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The create event page with the heading Describe your event the way you'd tell a friend, and an Event brief box containing "Planning Emma's 40th at Ladock Village Hall near Truro on Saturday 19th June 2027 for about 50 guests, budget around £3,000. We'd love a ceilidh band and proper food. I'll make the cake and do the decorations myself. The date is fixed.", an example brief below it, and an Update button.

Most planning tools start with a form: pick a type, fill in twenty boxes, then face an empty checklist. You already know what you want. You just haven't written it down in the shape a form wants.

  1. The details fill themselves in

    The date, guest numbers, budget and place are read from what you wrote, ready for you to check before anything is saved. Tips on what to include are in how to write an event brief.

    Revealed event fields, all pre-filled from the brief: Event type Milestone Adult Birthday, Event name "Milestone Adult Birthday in Truro, June 2027" with a note it was suggested from the brief, Guest count 50, Budget £3000, Location Truro, and Event date 19/06/2027.
  2. Say whether the date is fixed

    The brief sets whether your date has to be that day or could move, and if you haven't picked a date yet you can say roughly when.

    The event date field showing 19/06/2027, the question How fixed is your date? with "Fixed - it has to be this date" selected over "Flexible - I could move it", a Roughly when? field marked Not set with a note that it is only shown to suppliers when no date is picked, and Birthday age 40.
  3. A checklist, costed and in order

    Your plan comes back as a checklist grouped by when each thing needs doing, with suggested costs against your budget.

    A generated checklist reading 0 of 13 complete with filters for All 13, Essential 7, Needs a supplier 2 and Due soon 0, grouped into "3 to 6 months before - Before March 2027" holding Venue/location at £720 suggested and Check step-free access and an accessible toilet, and "1 to 3 months before - Before May 2027" holding Catering at £720 suggested, Write guest list, Bar at £390 suggested and Entertainment at £330 suggested.
  4. And the things people forget

    Answer a few "Have you thought about...?" questions and the things easy to miss come back as suggestions to add to your checklist.

    A Have you thought about...? card reading "You've been through the things people often forget" with an Edit your answers link, and You might also need listing Something to keep children busy and Collect dietary needs and allergies, each with Add and Not needed options.

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