Marketplaces: the venue pays a commission
A marketplace lists venues for you to search. You write to each one yourself, and the marketplace is paid when a booking is made.
| Marketplace | Who pays, by their own account |
|---|---|
| Tagvenue | Free for planners. Venues pay a commission on confirmed bookings: 12.5% on most invoice bookings in the UK, Ireland and Australia, and 15% in categories paid online. |
| Peerspace | Hosts pay 15–20%, and guests pay a processing fee. |
| Giggster | Hosts pay 19%, and renters pay a processing fee. |
Venue finders: free, above a budget
A venue finding service does the searching and the asking for you, and is paid by the venue you book. Several only take events above a size or budget.
- Hire Space’s concierge works on business events of 100 or more people or budgets of £10k or more, and sends a shortlist of 3 to 5 venues with pricing. Venues pay a commission.
- Tagvenue’s Venue Finding Service is free and paid by venues, with a minimum budget, in the UK and some US cities. An account manager gets the quotes.
- VenueScanner’s team sources and negotiates in the UK, paid by a commission from venues.
- Venue Search London is free for budgets of £10k or more.
Free help in Australia and New Zealand
- VenueNow (once Venuemob) is free for planners; venues pay a success fee. It contacts venues and collects quotes, and its AI, Vera, sends one enquiry to your whole shortlist.
- Venue Crew is free to planners and paid by venues, and requests quotes for you.
- Easy Weddings is free to couples, with venue specialists who gather pricing in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
Company platforms
- Cvent’s Supplier Network has a free tier and paid plans for enterprises. You send one request for proposal to many venues.
- Nowadays has a free basic tier for one city and five requests. Its Explorer plan has a 10% service charge and a refundable deposit.
What to ask any free service
- Which venues will I see: all of them, or the ones that work with you?
- Is there a minimum budget or number of guests?
- Do you contact the venues for me, or do I?
- Who do I deal with when I book?
None of this makes a free service a bad choice. It tells you what you’re looking at, and whether to ask a few venues yourself as well.
How Eventier is paid
Eventier is paid by the person planning the event, not by venues. Finding venues and writing the emails are free. Sending them takes an Event Pass for that event (A$11.99), or Eventier Pro for every event you plan (A$39.99 a year). Venues can’t pay to appear or to rank.
The trade-off is plain: sending isn’t free. If you want every step free and your event fits a free service, use one. Venue finders compared lays them all out.
Each company’s terms from its own site, checked October 2026. They change: check before you rely on one, and tell us at support@eventier.app if something here is out of date.
Questions
Are free venue finding services really free?
For you, yes: you don’t get a bill from them. They’re paid by venues, usually as a commission when you book.
Will a free service take on a small event?
The marketplaces will: you search and write to venues yourself. Some services that do the finding for you only take events above a budget or a number of guests.
How is Eventier paid?
By you. Finding venues and writing the emails are free. Sending them takes an Event Pass for that event (A$11.99), or Eventier Pro for every event you plan (A$39.99 a year). Venues can’t pay to appear or to rank.