Budget

Plan and track what this event costs, line by line.

1. Open the event and go to the Budget tab.
2. Click "Add Item" for each cost. You can link it to a vendor and give it a due date.
3. Set a planned total from the summary bar to budget top-down, and the bar tracks what is allocated, paid, and left against it.
4. Use "Record Payment" on an item as money goes out, so paid and remaining stay honest.
5. Filter by All, Unpaid, Due soon, Overdue, or Paid, and search or sort to find a line quickly.

You will need an event exists first.

Set an optional planned total and track allocated cost against it, with soft over-budget warnings.

Find it: Budget tab, the "Set planned total" control in the summary bar

You will need an event exists first.

Add a cost, link a vendor, set a due date, and track payments.

Find it: Budget tab, the "Add Item" button in the header

You will need an event exists first.

Add an amount you have just paid to a budget item, with a receipt if you have one. It adds to the running total rather than replacing it.

1. Open the event and go to the Budget tab.
2. Press "Record payment", or use the row action on the item you paid.
3. Pick the item, enter the amount you just paid, and attach a receipt if you have one.
4. The amount is ADDED to what is already recorded against that item, so enter the payment and not the new total.

You will need a budget item to pay against first.

Give a budget item a due date and Bazaar reminds the host as it approaches, and again once it has passed.

1. Open the event and go to the Budget tab.
2. Add an item, or open an existing one, and set its Due Date.
3. From then on the host gets one message a day listing everything due or overdue for that event, rather than one message per item.
4. Anything you typed in the item notes comes with it, so payment details for a vendor who is not on Bazaar reach the person paying.
5. Planners and coordinators are copied only once a payment is actually overdue, so an on-track budget stays quiet.
6. Items paid through a Bazaar invoice are left alone here, because those already have their own reminders and nobody should be chased twice for the same payment.
7. To stop them, turn off operational notifications in account settings. That one switch covers email, text and push.

You will need a budget item with a due date first.