Event Budget Calculator

Work out an event budget from guest numbers, per-guest costs, fixed costs and a contingency, with the cost per head.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Per-guest costs times guests, plus fixed costs, plus a contingency.

Use your own, for a period you can actually measure. A calculator like this is only as good as the inputs, and the most common error is using a number that covers a different period or a different set of costs.

No. Everything is worked out in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere or saved.

We do not publish one, deliberately. Benchmarks for these measures vary enormously by sector, stage and how each company defines the inputs, so a number quoted without those definitions tends to mislead more than it helps.

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