Budget Planning That Actually Makes Sense
We started teaching this program in 2019 because event planners kept asking us the same questions. How do you track multiple vendor payments? What happens when a client changes their mind halfway through? Our six-month course walks through real scenarios—not theory.
Reserve Your Spot for September 2025
How We Built This Program
Our approach came from managing over 200 events in Bulgaria between 2018-2024. Each lesson connects to a mistake we learned from or a system that actually saved us time.
Starting from Wedding Chaos
After three weddings went over budget in the same month, we realized something needed to change. We documented every budget error and turned them into case studies. That became our first curriculum.
Adding Corporate Events
Corporate clients have different needs—approval chains, invoice tracking, department allocations. We spent 2021 working with Sofia-based companies to understand their specific challenges. Added four new modules based on that feedback.
Teaching Tools That Work Together
Most event planners use three to five different tools. We tested spreadsheet setups, accounting software, and project management platforms. Now we teach students how to connect these systems without double-entering data.
What Students Learn Today
Our autumn 2025 cohort will work through vendor negotiations, currency fluctuations, last-minute changes, and payment timing. We use real contracts and actual event budgets from past years—with client names removed, obviously.
Who Teaches These Sessions
Our instructors manage events full-time and teach evenings. They bring current challenges from their projects straight into the classroom.
Krasimir Ivanov
Corporate Events Lead
Managed conference budgets ranging from 15,000 to 120,000 leva. Previously worked in accounting for seven years before switching to event planning in 2017.
Teodora Petrova
Wedding Budget Specialist
Coordinates 30-40 weddings per year across Bulgaria. Started as a florist and learned budget management through necessity when clients asked her to handle full coordination.
Martin Georgiev
Festival Finance Director
Handles multi-day festival budgets with 50+ vendors and variable attendance. He'll walk students through contingency planning based on his experience with weather-related changes and last-minute performer cancellations.
What Six Months Actually Covers
Students work through twelve different event types. Each one has different budget constraints and common trouble spots. We start simple—birthday parties with five vendors—and build up to multi-day conferences.
The second half focuses on client communication. How do you explain why something costs more than they expected? When should you push back on a budget cut? These conversations are harder than the actual math.
Vendor Payment Timing
Most issues come from mismatched payment schedules. We teach tracking systems that prevent the "I thought you paid them" crisis.
Change Order Management
Clients change their minds. A lot. Students learn to document every change with cost implications before saying yes.
Currency Considerations
Working with international vendors? Exchange rates can shift between deposit and final payment. We cover hedging strategies for larger events.
Emergency Buffers
Something always costs more than quoted. Students practice building realistic contingency amounts that clients will actually approve.