Planning Pod

• Event and wedding venues

  One record carries the lead, proposal, contract, BEO, floor plan, invoice and payment.

• Restaurants and bars with private events

  Handles private dining and buyout bookings, kitchen BEOs and deposits without spreadsheets between the POS and the events book.

• Caterers and hotels

  Food-and-beverage packages, proposals and banquet event orders are built into the event record.

• Booking and reservation calendar

  A calendar for spaces and events, with tour scheduling and equipment management.

• Banquet event orders

  Generates BEOs from event details already entered, with templates for client, kitchen and front-of-house versions.

• Floor plans and seating

  Builds room layouts and space setups for events.

• Food and beverage tools

  Manages food and beverage packages, orders and billing for venues, restaurants and hotels.

• Lead capture and pipeline

  Web forms capture inquiries and move them through a pipeline to a proposal, with pipeline automations.

• Proposals, contracts and e-signatures

  Sends templated proposals and contracts for signature, including through the client portal.

• Invoicing and integrated payments

  Invoices with installments and auto-pay, taking credit card and ACH payments inside the event record.

• Ticketing and registration

  Sells tickets and takes registrations online with event websites, checkout forms and a check-in app; the vendor says it adds no service fees on top of payment processing.

• Client portals

  Branded portals where clients follow event details, sign and pay.

• Workflows, reports and dashboards

  Triggered workflows, custom reporting, dashboards and reminders.

• Communications

  A central inbox for business and event emails.

• Tasks, checklists and timelines

  Task lists, checklists, schedules and itineraries, vendor management and file sharing for each event.

Pricing model

Quote only

Planning Pod publishes no prices. The site offers a demo with a product specialist, after which an email with a link to start a trial is sent. Its terms say fees may change at any time.

Compared with the 15 products in Event & Banquet Management that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

• Names 9 integrations. The median in this category is 5.
• Lists Web only. Among the 13 products in this category that state their platforms, 1 lists an iOS app and 1 lists an Android app.
• The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Stripe, Google Calendar, Mailchimp, QuickBooks, Gmail, MYOB, Salesforce, Square, Xero, Zapier. Of these, this product's listing names Stripe, QuickBooks, Square, Zapier.

Accounting

QuickBooks

Other

WeddingWireThe KnotZapier

Payments

StripeSquarePaySimpleQuickBooks PaymentsAuthorize.net

The platform page names QuickBooks, WeddingWire, The Knot and Google, Apple and Microsoft calendars. Zapier connects hundreds more platforms, per the payments page. No POS integration is named.

Platforms

Web

Apps

Event Check-In App: On-site check-in and payments for ticketed events

Planning Pod states no countries or currencies. Its terms are governed by a Colorado company, and no country list is published on the vendor's site.

Company

My Wedding Workbook, LLC

Registration

Colorado limited liability company

Headquarters

United States

Customers named by the vendor

Elliott Museum, The Village Hall on the Common, Camrose Exhibition Center, Clay Theater, Cascadia Pizza, The Coonamessett

Security and compliance

PCI Level 4 (Planning Pod); processors are Level 1; databases encrypted

Support

Live chat Monday to Friday, email support, dedicated customer success managers and live training sessions, plus an on-demand Planning Pod Academy and a help centre. Custom onboarding and data migration are offered.

Built for

Catering, Hotel F&B, Restaurants

Focus

Food-specific

Status

Active

Website

planningpod.com

Also listed in

Event, Ticketing & Private Dining Booking

• Perfect Venue

  Perfect Venue is cloud software for managing private events and bookings at restaurants, bars, breweries, hotels and event venues.

  Names 16 integrations, against 9 for Planning Pod.

• Event Temple

  Event Temple is cloud sales and catering software for hotels and venues.

  Names 16 integrations, against 9 for Planning Pod.

• iVvy

  iVvy is cloud software for venue and event sales teams in hotels, function centres, hospitality groups and stadiums.

  Names 19 integrations, against 9 for Planning Pod.

• Evently

  Evently is event booking software for venues that host private events, including breweries, restaurants with private dining and event spaces.

  Names 5 integrations, against 9 for Planning Pod.

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

• Planning Pod vs EventPro
• Planning Pod vs iVvy
• Planning Pod vs MICE Operations
• Planning Pod vs Amadeus Sales & Catering (Delphi)
• Planning Pod vs Condivision Banqueting
• Planning Pod vs Event Temple
• Planning Pod vs Event Temple vs Perfect Venue
• Planning Pod vs Event Temple vs Function Tracker vs Perfect Venue

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Any price, plan or contract term
• Founding year, headquarters, headcount and funding
• Countries and currencies supported
• Interface languages
• Mobile apps beyond a check-in app (platform not stated)
• POS integrations
• Security certifications beyond PCI

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

1. Homepage: tools, industries, customershttps://planningpod.com/
2. Feature listhttps://planningpod.com/features
3. Integrations and FAQhttps://planningpod.com/platform
4. Payments, PCI, Zapierhttps://planningpod.com/invoicing-and-payments
5. BEO toolhttps://planningpod.com/banquet-event-orders
6. F&B toolshttps://planningpod.com/food-and-beverage-tools
7. Restaurant and bar fithttps://planningpod.com/solutions/industries/restaurants-and-bars
8. Supporthttps://planningpod.com/why-planning-pod/onboarding-and-customer-support
9. Demo and trial flowhttps://planningpod.com/schedule-demo-trial
10. Legal entity, payment processorshttps://planningpod.com/terms-and-conditions