Event Planning Websites

The first website I came across was Merryl Brown Events, this website is set up with eight different navigation searches. At first, I thought that was a lot, but once I went to my other two websites, they had eight also. The choices on the first website are Who We Are, What We Do, Testimonials, Awards, Gallery, Press, Blog, and Contact Us. I like the What We Are, Who We Are, Blog, and Contact Us, however, I do think the Gallery, Press, Awards, and Testimonials seem to be a bit repititve. I would have liked to have seen them set this site up with either less and combine the few that are similar or even combine them and add something a little different. Once I started clicking through the different pages there were some things that I felt didn't flow. In general, for being what they make look like a top event planning company on the West Coast, their website if very poorly done. It's very boring, and just BLAH.

The second site I visited was Sasha Souza Events, which was also my favorite. They broke up their navigation structure by About, Services, Event Spaces, Awards & Press, Gallery, Get Inspired, Floral & Decor, and Contact. I like that you can see the spaces that they tend to use most often for their events and also see the floral arrangements and decorations they have designed. I feel like this website truely shows a person what they are going to get if they were to use this company. They also give people the breakdown of colors, and what a color can represent in the event setting. I really like that a person can use this website even if they are not necessarily looking for an event planner because it has so much useful information for the necessities of a big party or wedding.

My last event planning website belonged to Dream Wedding & Event Planners. The eight ways this website's navigation structure are broken up are Home, About, Services, Weddings, Press Releases, Endorsements, Our Blog, and Contact. Something I love about the first and last sites were that they had a link to their blog. I think a blog is an excellent idea for a company like this because you can't fit every single event you host on a website. A blog allows an event planner to write and reflect on something they have created as well as giving future customer a refrence to their work as well as ideas for something they may like to incorporate into their special event. I think the big picture of this navigation structure is done well, however once you click on each link somethings do not make sense to me. Such as, under Endorsements, there is a link to an Emergencies page that includes horrible situations the company has found themselves in and how they fixed it. I personally would have nothing like that anywhere on a website.

Overall, I think there are obviously a few choices that you need in a navigation structure regardless of what your website is about, but when it comes to an event planning thing, its very important to have information that makes your cutomers feel comfortable, see your work, and know you're a professional.