Did you know there’s an ART to party hosting? Learn the secrets from the pros with The Art of Party Hosting email series!
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This special Expose from the party hosting masters at SHOT will give you a candid look at the results we received from polling our massive community of hosts and party guests about the things they dislike most about parties! In the spirit of us all honing our hosting skills together, get your hands on this fun, funny, candid look at the results we received from polling our community of 25,000 plus party hosts and guests (not to mention our 25 years of successes and – er – mistakes…) by entering your email address on the right!
The party hosting space has changed. We have all grown accustomed to hanging out at home, not seeing people, wearing sweats and going to bed early. As party hosts, our competition is no longer the better party across the street – it’s Amazon Prime’s entire streaming catalogue.
But how do we, as hosts, gently coax the elusive Party Guest from the cave in which they spend their Saturday night?
By giving them a rip-roaring, hilariously fun time that no one will EVER forget.
But how do we do that? It’s more than just playing games (yes, even a murder mystery game), slicing cake (although cake does rule) and serving epic themed drinks.
We’ve been saying it for years, now we are just saying it louder – there is an ART to party hosting.
Are you mastering the art, or just throwing a glorified kegger?
If you’ve read this far, I think we both know the answer.
You want to create an amazing experience for your people – your friends, your family, your chosen family, your kids, your parents, your co-workers and everyone in between. You get a high off being THE host, having everyone tell you what an amazing event you threw. You create name tags, place cards, flower-wrapped napkin rings – you think of the things that make a party truly special, instead of just another get together that’s quickly forgotten and easily miss-able.
Netflix and a onesie, my friends.
Of course you want your party to be next-level!
And while it always starts out this way, with high ambitions, adulting tends to get in the way. (Laundry, amiright?)
This is why we created The Art of Party Hosting email series!
The tips you will receive when you sign up are the same tactics and strategies we use each time we throw a murder mystery party or event, for ourselves or clients, for one night or a multi-day getaway – and now we are sharing it with you for free!
Why free?
Well, firstly, we love hanging with other hosts and sharing ideas. The topics we cover on the Shot In The Dark Mysteries blog, The Art of Party Hosting, have been curated over two decades of party hosting and event planning. In this time, we have designed mysteries for Chrysler Egypt’s cross-desert press trip, hosted a murder mystery Christmas party for Petro Canada, threw events for Red Hat chapters, planned and hosted mystery launch parties in amazing cities like Copenhagen, and planned interactive three-day events for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, just to name a few.
We have thrown small birthday parties of 12 people and large fundraisers of 250+ people using our mystery parties, and attended even more. We don’t claim to be experts on what TO do 100% of the time, but we certainly have become experts on what NOT to do.
Mistakes were made, friends – by us and by others.
The second reason is that we hope that one day, you, as a host, will get to know us well enough to want to throw your friends a SHOT mystery party!
But even if that never happens, we are here with party hosting tips, advice, and more – we even have a podcast talking about party hosting – how we do it, how others do it, how to stay sane, stress-free and more!
So, enter your information to sign up for The Art of Party Hosting email series and instantly receive, to your inbox, the Expose: 11 Things Your Guests HATE About Your Party (but would never tell you to your face)…
And get ready to throw the easiest, most stress-free, most organized party, leaving even you, the host, relaxed enough to enjoy your party and be crowned the Best Host Eva.
Murder mystery party tip!
Get the package that fits your CONFIRMED guests, not the “maybes” and “on-the-fencers”. We live this hosting life, and know that not everyone can firm up an RSVP (and let’s face it, some are just flaky… yup, we are just dropping truth today…). The packages are designed to have everyone, even if they aren’t a suspect themselves, be fully involved with the mystery, so don’t worry about anyone feeling like they aren’t involved. Trust us – most times the Sleuths have more fun than the Suspects.
Try this Hosting Hack when planning your next party, and let us know how it goes!
