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Curate is the only planning academy that puts the tools in your hands first. Build a real event budget below — then decide if the course is worth it.
Event Budget Simulator
Configure your event below. Watch the budget grid populate in real time — this is exactly what Module 1 teaches.
15 Modules.
One Complete System.
Budget Architecture
Build multi-category budgets from scratch using regional benchmarks and margin targets.
Vendor Sourcing & Vetting
Create a 50-vendor shortlist, evaluate portfolios, and conduct structured discovery calls.
Contract Fundamentals
Understand payment schedules, cancellation clauses, and liability language — without a law degree.
Client Onboarding System
Design your intake process, questionnaire, and proposal template that closes 70% of consultations.
Venue Selection Logic
Capacity math, flow analysis, and the 12 questions every planner must ask before signing.
Timeline & Run-of-Show
Build minute-by-minute timelines that account for vendor setup, buffer time, and guest flow.
Floorplan Design
Use spatial logic and guest-count formulas to create layouts that actually flow.
Catering & F&B Management
Menu planning, dietary tracking, bar ratios, and how to negotiate per-head pricing.
AV & Production Basics
Lighting rigs, sound systems, staging specs — what to ask and what to leave to the pro.
Photography Direction
Shot lists, timeline coordination with photographers, and managing family formals efficiently.
Day-Of Execution
Vendor communication protocols, emergency kit essentials, and how to stay invisible while solving problems.
Pricing Your Services
Package structures, hourly vs. percentage models, and how to raise your rates without losing clients.
Client Wishlist Translation
Turn Pinterest boards and vague inspiration into actionable vendor briefs and mood boards.
Post-Event & Reviews
Wrap-up checklist, vendor review strategy, and how to generate referrals from every event.
Launch Your Business
LLC setup, insurance, portfolio building, and how to land your first paying client in 60 days.
Real numbers.
Real graduates.
We track every cohort's outcomes. These aren't cherry-picked stories — they're aggregated data from 847 graduates across 38 states.
I left my finance job in October. By January I had three consultations booked and closed two of them. The budget simulator was the moment I knew this was real.
The credential that
actually closes clients.
There are three ways to learn event planning. Here's what you get with each.
Ready to turn your planner instinct
into a real business?
Join 847 graduates who went from Pinterest boards to paid clients. No experience required — just the drive to build something.