Why this matters
A template is your contract with the client-specific parts left as blanks.
Names, dates, venue and totals fill themselves in from the event, so sending a
contract becomes one click instead of a careful find-and-replace at midnight.
Do this
- Open Documents → templates
Home → Set up a contract template goes there.
- Start from your existing contract
Paste in the one you already use. You do not need to rewrite it — you are turning it into a template, not drafting from nothing.
- Replace the client-specific bits with fields
Names, date, venue, package, total. Everything else stays as your own wording.
- Save it
You can keep more than one — a wedding contract and a corporate one behave differently enough to be worth splitting.
You’ll know it worked when
At least one contract template is saved.
If it doesn’t go to plan
We do not supply contract wording, and would not be doing you a favour if
we did. Terms are a legal matter in your state and for your trade — use your own,
or one your trade association provides.
If you are a…
DJs. Overtime and the load-in window are the two clauses DJs most often wish they had included.
Photographers & videographers. Image rights, delivery timescale and what happens to the shoot if you are ill are the ones to get right.
Coordinators. Say plainly what you are NOT responsible for. Most coordinator disputes are scope, not quality.
More in Booking and getting paid
- Set up payments — Connect Stripe so you can actually be paid.
- Sign & Booked — They sign at their own link, and the event books itself.
- Book & Bill — A signed contract asks for the deposit on its own.
- Payment Plans — Deposit and milestones, invoiced and chased to schedule.
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