booked.

Now, imagine you’re in charge of planning your company party. You totally had…