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Planning Pod
Planning Pod · Denver, Colorado, United States · founded 2013
What it is
Planning Pod is a web-based event and venue management service for event professionals and organizations. Its venue tools include booking calendars, floor plans, food and beverage management, equipment management, banquet event orders, and tour scheduling. Sales features cover lead intake forms, pipeline automations, proposals with e-signatures, and contact management. It also supports invoices, installment schedules, and integrated credit card and ACH payments. Workflows, templates, sequences, reminders, customizable reports, and dashboards support operations. Named connections include QuickBooks, WeddingWire, The Knot, Google, Apple, and Microsoft; other connections support contact imports or exports and file links. The service runs in a browser on computers, tablets, and smartphones and requires internet access. It has a 14-day trial, but no free plan or native iPhone or Android app. The company describes onboarding, team training, and live and on-demand support. Pricing is on request; the listed single-location venue subscription is $199,319 a month, with the price depending on the number of events managed at a time.
For and against
For
- Booking calendars and floor plans
- Proposals support e-signatures
- Integrated credit card and ACH payments
- Customizable reports and dashboards
- Onboarding and team training are described
Against
- No free plan
- No native iPhone or Android app
- Requires internet access
- Floorplans tool is not formatted for touch screens
The verdict
Planning Pod brings venue management, sales, and payment tools together in a browser-based service. Consider its internet requirement, lack of native mobile apps, and pricing on request when evaluating it.
Who it suits
It is aimed at event and wedding venues, country clubs, wineries, restaurants, hotels, museums, and event centers. It suits teams seeking venue operations and sales tools in a browser-based service.
Plans and prices
Single-location venue subscription
Price depends on the number of events managed at a time; most single-location venues fall in this range
Read 2 Oct 2026 · planningpod.com
On the record
- Automation and reporting
- The platform includes workflows, templates, sequences, reminders, customizable reporting, and dashboards.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Browser and device access
- Planning Pod runs in a web browser on PC and Mac computers, tablets, and smartphones, and requires internet access.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The platform page names QuickBooks, WeddingWire, The Knot, Google, Apple, and Microsoft among the connected tools and services.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- The company says the platform is venue-first and serves event and wedding venues, country clubs, wineries, restaurants, hotels, museums, and event centers.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Mobile limitation
- The company says it does not offer native iPhone or Android apps, and its Floorplans tool is not formatted for touch-screen devices.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Onboarding and support
- Planning Pod describes onboarding that imports customer data, trains teams, and provides live chat, email, phone support, live training, and on-demand courses.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Other application connections
- The help center says users can connect Google Drive/Docs, Salesforce, MailChimp, and Constant Contact for contact imports or exports, and Google Drive/Docs and Dropbox for file links.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Payments
- It supports invoices, installment schedules, and integrated payment processing, including credit card and ACH payments.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Planning Pod is a web-based event and venue management service for event professionals and organizations.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Sales and CRM
- It provides lead intake webforms, pipeline automations, proposals with e-signatures, and contact management.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Security and storage
- The help center says account information is stored securely in the cloud.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Venue tools
- Its venue tools include booking calendars, floor plans, food and beverage management, equipment management, banquet event orders, and tour scheduling.planningpod.com · read 2 Oct 2026
