--- title: "What Event Planners Do Before the Event" id: "22094" type: "post" slug: "what-event-planners-do-before-the-event" published_at: "2014-03-13T22:00:21+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-16T03:45:55+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2014/03/13/what-event-planners-do-before-the-event/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2014/03/13/what-event-planners-do-before-the-event.md" excerpt: "A new survey suggests that long hours are the norm for event planners prior to an event. Also: Amazon bites the bullet and raises the price of its Prime service." taxonomy_category: - "Meetings / Events" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "event engagement" - "event planning" - "Meetings" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Manager" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » What Event Planners Do Before the Event Feel like, in the run-up to an event, you’re racing against the clock—and getting very little sleep in the process? You’re not alone. Highlights from a new survey in today’s Social Media Roundup: ### Survey Says: You’re Busy https://twitter.com/QuickMobile/status/444187586509406208 **Literally, that’s what the survey says.** According to a new infographic from QuickMobile, the average meeting planner has a lot to do. Planners typically organize between five and nine events each year, they work 15 to 20 hours per day during the planning stages of an event, and they’re on the road two full weeks of each year. And sometimes they even get weird requests. (Catered insect dinner? Been there, done that.) Check out [QuickMobile’s graphic breaking down the planning (opens in a new tab)](http://www.quickmobile.com/resources/infographic/day-life-event-planner-event?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twc201403131234) that goes into a huge event. It’s the first in a series—coming soon are “during” and “after” graphics. *(ht @[QuickMobile (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/QuickMobile/) )* ### Still Prime Pricing? > Just received an email that Amazon Prime price is increasing to $99/year on renewal. [#StillWorthIt (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StillWorthIt?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > — Adrian Segar (@ASegar) [March 13, 2014 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/ASegar/status/444091017353261056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) As we reported earlier this week, Amazon’s popular Prime service is [a worthy example of a successful for-profit membership program](http://associationsnow.com/2014/03/membership-scale-lessons-costco-amazon-prime/) , but it had raised a few questions about a proposed price increase. Now, it’s official: [That standard yearly subscription to Amazon Prime will cost you $99 per year, up from $79 (opens in a new tab)](http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57620276-93/amazon-prime-fee-jumps-to-%2499-a-year/) . (Oh yeah, random aside—79 is [a prime number (opens in a new tab)](http://primes.utm.edu/lists/small/1000.txt) , but 99 isn’t.) If that price sounds a little too rich for your blood, [Time has a few alternatives (opens in a new tab)](http://time.com/23427/dont-want-to-pay-99-for-amazon-prime-here-are-5-alternatives/) —including some hacky ways to work around Amazon’s price increase. *(ht @[ASegar (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/ASegar/status/444091017353261056) )* (QuickMobile) [Ernie Smith](https://associationsnow.com/author/ernie-smith/) Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now. 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