G2

Jack V.

Senior Director of Events

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/7/2025

"I've Been Dreaming of This for 25 Years"

5/5

What do you like best about Pholeo?

As a nonprofit meeting planner, for the past 25 years I have been relegated to spreadsheets and mail merges to communicate my specs to venues only to have them translate what I've kludged together into a format that works for them. With Pholeo, I can build and produce event orders that speak venues' language AND keep a living, breathing space for my events on my desktop which helps me keep details up-to-date as soon as changes happen. Additionally, it tracks expenses (automatically calculating service charges and taxes) and allows you to compare your spend for the same event each time it happens. It has changed the way that I manage logistics for my meetings in the best way possible. Pro tip: if you get an additional license (currently $17), you can share that with your event manager at the venue and they can play along monitoring planning progress, adding comments, and accessing the information whenever they want! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pholeo?

Pholeo is new, and there are definitely things on the wish list that I know they are working on-- in particular, there is a feature to add a "label" to a function (the labels are completely custom and can be whatever you want), but currently you can only assign one label at a time. Not a big deal, but it sure would be handy! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pholeo solving and how is that benefiting you?

Pholeo saves me time and streamlines my work for planning events. It's flexible so I can design specs for my events that work for me but produce information that venues can easily use. I recently had an event manager tell me that I had already done her job-- she had ZERO follow up questions. That never happens! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.