Party Planning Software Guide
Do you really need a party planning software? Thanks to some humorous Hollywood movies, we’re all aware that there are professional wedding planners who earn their living taking the stress off your shoulders by planning and managing every detail of your dream wedding for you. A good wedding planner will not only manage the entire event and make it come off without a hitch (or with a hitch, in this case) but will make sure that it comes in under budget. You can be certain that these professionals are not scribbling their plans and “to do” notes on scraps of loose paper either, but are taking full advantage of modern event planning software.
You might not be planning a wedding (then again you might be!), but there will be times when you are called upon to organize a corporate party or other event, a company picnic or dinner, a bachelor/bachelorette party, a bar-mitzvah or bas-mitzvah, a 50th wedding anniversary, or any theme party, and though everyone knows that you are not a professional, they will nevertheless expect you to pull off every detail of the event flawlessly—and woe be to you if the catering is late, important guests are not invited or the event runs over the skimpy budget you were allotted. (And you just know that one or more—or all—of these are bound to happen!)
So, do you need a planning software? If you want to save yourself a series of major headaches and be remembered as the most efficient, get-it-done party organizer in your family or your company, who actually pulled the whole deal off under budget, yes, you do! And the good news is that these days party-planning software is (a) user-friendly and (b) very reasonably priced. For example, check out the folks at Plimus Software here.
Whether you’re planning an event for hundreds or for dozens, this software can be a lifesaver! It contains templates for a variety of different events and each party-planning template organizes the event into natural categories such as party ideas, food, drinks, decoration, transportation and entertainment. In addition, each category can be customized to match your individual budget. Speaking of which, its budget calculators quickly calculate the costs into subtotals and a grand total. It even has a graph showing which percentage of the budget has been used so far. And of course it has a “to do” list to let you know what still needs to be done.
If you’re so determined to save the $30 or so that these party-planning programs cost, and have lots of paper scraps to keep track of every detail of planning and budget—and if you have an ample supply of Tylenol to help you cope with the headaches that will come when you lose info and run over budget, by all means save the money. But if you want to save yourself a whole lot of trouble—and still have the program around later to help you plan your next party, and the next one after that, and the one after that—then do yourself a huge favor by investing in party-planning software.
