Free planner for wedding venue owners
Plan your cash for the slow season
Most weddings happen between May and October. Final payments and event costs follow that calendar. The winter months carry the property with little coming in, apart from new deposits that belong to next year.
Adjust your season (share of yearly revenue by month)
Lowest month-end cash
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Cash burned in the slow months
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total of the months that lose cash
Cash to hold before the slow season
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burn + one month of fixed costs
The starting numbers and the monthly pattern are an example for a wedding venue. Adjust them to your own history.
A slow-season plan for a wedding venue
- Build the winter budget from fixed costs only, and leave deposits for next year out of it.
- Move part of every final payment's profit into a reserve as the season runs.
- Add off-season events, from holiday parties to corporate retreats, to soften the winter months.
How cash moves in a wedding venue
- Deposits arrive months or a year ahead. They are not profit until the event happens.
- Final payments cluster before peak season. Cash looks best right before your busiest months.
See the slow season coming, every Monday
One Page CFO tracks your cash 13 weeks ahead from your QuickBooks, so the slow months never arrive as a surprise.