Peerspace

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Hired help Professional services like caterers, bartenders, or event planners reduce stress and ensure polish. Assign a friend or hire a photographer to document the event so youre not stuck behind the camera all night. Photography tips : Plan key moments to capture, such as the cake-cutting, group shots, or first toast.

Problem Solving

Michigan Wedding Planner

JANUARY 25, 2025

Event Planner, Tracie and Michelle Michelle McFarland, the proud owner warmly invited both friends and family to her shop to commemorate a milestone. Entertainment was at the heart of the celebration, with a photo booth provided by Build Your Best Event giving guests the chance to capture fun, candid moments.

Event Planner

Eventtia

MAY 29, 2025

You can leverage the event software through a robust and well-documented REST API to create tailored, scalable solutions with deep system integrations. How Whova Compares with Eventtia Eventtia and Whova are two of the leading event management platforms, but recent user reviews highlight Eventtia’s strong edge across key categories.

Event Management

Hello Endless Events

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Today’s event planners rely on technology to get the job done. No matter if you’re managing multiple tasks related to an event, keeping your team in order, or communicating with clients, you’ll likely use a digital project management tool. There’s not one perfect tool for every event. Forget the pen and paper.

Event Planner

Planning Pod

AUGUST 5, 2020

By starting with some of the most common frustrations of the event planning profession that we have heard from planners, we’ve paired real-life problems with real event management solutions. 8 Essential Event Management Tools for Every Event Planner. So don’t let spilled milk spoil your business (literally).

Event Management

Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

When we built Planning Pod, we set out to solve a big problem that many event venues, restaurants and hotels face … juggling too many applications, emails, documents, spreadsheets and even notes, folders and whiteboards to manage their event bookings. Primary Focus. Key Features of Planning Pod.

Management

Planning Pod

APRIL 3, 2020

Which brings me to the subject at hand … how can event venues, restaurants, hotels, event planners and event planning firms get some financial relief in these dark times. If you are a solo event planner, this is you.). How much can you borrow? How much you can really borrow is based on this formula….

Hospitality

Planning Pod

AUGUST 12, 2019

In fact, there are a handful of critical details that every person involved in producing the event must have at their fingertips – from the venue staff and managers, event planners and outside vendors to the clients themselves. What Is a Banquet Event Order? What Details Are in a Banquet Event Order?

Electronics

Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Further, many of the programs they were using to document and track important information weren’t designed for those purposes, leaving significant functionality gaps and creating unnecessary workarounds that opened the door for errors. I’m old school and I usually have a pen and paper planner where I write things down.

Management

Planning Pod

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Venues and caterers have used them to assist in their sales efforts; to help clients visualize event layouts; and to illustrate proper event setup for internal staff who are preparing for the event. Guest check-in – For checking in attendees when they arrive at the event; often mobile compatible. Social Tables.

Floor Plan

Planning Pod

JANUARY 10, 2021

It could be located in the mobile app, in a physical file, on your coworker’s hard drive, in a document or spreadsheet or on a sticky note that fell into last week’s trash. I wanted to get more organized with all my documents as I always have 20 tabs open on my screen,” Olivia mentioned.

Event Management

Planning Pod

JULY 7, 2022

In this article, I’ll give a high-level overview of how different types of event technology trends serve event planners or businesses and apply to the entire life cycle of any event. Event and venue management software. This is a game changer for event planners. Lead management. Client portals.

Social Media

Eventtia

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

An event proposal can have various different purposes: securing sponsorships, getting a client as an event planner, getting buy-ins from stakeholders and higher-ups, and so on. An event proposal is, simply put, a comprehensive document that details every element of an event. And for other purposes.

Event Planner

Planning Pod

JULY 25, 2019

Event management software solutions (especially all-in-one platforms that offer a dozen or more tools) consolidate and organize all that data into one convenient platform so you and your team know exactly where to put and find every piece of information. No more details scattered across event spreadsheets/templates , documents and post-its.

Event Management

Planning Pod

JANUARY 12, 2021

. #2 – Devising a business plan makes the process of launching an event space business vastly smoother. This document can be quite lengthy and in-depth because it fleshes out every detail regarding your venue business – from facility and organizational structure to finances, budgets and marketing.

Social Media

Planning Pod

MARCH 10, 2022

(We here at Planning Pod can relate as we have also had our own double-whammy of staffing challenges being a software company in the events, hospitality and restaurant industry.). Most venue managers, event planners, hoteliers and restaurateurs have already been adjusting their business plans on a weekly or monthly basis during the pandemic.

Hospitality

Planning Pod

JULY 7, 2020

Share everything from the catering menu to banquet event order to special requests in a quick email. Digital files also make it easy to send the same document to multiple people like hosts, their event planners and your venue staff. Guests not only want to be wowed when they attend an event, they expect it.

Procession

Peerspace

APRIL 19, 2024

Find event venues What is a business plan? This document outlines your strategies, projects financial forecasts, and analyzes the market for the next three to five years. After all, if you’re writing this plan intending to attract investors, it’ll probably be different from a document just for internal purposes.

Insurance

Planning Pod

AUGUST 20, 2024

This comprehensive guide on how to start an event planning business is built to help you think ahead and stay prepared so you can become profitable without panic. Planning Pod is your ultimate event management toolkit. Join the countless professionals who trust Planning Pod to make their events unforgettable.

Insurance

Planning Pod

JULY 1, 2024

From the travel and equipment setup of event planners to the physical demands faced by caterers, security personnel, rental crews, and production teams, there’s always a risk of work-related injuries in the event industry.

Insurance

Planning Pod

MARCH 24, 2021

We built Planning Pod for busy event professionals and business owners who run event- and hospitality-related businesses of all sizes, including: Event planners Wedding planners Event management firms Event venues and spaces Small hotels, B&Bs and restaurants. Planning Pod. Who Is It For.

Management

Planning Pod

JULY 9, 2021

Planning Pod is the perfect event management platform for wedding pros, whether you are an event planner or manage a wedding venue. In fact, the first version of our product created in 2007 was wedding planning software for couples and planners. Send and receive all your event-related emails from one central inbox.

Wedding Planning

Planning Pod

AUGUST 12, 2019

In fact, there are a handful of critical details that every person involved in producing the event must have at their fingertips – from the venue staff and managers, event planners and outside vendors to the clients themselves. What Is a Banquet Event Order? What Details Are in a Banquet Event Order?

Electronics

Planning Pod

JULY 13, 2022

When Laura first joined the Barber Vintage Motorsports events team in 2015, they were using a variety of scattered and disconnected software tools to manage all of their in-house and private events. “We We had an in-house system for managing staffing and company documents. It just became way too much to handle.”.

Event Management

Planning Pod

AUGUST 8, 2022

Now, instead of sifting through file cabinets of documents, Norton can quickly log onto Planning Pod and see everything he needs to do his job. The client portal offers the perfect solution to communicate with clients, send and receive documents and signatures, and reassure them that their event is on-track. Client portal.

Catering

Brilliant Event Planning

MAY 26, 2020

Every event planning business needs a set of branding guidelines which should have your logo, branded colors with the codes, and fonts. This should be ready to go as one document so that if you receive an inquiry for a partnership or decide to invest in advertising, you don’t need to put this together each time. Get on the list!

Social Media

Planning Pod

JULY 27, 2022

Another way to help qualify and assess a new prospect is to ask what other event venues, caterers or event planners they are talking to and how you compare to them. A budget that fits into the price range of booking your venue and/or event services. Create special sales materials to “educate” social event leads.

Hospitality

Planning Pod

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Sales Documents & Tools (Proposals, Contracts, etc.). And you don’t have to lift a finger to add this information to proposals, invoices, banquet event orders (BEOs), kitchen sheets, delivery and packing slips, event and meal schedules and other documents because our system syncs this data for you to eliminate double entry.

Management

Planning Pod

JUNE 23, 2023

Whether you’re an event venue, a professional event organizer, or the de-facto event planner for your organization, creating the best experience for potential attendees can feel overwhelming—especially with event industry statistics suggesting that we’ll see the return of full in-person live events in the upcoming year.

Event Management

Planning Pod

JANUARY 28, 2021

Continuity killers like this, where information isn’t easily passed between event planners or managers or when business-critical knowledge leaves when an employee moves on, are commonplace for event venues that don’t have a centralized, comprehensive system for recording, storing and updating essential business information and client details.

Electronics

Eventtia

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Let’s take them one by one: Specialized Tools Specialized event management tools excel in performing specific functions related to event planning. Here’s a list of specialized tools to consider: Online registration and ticketing platforms are invaluable tools for event planners.

Event Management

Planning Pod

JULY 6, 2023

Are you an event planner looking for a platform? Click here to check out our comparison on event management software. Planning Pod Planning Pod is the ideal solution for any event pro who is dealing with a high-volume of events or wants to take their client’s white-glove experience to the next level.

Event Management

Planning Pod

AUGUST 16, 2023

This includes contact information, event details, and any notes or comments you’ve made about the client. For simplified organization, you can create profiles for each contact, including phone numbers, documents, and tags, for easy searching. You can even attach invoices and email exchanges to track your communications.

Event Management

Planning Pod

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It doesn’t have to be an overwhelming or daunting document; instead, consider it a guide to help business owners stay on track as they navigate the world of entrepreneurship. From there, explain how you plan to build relationships with event planners, event venues, and potential clients (i.e.,

Catering

Cvent: Event Marketing

JANUARY 3, 2019

Picture this, you spend three months planning your biggest event yet and the day comes and things start to go wrong. If you’re an experienced event planner then you know this is bound to happen, but if this is your first event you might be caught off guard. Forget to share documents beforehand, like powerpoints.

RSVP

Planning Pod

AUGUST 29, 2023

Click here to learn more about the best event management CRM according to event planners. You can now choose to automatically notify any contact in your Planning Pod account about payment processing, document signatures , and more. Additional Contacts for System Notifications You asked and we listened!

Communication

Busy Bee's Events

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Questions to ask the Wedding Planner How long have you been in the industry and how old is your business? Do you consider yourself an event designer or event planner? Are you open to working with other vendors I find elsewhere? How many weddings do you book in a weekend? Will you be the person at my wedding?

Wedding Planner