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Plan an event

Choose the way that suits your event. Whichever you pick, our team checks your request and suppliers never see your contact details.

Wedding

A guided planner for your whole wedding: budget, timeline and quotes for every service, from the venue to the cake.

Start a wedding plan

Kids party

A guided planner for kids parties: venue, food, entertainer, cake and party bags, with a budget and checklist.

Start a kids party plan

Any other event

Corporate functions, birthdays, Christmas parties and more. Add venues, catering, travel and theatre from any page, then request all your quotes in one go.

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How it works

  1. Choose what you needUse a planner, or add services to your request list as you browse.
  2. Check and confirmReview a summary of everything, then send it. Our team checks it before it goes to suppliers.
  3. Compare quotesQuotes arrive in your account. Choose the ones you like; only then do suppliers get your details.

Let us do it for you

Prefer to hand it over? Our own team can run the day for you. Add a package to your request list and we’ll come back with a fixed price for your event.

  • Wedding day coordinatorWe run the day so you and your families can enjoy it: suppliers, timings and every detail.
  • Kids party hostA host who runs the games, food and cake so the parents can relax.
  • Full event managementCorporate or private: we plan, book and run the whole event.

Events budget planner

Prefer to work it out yourself? Use the budget planner below, or download the fillable PDF: variance and totals calculate automatically.

Download the fillable PDF (3 pages)

Events Budget Planner  EXPENDITURE   BUDGET  SPONSORSHIP ACTUAL   VARIANCE
         
PRE-EVENT COSTS           
PLANNING:   
Site Inspection  Travel/fares           
Transfers           
Accommodation           
Meals           
Other           
Executive  Travel/fares           
Transfers           
Meetings  Accommodation           
Meals           
Room hire/equipment           
Other   
Committee  Travel/fares           
Meetings  Transfers   
Accommodation           
Meals           
Room hire/equipment           
Other           
PRE-EVENT             
Executives/Staff  Travel/fares           
Transfers           
Accommodation           
Meals           
Out-of-pocket expenses           
Other           
PRINTING:             
Artwork/Design  Logo/theme           
Flyers/mailers           
Letterheads           
Envelopes           
Posters           
Media releases           
Other           
Printing Costs  Letterheads           
Envelopes           
Acknowledgement cards           
Flyers/mailers           
Announcements           
Registration forms           
Media releases           
Special invitations           
Programs           
" preliminary           
" final           
" pocket           
" recreational           
" accompanying persons           
Registration booster           
Working/technical papers           
Name tags and holders           
Room welcomes           
Banquet menus           
Ballot papers           
Banners/posters           
Delegate note pad           
Tickets           
Delegate pens           
Other giveaways           
VENUE COSTS             
 ………days @ $……… Room Hire           
 ………days @ $……… Secretariat Room Hire          
 ………days @ $……… Press Room Hire          
 ………days @ $……… Executives’ Room Hire          
 ………days @ $……… Trade Exhibition Room Hire          
 ………days @ $……… Other Room Hire          
 ………days @ $……… Trade Exhibition Set-up          
 ………days @ $……… Display and Booth Hire           
PUBLICITY             
Advertising  Artwork/design           
Media insertion costs           
Agency fees           
Banners/sign writing           
Public Relations  Press kits           
Press releases           
P.R. consultancy fees           
Photography           
Signs and banners           
Travel/fares           
Accommodation           
Miscellaneous           
STAGING  Lighting           
Audio-visual equipment           
Projectors           
Operator fees           
Screens           
Microphones           
Sound recorders           
Video recorders           
Loudspeakers           
Multi-lingual translators           
Black/white boards           
Lectern(s)           
Dais/catwalks           
Banners and signs           
Decoration           
Power/lighting outlets           
Electrician           
Miscellaneous           
SECRETARIAT OFFICE Professional consultant fee           
Postage           
Computer registration           
Office staff wages           
Office furniture hire           
Telephone hire           
Courier           
Non-printed stationery           
Postage Preliminary programs           
Final programs           
Registration acknowledgments           
COMMUNICATIONS  Telephone calls           
Cables/fax           
MISCELLANEOUS  Petty cash           
Travel           
Incidentals           
SPECIAL COSTS  Insurance           
Guest/speakers’ gifts           
Room decoration           
Freight charges           
         
TOTAL PRE-EVENT COST