How to Host a Virtual Happy Hour With a Real Bartender: 2 Options
The virtual happy hour routine usually goes like this: gather your guests, send out a video chat link, stock up on your favorite drinks, and enjoy the open bar (a.k.a. your kitchen) with your group. Itâs a fun, easy way to pass the time and stay connected.
But we get itâ as fun and easy as it is to enjoy a virtual happy hour, it can start to feel a little stale. The missing piece? A real bartender!
Hosting a virtual happy hour with a real bartender is a great way to up your happy hour game and make it feel more exciting and special. Itâs not often you get a bartender all to yourself, and you certainly donât get mixology lessons from them. Hiring a bartender to join in on your virtual happy hour almost makes it feel like youâre back in your favorite bar sipping on a cocktail.
Of course, the next question is: how do you hire a bartender to join in on your virtual happy hour? Well, thereâs an easy way and a hard way.
The Hard Way
The hard involves a lot of steps. First, youâve got to find a bartender. Youâve got to find someone that works in your time zone or is willing to work in your time zone and has a flexible schedule. Maybe youâre trying to impress clients, so you want to work with someone who is an expert in a certain area and has a few accolades. And above all that, youâve got to know where to look to book someone in the first place! After you find someone youâd like to work with, then you have to negotiate rates, a process many of us arenât familiar with.
Once thatâs decided, youâve got to decide on a drink. This can get a little complicated as youâre trying to think of a crowd-pleasing option. Then youâve got to send out the ingredients to your guests if you want to make sure everyone can participate, and that can get expensive. Asking everyone to buy their own is fine, but it can also mean that the experience wonât be the same for everyone. Or as luxurious.
When all of that has finally been sorted, youâve got the final step of figuring out the video platform. Whatâs best for your group? What allows you to host a large group call for longer than 45 minutes? Itâs another step on top of a list of steps, and you havenât even had a drink yet.
The Easy Way
And hereâs the easy way: contact one of Avital’s culinary curators to do the work for you. Weâve turned multiple steps into one!
With our network of highly-skilled, accomplished bartenders, we can find someone for your group easily. Weâll work with your schedule, pick out a delicious cocktail to make, and send out neatly packaged ingredient boxes that arrive before the event. One of our culinary hosts manages the video platform and helps facilitate the event, while the bartender takes over and teaches everyone how to mix a great drink. You get to sit back and enjoy your virtual happy hour, without the stress of playing host but with plenty of the credit for a fun event.
So, itâs the easy way or the hard wayâ which are you going to choose?