Planning Pod

AUGUST 16, 2023

From managing leads to sending professional invoices, you can manage every interaction with just a few clicks to scale and streamline your business. Ready to make your CRM for event management work for you? Here’s everything you need to know to streamline, manage, and grow your business with modern CRM solutions.

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Planning Pod

AUGUST 8, 2022

Running a catering business looks much different today than it did 25 years ago. Still, despite major advancements in technology and a growing expectation of instantaneous, online access, it’s not uncommon to find a catering company still relying on old-school paper and processes for their event management solution.

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Planning Pod

JUNE 10, 2022

Catering software has become one of the most popular ways to streamline operations among caterers, restaurants, hotels and event venues, and for good reason … because it enables venue and catering businesses to automate processes, create timesaving workflows and serve customers better with fewer staff. Planning Pod.

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Planning Pod

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The fact that hotels use a half dozen or more software systems to manage all their operations is commonly accepted as “business as usual”. Unfortunately, for many hotel sales staff and catering managers, this often cobbled-together assembly of stand-alone applications and manual processes hinders them from actually doing business.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 17, 2023

. “BEO” is an acronym for “Banquet Event Order” – but these event management documents are essential even if you don’t plan banquet-style events. Event itinerary/schedule. Specific room setup instructions (including audio-visual details, floor plans, decor, etc.).

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Planning Pod

JULY 13, 2022

They also boast a large event space and a full race track. Each year, the museum hosts up to 400 in-house and private events. Prior to Planning Pod, the special event planning team relied on a complex event management system that required multiple platforms, manual transferring of information and hours of work updating event details.

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Planning Pod

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Catering companies with mobile set-ups come with their own unique set of event planning needs. And for Cascadia Pizza , a full-service food truck and catering business, those planning needs are even more niche. However, with so many customized events, there are a lot of details to keep up with.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Examples include: Lead management tools for collecting leads via lead intake forms you can embed into your website; notifying users of new incoming leads; and pipeline tracking and reminders. Reusable templates for quick-turn proposals, contracts, invoices, BEOs, food-and-beverage packages / menus, floor plans and more.

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Planning Pod

APRIL 2, 2020

And, in the end, whether your event will succeed or not. Yes, a lot is riding on your event layout design. But if you follow these nine best practices, you will have a solid foundation on which to create event floor plans that will keep your attendees in awe and coming back for more.

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The Road to Marriage

JULY 1, 2023

Contrary to popular belief, professional wedding planning (and event coordination) is about so much more than managing the wedding day. Designing floor plans – there are so many things to do. Your planner or coordinator is like your wedding’s project manager. Vetting vendors. Creating checklists.

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Eventtia

JUNE 28, 2023

In recent years, event management software has revolutionized the way event planners and businesses plan, manage, organize, and execute events of different types and of all sizes: from simple virtual meetings to in-person trade shows and conferences to stadium concerts.

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Planning Pod

JULY 7, 2020

This year has been extremely difficult for any industry, but the looming pandemic and ongoing social distancing continues to be particularly challenging for the event management industry and the event venues whose business is all about getting people together. Floor plans. All the nitty-gritty details.

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

From the wedding venue and decor rentals down to caterers and florists, every good wedding planner needs equally awesome vendors to help them pull off their big wedding day plans, which makes building and maintaining a relationship with them a top priority. And you need to be on top of all of it.

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As CEO and co-founder of Planning Pod, I’m glad these venue owners, managers and staff are asking questions like these to make sure they choose the right platform that best fits their needs. Event Booking Management + Calendar. Room / Space Management. Floor Plan Setup Design Tool. Planning Pod.

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Planning Pod

JUNE 25, 2020

Of course, when mixing shapes and sizes, be sure that you will still have room in your event floor plan for guests and staff to easily maneuver around each table when guests are seated. Use technology to streamline the layout process. COVID-19 Tip: Use the digital party seating chart tool to measure proper distancing.

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Planning Pod

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The fact that hotels use a half dozen or more software systems to manage all their operations is commonly accepted as “business as usual”. Unfortunately, for many hotel sales staff and catering managers, this often cobbled-together assembly of stand-alone applications and manual processes hinders them from actually doing business.

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Planning Pod

JULY 9, 2021

When wedding planners and/or wedding venues are considering using our software, they often ask how Planning Pod compares to our competitors … that is, Planning Pod vs Aisle Planner vs Honeybook. Task & Project Management. Files & Note Management. Event Floor Plan Design Tool. Planning Pod.

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Planning Pod

JULY 27, 2022

Here at Planning Pod, we build venue and event management software tools that help our customers close more business, so we want to do everything in our power to help them improve and grow. source: Spotio ). Service and staffing requirements (including outside vendors) AV and equipment requirements.

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Planning Pod

JANUARY 28, 2021

If you run an event venue, you know that your business can’t afford to waste time and resources with inefficient manual processes and lengthy workarounds. This inevitably led to hiring additional event professionals to manage her disparate systems, costing the venue more money and eating away at profit margins.

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Eventtia

MAY 27, 2022

Hybrid events have become necessary because the vast majority of people who are no longer able to travel to conferences. With flight restrictions out of the country, and even between states—bringing your event into people’s homes and catering to local audiences has never been so important. Scope of the event. Floor plans.

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Reduce food waste Food waste is a major issue at events. Work with catering companies to plan portion sizes carefully, and consider partnering with local food banks or charities to donate excess food. Make it virtual or hybrid Skip the event space altogether with virtual and hybrid events.

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Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It’s more of an invoicing and reminding system, and I need me and my team to be able to do EVERYTHING in one place, which is what drew us to Planning Pod.”. Schedule builder – Easily create detailed event timelines for each event that include dates and times, assignments for vendors and venues, and file attachments for each item.

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Eventtia

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The ideal hospitality platform offers elements such as: Great multi-channel attendee experience Easy event management Great customization Powerful integration capabilities Responsive customer support And more Next, we will analyze 8 top hospitality platforms for events, helping you to identify the one that best suits your needs.

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Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

If your event includes catering and/or any type of beverage service, this will also dictate how your event is laid out. Buffet-style catered meals will require additional space for banquet food tables and space allotted for lines at those tables plus clear paths to and from the seating area. Food-and-Beverage.

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Peerspace

APRIL 21, 2024

Here are a few of our favorites: This bright white storefront with stylish amenities in Chicago, IL (pictured above) with space for 50 guests, on-site event managers, white tables, Chiavari chairs, and an open catering list. As you can see, Peerspace offers you access to unique event spaces across the globe!

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Planning Pod

MARCH 1, 2023

They just don’t have what I need from a timeline standpoint, and I run back to Planning Pod.” If he wanted to, Shaun could even invite vendors, like the caterer, to collaborate directly on the food category of the vision board. Hint: You can create go-to floor plans and seating arrangements in Planning Pod’s templates as well.

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Peerspace

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

They strive to make your special day as special as possible and may even offer extras like catering, entertainment, staffing, and more, all on-site. It sounds like many of the services you’ll need are provided in-house, thanks to the dedicated event manager. Talk about knocking a few of those to-dos off that checklist!

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Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

They knew the logistics of the catering to the banquet hall, like how close it needed to be. The biggest mistake I made at the beginning was letting any caterer or food provider come in, which did lose me some bookings,” Andrea confesses. “It Let the caterers serve the liquor if you don’t have a license.

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Peerspace

APRIL 21, 2024

Your venue’s local host can also assist with your event planning needs if you want. Simply reach out and ask them for recommendations in regard to catering, decorations, entertainment, and more and they’ll be happy to help. Space setup What does the floor plan look like?

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The Wedding Planner LA

MAY 8, 2020

Maximizing the value of your venue Ask the venue manager about common oversights or mishaps that occur at their venue. The venue manager or event manager is at this location every single weekend. They also bare witness to any planning flaws that come to light during the course of an event.

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Planning Pod

MAY 7, 2020

So in the face of all that uncertainty and lack of resources, we will take a look at one significant way that restaurants, event venues and offices can battle the spread of the coronavirus and promote public health … through creating social distancing floor plans and room layouts that can create physical distance between patrons.

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