Phone pouches for Christmas parties and work lunches
Once a year the whole team is in the same room and off the clock. Make it count by putting work away properly.
Why phone pouches for Christmas parties?
A Christmas party is meant to be the moment work stops, and most people spend it half-present instead. Lockabl seals every phone as people arrive, so the occasion belongs to the people at the table.
- A team properly off duty, not answering email between courses
- The conversations that never happen when everyone is looking down
- Nothing from the evening turns up on a feed the next morning
- Nobody hands a phone over, so nothing is lost or mixed up
The lunch is the harder one
An evening party at least feels like time off. A Christmas lunch sits inside a working day, so people arrive with their inbox still open and drift back to it between courses.
Nobody wants to be the only one
Putting your phone away while everyone else is holding theirs feels like opting out. Sealing them all at once removes that, and the pressure to look available goes with it.
For a team that is rarely together
If people work remotely, this is often the only occasion all year in the same room, which makes it the worst possible one to spend on a screen.
How Lockabl works here
Each guest seals their phone into a pouch as they arrive and keeps it with them. A second on the magnetic Unlocker opens it on the way out, or at any point during the meal if someone needs to make a call.
Pouch it
Each phone slides into a padded, weatherproof pouch that stays with its owner the whole time.
Lock it
A quick one-press lock seals the pouch shut - it can’t be opened until you allow it.
Release it
A tap on the magnetic Unlocker opens the pouch in a second. No queues, no handovers.
Christmas Parties: questions, answered
Can people still be reached during a phone-free Christmas party?
Yes. Lockabl pouches do not block signal, so a phone inside one still rings and vibrates as normal. Anyone who needs to take a call opens their pouch on an Unlocker in a second, which is why we suggest keeping one wherever people come and go.
Will the team actually enjoy it?
Most people want to switch off and find it hard to do alone, because putting your phone away while everyone else is holding theirs feels like opting out. Sealing them all at once removes that. The pressure to look available disappears when nobody at the table is checking anything.
Does this work for a Christmas lunch rather than an evening party?
A lunch is often the better case. An evening party at least feels like time off, whereas a lunch sits in the middle of a working day, so people arrive with their inbox still open and drift back to it between courses. Sealing phones at the table is what turns two hours into an actual break.
Is this about stopping photos being shared?
That is a consideration rather than the main point, but it is a real one. A work event with a drink in hand is one of the few occasions where a phone can create something that outlasts the evening, and it is usually the organisation that carries it. Sealing phones removes that for everyone equally, which staff tend to appreciate as much as employers do.
Does this work for a remote or hybrid team?
This is where it earns its keep. For a distributed team the Christmas do is often the only occasion all year in the same room, which makes it the worst possible one to spend on a screen.
Do we have to collect everyone’s phone in?
No, and that is rather the point. Nobody surrenders a phone, so there is nothing to lose, mix up or hand back to the wrong person, and the company never becomes responsible for somebody else’s device.
How many pouches do we need, and can we rent for one day?
One pouch per guest plus a small margin for late additions, and an Unlocker at each entry and exit so nobody queues. Most Christmas bookings are a single date; venues and offices running a season of parties and lunches usually take a block of December dates, which works out cheaper per day. Send us your headcount and dates for an itemised quote.
Reserve your pouches for Christmas 2026.
December runs on a fixed number of pouches. Send us your date and rough headcount and we will reserve yours.