Ora for Wedding and Event Planners: Turn DMs into Booked Dates, 24×7
What Ora does for a wedding or event planner, which jobs it takes off your team, and how much it saves: real screens, sample client chats and a plain cost comparison.
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Your reels bring couples into your DMs at midnight asking "how much for a full wedding?" Your planners are at an event till late, and by the time someone replies, the couple has booked a call with another planner.
This guide shows what Ora does for a wedding or event planner, which jobs it takes off your team, and what that saves in rupees. Every screen below is the real Ora dashboard, set up for a sample Bengaluru event studio we call Utsav Weddings & Events.
The problem: DMs pile up while you are at events
Most enquiries ask the same things:
- How much for a full wedding? For decor only?
- Is my date available?
- Can I see past work?
- Corporate events, birthdays and engagements
- Booked clients asking about payments and timelines
- Vendor and venue suggestions
Wedding dates are booked by whoever gets the first serious call.
What Ora does for a wedding planner
Ora is an AI assistant that answers on your WhatsApp, Instagram and website, learns from your own documents (packages, typical budgets, portfolio links, payment schedules), and passes real conversations to your team.
1. Turns reel DMs into wedding leads
A couple DMs at midnight. Ora asks the date, guest count and city, shares a typical budget and books a call with your planner.
2. Handles corporate and small events
Annual days, launches and birthday parties, with your typical budgets and portfolio links, in the client's language.
3. Answers booked clients
Payment dates, walkthrough times and checklists, from the plan your team keeps updated.
4. An event pipeline with values
Every enquiry with date, guests and budget. Booked weddings show their value on the board.
5. Calls and walkthroughs on a calendar
Planning calls, venue walkthroughs and decor reviews, with reminders.
6. Hot-lead alerts
AI reads each enquiry: big weddings with near dates go to your lead planner at once.
What Ora replaces
Ora does not replace your planners, designers or the magic on the day. It replaces the repetitive part of DM handling, first calls and client updates.
| Work today | Who does it now | With Ora |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram DM replies | DM handler | Ora, instantly |
| Budget and date questions | Planner | Ora answers |
| Booking planning calls | Coordinator | Ora books |
| Payment and timeline questions | Planner | Ora answers from your plan |
| Lead tracking | Notebook or CRM | Leads board |
| Late-night DMs | Next day | Ora |
How much it saves
Here is the monthly cost for a wedding and event planning studio in Bengaluru, before and after.
| Without Ora | With Ora | |
|---|---|---|
| Enquiry and DM handler | ₹18,000 | Ora answers and qualifies |
| Planner time on client questions | ₹15,000 | Ora answers from your plan |
| WhatsApp Business tool | ₹3,000 | Included |
| CRM for events | ₹3,000 | Included |
| Total a month | ₹39,000 | ₹12,493 |
That is about ₹26,500 saved every month, or roughly ₹3.1 lakh a year.
How we worked it out:
- Salaries and tool prices are typical for Bengaluru and similar cities. Yours will differ, so plug in your own.
- The Ora price is WhatsApp, Instagram and website chat, bookings with reminders and automations with 3 teammates, built on prophecius.in/build, before GST.
- Meta bills WhatsApp marketing messages directly. Ora adds no markup.
Your planners keep their time for clients who have booked, and for the events themselves.
What Ora does not do
To be clear about the limits:
- It shares typical budgets, not final quotes.
- It does not book vendors or venues.
- It only knows the client plans you share with it.
A day at Utsav Weddings & Events with Ora
- 12:30 AM: Ananya DMs about a February wedding; Nikhil gets a call booked.
- 9:40 AM: Raghav asks about a 200-person annual day.
- 12:00 PM: Nikhil calls Ananya, who already knows the budget range.
- 1:30 PM: Lakshmi asks for jungle-theme birthday decor in Kannada.
- 7:10 PM: Pranav checks his payment date without calling.
Set it up in an afternoon
- Sign up at prophecius.in. You start on the Free plan, no card needed.
- Teach your bot: upload your packages, typical budgets, portfolio links and client plans as a PDF or document, or add your website.
- Connect WhatsApp and Instagram from the Channels section.
- Add your team and their working hours, so Ora books the right person.
- Turn on an automation, such as "Spot hot leads", from the ready-made list.
Questions wedding planners ask
Can Ora share my portfolio? Yes, it shares the links you teach it.
Will it tell couples if a date is free? It uses the dates you mark as booked. Your planner confirms before taking an advance.
Is customer data safe? Each business's data is kept separate. Passwords and keys are encrypted, data is stored in India, and we never sell it or use it to train public AI models. See our trust page.
Can I use my existing WhatsApp number? Yes, through the official WhatsApp Business API. We help you connect it.
What does it cost to start? The Free plan includes 300 AI replies a month. Paid plans start at ₹4,999 a month, or build your own bundle with only what you need.
Try it free
Let Ora answer tonight's DMs and lock next season's dates. Start free at prophecius.in, no card needed.
