How to Charge for Your Event Planning Services

Pricing your event planning service is an important thing to figure out as an event planner. This video discusses the 5 main ways you can charge:

1. Hourly rate
2. Flat fee
3. Percentage of the event
4. Day-of coordination
5. Vendor commissions

Be sure to watch this whole video for details about each billing method. Towards the end, Chelsea gives her recommendation on the BEST WAY TO CHARGE your clients to maximize your income.

[krystalb]

Oh wow. I charge totally different from all of these. I act like I’m the general contractor for the entire event— the client receives one invoice from me for everything (catering, bar, staff, etc). I build in about 50% upcharge to every item on the clients’ invoice.

That 50% is my profit. When the client pays me, I pay all the vendors. This is in NYC.

[athinabastien]

SO great, I was really wondering and doubting on how to charge my clients, and this makes it clear, thank you SO much!!

[ba]

Yes, I like the flat fee option too. I will also take 50% upfront and 50% at a date before the date

[BigMacPlayzz]

I charge flat fees for event packages and hourly rates for on site coordination

[sreeragkallingal]

After 7year its going to helping to me to restat my company.... And thank you for the video... Love from India ❤🎉😊

[RellayNetwork]

#4 percentage is what I prefer. It creates a plausible & transparent understanding that satisfies everyone involed.

[gwendolynpearson]

Love event planning have done some events but love your teaching very eady to understand keep up the amazing teaching thankyou

[victormarkkruse]

Love your channel! It's so helpfull for me, starting out as a planner.

[lilburgosmb]

always been hired as the styler and designer for a wedding event but now new to the planning from start to end. I am looking to charge a flat fee for all my services. What's an average amount to charge for all the work you put into finding the perfect vendors for the bride.

[deberry]

Hi thank you for your help. What do you think is a good fee for the flat fee for someone just starting out?

[marcymiles]

Thank you so much! Now it’s more clear for me how to charge. You explained it very well.

[thomaschinyere]

Thank you so much for the idea, it really helpful.

[yasheshwinicooking]

I m jst planning to start event management and I m new to it....can i get some tips how to start

[cherieharwell]

Alicia I like your method flat fee and on site hr rate.

[coolsingh]

How to generate leads for events management

[dapalminator]

Please explain more about Vendors Commissions

[technochocolate]

Thank you so much for these videos! New sub for sure!

[carolinesexplosion]

Hi, love your videos, thank you! For Vendor Commissions, what would be the percentage? And it would be a percentage of what? Thanks in advance to all who help me on this:-)

[TheTomeksza]

I have question about hourly rate . Like u say the day of Event u work maybe 12 h, but to get this event ready is take you week or two of work . How you charge for that ? How clients will know how long time you actually work to put all this thinks u need for event together?
When clients come I cant arledy know how long time will exactly take me to plan everything.
Also if we talk about all this prices is only money that WE as a company want to make right ? So we need say this price + the money that we think we will need to have for rent place and buy all stuff we will need for this event, right ?
Thank you

[TheHollywoodBouncer]

Hello! My friend and I are in the works of starting an event planning business but for cannabis events. We watch your channel and are always inspired by them!

We’d like to know what advice you’d give us as we begin our business venture!

Also, do you know of any permits/licenses we would need to file for, since we’d like to do it for cannabis?

-Zorn