Typical planning fees are shown as examples: Where your event lands depends on the scope, and how much you’d like us to handle. After that, venue, food & beverage, rentals, entertainment, and other components make up the remainder of your event’s budget.
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EXAMPLE EVENTS WITH VARYING SIZE AND SCOPE:
30-PERSON OFFICE HAPPY HOUR
Food and drinks brought into your office, with ordering, delivery coordination, simple styling and setup logistics handled.
MF fee: from $500
50-PERSON COMPANY DINNER
A private dining room or restaurant buyout. We source the options, coordinate the menu and bar, manage the restaurant details, and handle finishing touches like flowers and printed menus.
MF fee: from $1,500
125-PERSON COMPANY PARTY
An outside venue with catering and bar, entertainment, rentals, décor,
vendor coordination, timeline, setup and onsite management.
MF fee: from $4,500
THE WHOLE YEAR
Happy hours, celebrations, company parties and whatever else lands on the calendar.
Let’s customize FY 2027!
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We do the receipts.
Every event comes with a reconciled expense report, organized receipts and invoices, and a final budget summary. Nobody wants to spend Monday morning figuring out what “SP PARTY RENTAL 4837” was.
We don’t mark up third party vendor costs.
Our work is based on the event complexity, scope, and how much assistance you need, not a percentage based on your total event cost.
Ready to tell us what you need?
You probably need Mandatory Fun if:
>Your EA is planning the holiday party between everything else. And, they’re better at powerpoints than event planning.
>Your receptionist somehow became responsible for nine happy hours a year and a summer picnic.
>Your office manager can book a restaurant, but nobody has time to figure out all the parts about the night that make it seamless and memorable.
>You host enough things that someone should own them, but nowhere near enough to hire a full-time events person.
>You want creative ideas, well-excecuted.
>You have the budget and the vision, you just don't have the bandwidth.
You probably don’t need Mandatory Fun if:
>You already have someone whose actual job is planning and producing your internal events. The dream!
>You enjoy doing it yourself, have the time to do it well, and nobody's real job is suffering because of it.
>You just need a restaurant reservation for twelve people. We have faith in you. Subscribe to our emails for free ideas!