Why we exist
Our mission
Play the Event helps anyone organize events and trips, from idea to plan, with no technical skills; and works so that every event brings life to places in every season, together with the people who host it.
Our manifesto
What we believe
Organizing should not take an expert.
If you need to understand how Play the Event is built to use it, the mistake is ours.
An event belongs to everyone who lives it.
The people who organize it, the guests, the volunteers, the places that host it.
A place does not live on one season alone.
A food festival in autumn, a concert in winter, a gathering in spring are a reason to travel when people usually stay home.
Events are made together.
Associations, planners, suppliers, places to stay, restaurants and towns work better when they meet in the same place.
We say what exists and what does not exist yet.
What is not there yet we mark as "coming", with no dates we cannot keep.
No number without a method.
When we show data about a place, it will only be group data, never about one person, and any group with fewer than ten cases will stay "insufficient data".
More visitors off-season must not mean more harm.
If an event costs a place more than it gives back, it is not a success.
Truly accessible.
Clear words, measured contrast, everything usable from a keyboard too.
How we do it
From words to facts
Three concrete choices that come from the manifesto.
One place, from idea to plan
Guests, expenses, deadlines and places live in the same event, instead of being scattered across spreadsheets, chats and emails.
See the featuresFree during the beta
Every plan is free and no credit card is needed. After the beta plans are paid; anyone who creates at least one event during the beta gets 30% off for 12 months.
See pricingGuides and tools for everyone
Free guides and tools that work without signing up, for people who organize even without using the app.
Read the guides
What we do
Two halves of the same story
Organizing events and trips
For people who organize: the one place where an event goes from idea to plan.
Organizing events and tripsYear-round events
For hosts: we work so that events become a reason to visit in every season.
The tools for places to stay, restaurants and towns are being built.
Year-round eventsThe bridge
Organizers create events, hosts need events. On Play the Event it is the same event.
Who is behind it
Play the Event, founded by Federico Calò
Play the Event is designed, built and run by its founder, an individual. On the About us page you will find how it is funded and how we write; on LinkedIn you can contact him for proposals and collaborations, and his personal website tells you who he is.