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lanning a luxury event can be done in as short a time span of a week or as long as a year in advance depending upon when a situation arises for a luxury event needs to be planned. Ideally, the more time to organize and plan the better.

If for some reason that does not happen at least you know you can start planning your event as you seek out an event planner using these basic four areas to get started. By using these parts you can create a make shift event plan that is organized. This way when you meet up with your event planner you have a cohesive plan.

To see the event points better you may opt to use a software such as bitrix24.com. Everything is tored in one place. It is browser based making it easy to access and you can print out what you have planned.

Another option to help you plan is to use printables that are accessible from various spots on

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These four steps for a luxury event planning session are general and obviously there are more areas to consider. But just by taking these steps you have quite a bit of thinking to do, and when you speak with your even planner, you can concisely explain what you want.

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The four basic areas to consider as you are planning your luxury event are: theme of the event, location of the event, contacting food and drink vendors and lastly deciding on the type of entertainment and contacting them.

Theme: deciding on a theme should be your first consideration. You know you are having a cn event; by deciding the purpose behind this event makes it easier to make other choices needed to pull everything together.

Location of the event: knowing where you are intereted in holding this event is just as

important as holding the event. The participant capacity determines approximately how many people can attend. Similarily, the amount of people you are interested in hosting determines the size of the venue. If you are not familiar with the venue, you may take a trip to the location to better see the potential of the space.

Price quotes from food and drink vendors: contacting caterers as soon as possible helps to ensure that you can see their food an d drink menu, and get a price quote. The sooner you decide on the catering company you will know you have them booked for your event and their total focus on your event when the time comes.

Entertainment: checking around to find the type of entertainment is crucial because those service tend to get booked relatively quickly.

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