618 EVENTS

Champaign Event Planner

618 CORPORATE & NON-PROFIT EVENTS

 

Company party planning, corporate meeting planner, grand opening event planning services, employee recognitions, team building retreat planner, banquets, 5K, family-friendly fundraiser planning services, auctions, and more. You enjoy the day without thinking about volunteer management or tables being set.

Past Clients

“MAGGIE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS ASKED OF HER.”
— Abigayle, Corporate Client
 

Pre-event Planning services

  • Book trusted vendors

  • Coordination and communication with all vendors

  • Site walk through with you and vendors

  • Create detailed day-of timeline

  • Assist with event to do list

  • Attend vendor meetings

  • Design overall look and feel

  • Communication with everyone involved

  • Manage volunteer sign up

  • Plus more!

Day-Of event Details

  • Onsite coordination

  • Serve as primary event contact

  • Vendor assistance for load in and set up

  • Ensure event runs according to timeline

  • Manage volunteers

  • Manage tech run through prior to event start

  • Clean up & return rentals

  • Plus more!


“[Maggie] was very detailed and knew all the questions to ask.”
— Amy, Corporate Client

Customized packages starting at $80/hour. Let’s chat about your event needs!

EVENT PLANNER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • Your venue coordinator handles everything that pertains to the venue. This could include your floor plan, room set up, or helping vendors upon arrival. Your event coordinator (that’s us!) will help with pre-planning items such as guiding you in choosing your professional vendors, creating your event day agenda, along with execution of all the details on your event day.

  • Yes! We help run the logistics of your day from start to finish.

  • Yes! We will help you plan your event from start to finish.

  • Yes! This is included with our packages but you can also download our list of central Illinois recommended vendors for FREE.

  • We charge $80 per hour. Overall cost depends on where the event is taking place, how many people will attend, what our role is, and what is happening at the event. Fill out our 618 EVENTS’ contact form to receive the most accurate quote.

  • The above bullet points give you a general idea of what’s included. We charge you for planning and coordinating only. The fees do not include any extra purchases such as decorations, food, a tent, etc. Additionally, other vendors’ fees are an additional cost to you.

  • Yes! We have experience planning corporate conferences.

  • Short answer: No. But good news! We know professionals in each of those areas that do provide those items. 618 EVENTS helps you to plan your event and coordinate all those details, but we don’t provide those products.

“[Maggie] IS CREATIVE, PAYS ATTENTION TO DETAILS, AND IS SO EASY TO WORK WITH.”
— Michelle, Non-profit Client

The who, what, when….

  • Maggie Farchmin and Kylie Houchin. We are event planners for any local business. Depending on the size and scope of your event we will bring on more team members. Read more about Maggie and Kylie on our About 618 EVENTS page.

  • Corporate event planners, gala event planners, company party planners, conference event coordinators…we do it all.

  • We start from the beginning to bring an idea or dream to life. Contact 618 EVENTS now to schedule a consultation. You do your job and we’ll do ours…we know you want to.

  • If you’re hosting your event in the Champaign-Urbana area there are no additional fees. We serve Bloomington-Normal, Danville, Decatur, Downs, Mahomet, Monticello, St. Joe, Tolono, Urbana…and everywhere in between. Outside of an hour radius will have travel fees.

  • Because we desire to serve you and take a load off your plate. We want your event to feel more like a party and less like a chore! You have a job to do and it’s usually NOT to plan events for your company. So let us do your job and you can do yours.

  • We will lead consistent meetings with you along with keep you updated and ask questions via email and/or an online project management tool. We will book and work directly with all the vendors involved, create the planning timeline and day-of production schedule, coordinate all logistics for event day, create floor plans and layouts, plus more. Think of us as your new project manager-can do-hype women!