Executive Dinner Programs
ROI Calculator
In-house means a hire, a ramp and a year of salary before the first guest sits down. An agency means one number per dinner. Put your own figures in.
What you are actually risking
A bespoke agency exposes you to one number: the fee per dinner you book. A hire exposes you to a range, and the bottom of that range is not zero. Even a hire who works out costs you the search and the ramp before the first guest sits down.
At risk with a hire, likely
$0
At risk with a bespoke agency, exactly
$0
- Hiring: likely, between best and worst case
- Bespoke agency: exact, per dinner booked
| What you are exposed to | Hiring | Bespoke agency |
|---|
Running it in-house
$0
Bespoke event agency
$0
What the event budget shows, and what the night costs
- In the event budget
- In payroll, never re-aggregated
Where the money actually goes
| Cost line | In-house | Bespoke agency | Whose budget it lands in |
|---|
One honest note: this compares labour to labour. Venue, food, AV and gifting are paid either way: and you hold those contracts directly, so you keep the pricing leverage and nothing is marked up. The saving is on the people, not on the program.
Want this written up with your numbers?
We will send the analysis back with your figures in it, plus a short note on which market and format we would run first.
Your figures are used to prepare that note and nothing else.