Are you planning a low-cost event in the Capital of Queensland – Brisbane? Luckily, we gathered a list of 9 low-cost venues in the city to help you plan a successful budget-friendly event in Australia’s third-largest city! Check out our extensive list below.
This first event space is situated above a boutique bar. It boasts high ceilings reaching up to 4 metres and bright white walls paired with timber floors. It has plenty of natural light, making it a brilliant space for your event. Overall, it has an area of 5m x 20m, including a balcony that overlooks Stanley Street. It also offers other amenities such as a kitchen that you can use for your caterers. After or before the event, guests can also stop by the coffee shop below. The space is available for rent all day, every week.
Location: Stanley Street, 598, Brisbane, 4102
Capacity: 15 to 80 guests
Price: £18 per hour
Travel: Nearby Stanley St near Raymond Tce Bus Stop
The Boardroom is a perfect space to host your business meetings, presentations, product launches, or training sessions. It comes complete with all tables and chairs whilst also giving you access to a TV, Wifi and access to tea and coffee making facilities. The space has a modern office design with 65 square meters of space that you can customise according to your event requirements and the number of guests attending. This includes theatre style, Boardroom, U-shaped, and classroom, standing the space can accommodate 40 guests.
Location: City Road, 91, Brisbane, 4207
Capacity: 20 to 40 guests
Price: £18 per hour
Travel: Nearby Kokoda St near York St Bus Stop
Mantra on Edward is newly refurbished, offering a sleek and stylish space. Situated at the very heart of the city, you are close to all the iconic attractions, including Eagle Street Pier, the Queen’s Plaza, Southbank Cultural Precinct, and Fortitude Valley. In addition, the building has a variety of event spaces such as the Observatory room, Edward Suite, Pool Deck, and the Pre-function area. They also offer many packages to cater to your event, starting from £8 per person.
Location: City Road, 91, Brisbane, 4207
Capacity: Up to 22 guests
Price: from £8 per person
Travel: Nearby Upper Edward Street and Windmill Bus Stops
The Australian National Hotel is located directly opposite the Brisbane Cricket Grounds, just on the northern edge of Woolloongabba. It has two private function spaces to choose from, which can cater to different types of events. The first venue is the National Secret room, a luxurious room for all occasions. It has a large dance floor, complete with audiovisual equipment, and even a DJ booth. The space can take up to 200 guests. On the other hand, there’s the Courtyard venue, great for intimate get-togethers up to 50 people.
Location: 867 Stanley StreetWoolloongabba, Brisbane
Capacity: 50 to 200 guests
Price: from £6 per person
Travel: Nearby Stanley St at East Brisbane School Bus Stop
Mantra South Bank Brisbane is another event space belonging to the Mantra Hotels, Resorts, and Apartments chain. Here, they help you host well-organised events such as business conferences, meetings, presentations, dinners, and more. It is ideally located, within only walking distance of the South Bank railway station. The venues are spacious, air-conditioned, and equipped with audiovisual equipment with wireless connectivity. They can also cater to your delegates with a wide range of menus to choose from.
Location: 161 Grey Street, South Bank QLD
Capacity: 15 to 80 guests
Price: from £8 per person
Travel: Nearby Mantra South Bank Brisbane Bus Stop and South Bank Busway Train Station
Factory 51 offers a rustic industrial feel to your events. The building is a handsome red brick warehouse restored as a bistro, bar, and elegant function venue. Inside, you’ll find an exquisite visual appeal that will be perfect for your event. The function room boasts a dazzling chandelier supported by rustic steel beams. The venue also features polished concrete floors, a green marble bar, and a private terrace. The ‘Workshop’ function room can accommodate 200 guests and customise it to suit your event requirements.
Location: 51 Holdsworth Street, Coorparoo, QLD
Capacity: Up to 200 guests
Price: from £5 per person
Travel: Nearby Coorparoo Square – Holdsworth St Bus Stop
Mantra on Queen is the last item on the list that belongs to the Mantra Hotels, Resorts, and Apartments chain. Just like the previous Mantra spaces, Mantra on Queen also offers a range of event spaces to choose from. This includes the Queen Room, Ann Room, Queen-Ann Room Combined and the Cook & Co-Bar & Grill venues. As always, you can also choose to customise the space to fit your event requirements and the number of guests.
Location: 570 Queen Street, Brisbane QLD
Capacity: Up to 140 guests
Price: from £10 per person
Travel: Nearby Queen Street Stop 67 near Ann St (Orient) Bus Stop
If you’re looking for an event space to host a smaller conference meeting, this modern venue located at the 111 Eagle St building is a great choice. It can accommodate up to 12 guests in a boardroom style layout. In addition, it boasts penthouse features with 3m high ceilings that let natural light in and offer majestic river views. Nearby, award-winning restaurants, cafes, and relaxing bars where your delegates can stay pre-event or during breaks. The venue also offers audiovisual equipment, internet connectivity, and more.
Location: 111 Eagle St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
Capacity: Up to 12 guests
Price: from £43 per hour
Travel: Nearby Eagle Street Stop 152 at Riverside Centre Bus Stop
This final venue is a versatile space that can accommodate different events, such as business meetings, workshops, training sessions, conferences and more. You can customise it to 6 different layouts to suit your event requirements. Besides complete audiovisual equipment, you can also use break-out spaces, and an event manager can assist you. Its key features include tea and coffee access, a fully equipped kitchen, easy access to public transport, free parking (depending on availability) and more.
Location: 17 Gould Rd, Herston QLD 4006
Capacity: 28 to 60 guests
Price: from £35 per hour
Travel: Nearby Butterfield St at Butterfield PreSchool and Butterfield St at Aberleigh Road Bus Stops
Like many other major cities globally, it’s not easy finding venues for your event that will fit your budget. However, we hope that our list can help you hunt for the right venue to fit your event requirements. Before planning your event, it’s also best to reach out to the venue to get the correct estimates and costs. Happy event planning!
The second part of the blogging series is about guest blogging, where you will be publishing your entries to other websites that are not your own. But how exactly does this help you increase your online community, especially if your audience does not find your well-made content on your blog page?
In the first part of this series, we talked about how to use blogging to increase your online community. There, we shared three helpful tips. One, blog about a single idea and a topic that you are passionate about. For instance, if you are an event planner, blog about topics related to event planning such as party ideas, venue tips, etc. Two is to use approachable language in your blog entries. Three, encourage your audience to engage with you through comments or connecting with you directly via your socials or email.
What is guest blogging?
Also known as guest posting, guest blogging is when you write for another website. Generally, you’ll be guest posting on websites that are related to your industry. It is an act that offers benefits to the blogger and the website that is hosting the content. If a website hosts you for a guest blog most of the time, you must do the same in return.
Why is guest blogging an excellent strategy to increase your online community?
So, why is guest blogging important? There are many benefits to this digital marketing strategy. For one, it builds brand awareness to a new audience, which provides a significant impact on your online community. There is a chance of new subscribers when readers of the host website find your blog and visit your website as a result and build trust in readers. Suppose your guest blog is posted on an authoritative and trusted website. In that case, the audience will have complete confidence that you are also an expert with an excellent reputation in your industry.
How to use guest blogging in increasing your online community
Now that you have an idea about what guest blogging is and its benefits let’s talk about how you can use it the right way to increase your online community.
Find the right site to contribute to
The goal is to increase your online community, so you need to find a trusted and authoritative website that you know has a significant amount of audience. You’ll usually find these numbers shared on their websites, such as their email subscribers and social media followers.
But how do you find these websites that are open for guest blogging? One of the easiest ways is going straight to Google and typing out the following search keywords:
[topic keyword phrase] + “guest article”
[topic keyword phrase] + “write for us”
[topic keyword phrase] + “become a contributor”
For instance, you can type out the keyword: “event planning” + “guest article” and see this search result list below for event planners.
Start your research on each site you see and check their domain authority to see whether guest posting there is worth it. There are many online tools that you can use for this, such as Moz Link Explorer.
Connect with the site owner
Now that you have chosen the right site, time to connect with the site owner. This part is not as easy as asking them if they can publish your guest post. Instead, you need to pitch your ideas and share your high-quality content. To do this, you need to understand their website and the type of content they publish. Follow them on social media, take a few weeks or longer to notice how they make their content and connect with their audience. Doing this will give you the right idea of how and what to pitch to the site owner.
We also highly recommend becoming a part of their online community. Comment consistently on their blog posts, sign up for their newsletter, respond to emails, and tag them when sharing their content with your thoughts. Form a genuine relationship with the site owner, find the right topic, and form your pitch.
Write great content
With a winning topic in hand, it’s time to create winning content. Here, you’ll need to create a great headline that will attract an audience. Of course, avoid clickbait headlines since they are an example of poor content writing practice. Next, be sure to research the right keywords, so your audience will find you easily when they search for the specific topic you are writing about. Third, be sure to add the correct links, either towards your website, the host website, or external links from other trusted sources. Finally, do not forget to format the post correctly, making good use of formats, capitalizations, bold texts, and images.
Use your bio effectively
The bio is where the authors are introduced to the community. It’s here that you can fill it with the right amount of details about you, your brand, and how they can connect with you. You can share your socials here, a link to your website, or a helpful resource that the audience can continue reading related to the guest post published. Here’s an excellent example from plannerslounge.com:
We hope that these tips will help you reach your goal of gaining more website’s audiences and increasing your online community through guest blogging. If you missed the first part of this series, click here.
In recent years, going online has become a must for all businesses, in response to the rise of online shopping and people going straight to the internet when looking for a service. Setting up a website is not enough. You must establish your presence and create an online community helping to ensure you have loyal customers while attracting new ones. One of the best ways to establish and build your online community is through blogging, and you can find out how here.
What is blogging?
A blog is self-published content online. While it started as diary-entry style content, many businesses now utilize it to bring traffic to their websites. Blog entries often allow readers to comment and interact with the writer and others, leading to the creation of their community. Blogs have marketing potential to businesses; that’s why blogging has become popular, producing countless bloggers and improving a website’s traffic.
How To Use Blogging To Increase Your Community
Now that we understand the basics of blogging and how it is beneficial to businesses, let’s find out how you can improve your online presence and increase your online community.
Blog about a single idea
If your business is about event planning, then blog about topics that centre around event planning. Generally, blogs are focused on a specific topic. There are two benefits to this. First, you can write about things that you are passionate about. Second, your audience, who has the same passion as you, can connect with all of your blog posts. It won’t do to talk about event planning on your first blog, then post a second blog about sports, which is an entirely different topic.
Blogging consistently about a topic that you are passionate about will connect you to the right audience. This connection will help you build and increase your online community.
For instance, Event Birdie. It’s a website dedicated to helping people plan an event like a pro. Inside its blog page, you’ll find countless entries dedicated only to event planning.
Create approachable and personal blogs
To connect with your audience, you must create a personal and approachable blog, so they will feel comfortable interacting through comments. They must feel comfortable enough to support blog entries that follow. Otherwise, your blog page will just die out or will not do well in improving your online community.
Create blog post entries that address your audience directly. Use words such as we, you, and me to include them in the narrative. Another way to do this is to encourage your subscribers or audience to reach out to you whenever they want, making them feel heard. You can encourage this action by giving them your email or socials to connect with you directly.
Take a look at this recent blog by Eventbrite, for example. It has a personal touch with words such as you and us. It relates to employees tasked to host a festive virtual office Christmas party, which is challenging.
Make your audience feel included
We already mentioned this in the previous section, but other than a set of words, there are also different ways that you can make your audience feel included in your blog posts. First, you can encourage them to leave a comment. For instance, if the blog is about Christmas party ideas, you can ask them to comment on their ideas to add to the blog. People love it when they become a source of inspiration or knowledge. Commenting on their ideas is an excellent chance to do it.
Quizzing your audience is also another way to get them hooked to your blog and encourage others to join the community. Quiz content is also more likely to be shared to your audience’s socials and, therefore, increase your website traffic.
The most well-known quick content today is the Buzzfeed Quizzes, with celebrities even taking the quiz during their interviews. Buzzfeed Quizzes also easily circulate online with how popular and trending they make the content to be.
Blogging is more than just word content. Instead, it can be a video, photos, or even quizzes, as we’ve highlighted above. It is an effective tool in gaining traffic and building your online community. Blogging about your passion is the best way to create a connection with your audience. Stick to one powerful topic and create content with approachable and personal language. Ensuring that your audience is comfortable interacting with you through the comments, sending you an email, or sharing your blog on their socials.
This blog is just part one of our’ blogging to increase online community series. Keep an eye out for Part 2.
Are you having a hard time finding affordable event spaces in Stockholm? That’s completely understandable since it was also quite a challenge when we compiled this list. Fortunately, we managed to find 9 venues in Stockholm that will fit your budget.
This first event space is located in the historical Näsby Castle, just 15 minutes away from Stockholm City. It is a bright venue that perfectly combines modern furniture with the original features of the room. The space boasts high ceilings paired with a sophisticated chandelier to complete an elegant atmosphere. It is equipped with a flatscreen TV, flipcharts, a whiteboard, and stationery, making the space suitable for business meetings and presentations. You can also customize it to a different layout: dining for 18 guests, classroom (30 guests), U shape (20 guests), boardroom (20 guests), and theatre (34 guests).
Location: Djursholmsvägen 30, 183 52 Täby, Sweden
Capacity: 18-34 people
Price: £65 per hour
Travel: Nearby Näsby Slott Bus Stop and Näsby Allé Train Station
Another event space housed in a 17th-century castle bringing you an element of sophistication and elegance to your event; with polished floors and high ceilings, it is bright and spacious. The event space is equipped with AV equipment, flipcharts, an internet connection, and a whiteboard suitable for business meetings, presentations, etc. There’s also another room connected if you need a breakout room for your event or need more space.
Location: Åkeshovs gårdsväg 11, 168 38 Bromma, Sweden
Capacity: 12-26 people
Price: £60 per hour
Travel: Nearby Åkeshovsvägen Bus Stop
For our third venue, we go back to Näsby Castle, which is truly a spacious area since it boasts plenty of event spaces for rent. This second event space located at Näsbyviken is a breathtaking space featuring tons of daylight. Yet again, it has high ceilings with a majestic painting and a stunning chandelier. It also has vast arched windows that let bright sunlight in for a lively and elegant atmosphere. It is also a flexible space that accommodates meetings, training sessions, and presentations and private dining when required.
Location: Djursholmsvägen 30, 183 52 Täby, Sweden
Capacity: 26 to 0 people
Price: £65 per hour
Travel: Nearby Näsby Slott Bus Stop and Näsby Allé Train Station
This event space is the first out of four listed located at the Time Building. The venue features trendy interiors, a complete opposite of the first three historic event spaces. With 210 square metres of space, the room can accommodate up to 150 people for big events. It has bright furniture and floor-to-ceiling windows that allows the natural light to flood in. Here, you can host after-work events or reception post-event. There is also basic technical equipment, including an internet connection. Moreover, the host of the venue also offers catering services if required by your event.
Location: Kistagången 12, 164 40 Kista, Sweden
Capacity: Up to 150 people
Price: £25 per hour
Travel: Nearby Kista Grönlandsgången Bus Stop
Following a bright event space, we now come to a rustic room located in the same building. This event space provides an industrial touch to your event. It boasts a modern ceiling paired with bright furniture. There’s also a bar ready for refreshments which is excellent for breaks during the event. It is suitable for business events such as product launching, training, presentations, and more. There is also presentation equipment such as a projector and a good internet connection. Since it’s located in Kista, it is an excellent location for those commuting.
Location: Kistagången 12, 164 40 Kista, Sweden
Capacity: 30 to 130 people
Price: £25 per hour
Travel: Nearby Kista Grönlandsgången Bus Stop
The third event space featured in Time Building is smaller but undoubtedly well-designed and decorated for successful events. It has an upbeat and cosy atmosphere, using modern tech lighting, sleek boardroom tables, and comfortable leather chairs. Like the previous event spaces, it also has multiple windows that allow natural light to brighten up the space. The room is an all-around venue where you can host business meetings, workshops, and more. Other than the boardroom layout, you can also change the space to a classroom-type arrangement to meet your event requirements to accommodate up to 66 people.
Location:Kistagången 12, 164 40 Kista, Sweden
Capacity: 10 to 66 people
Price: £25 per hour
Travel: Nearby Kista Grönlandsgången Bus Stop
The last event space in the Time Building featured in the list offers a refreshing, vibrant green atmosphere. It boasts a set of fresh interiors and a unique zig-zag table as the centrepiece paired perfectly with U-shaped chairs. The green curtains also pair beautifully with the indoor plants added to the interior. As usual, the space has large glass wall sections that allow natural light in that radiates the area even more. Here, you can host creative workshops and brainstorming sessions backed by the room’s refreshing atmosphere. You can also transform it into a classroom layout to accommodate up to 30 people.
Location: Kistagången 12, 164 40 Kista, Sweden
Capacity: 16 to 30 people
Price: £25 per hour
Travel: Nearby Kista Grönlandsgången Bus Stop
This rustic space is not only great for small dinners, release parties, or lunch meetings. It’s also suitable for food photography and cooking classes. Here, 20 people can be seated while 12 people busy themselves in the kitchen area simultaneously. It also features natural light for a warm atmosphere that is perfect for this type of event space. The kitchen is fully equipped with the things you need if you decide to cook for your guests or host a cooking class.
Location: Höga stigen 3, 116 20 Stockholm, Sweden
Capacity: Up to 20 people
Price: £25 per hour
Travel: Nearby Glasbruksgatan Bus Stop
Finally, we end this list with an event space that can provide you with a luxurious experience and meal straight from its delicious menu. Restaurang Asplund is a highly reviewed restaurant in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County just north of Stockholm City Centre. Here, you’ll get to enjoy authentic Swedish, Scandinavian, and European cuisines. There’s also a variety of special diets such as vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free. The meeting room itself is a chamber separée, exclusive for low key events. It’s suitable for business lunches, private dinners, or even a full-day conference for up to 15 people.
Location: Gunnar Asplunds allé 2-4 , 171 63 Solna
Capacity: Up to 15 people
Price: £38 per hour
Travel: Nearby Armégatan Bus Stop
Did you find the venue perfect for your event? Our list combines event spaces that are elegant and modern with different aesthetics and features. Moreover, they are all flexible spaces that you can customize to fit your event requirements.
All you need to complete your event is excellent catering! If you’re looking for affordable event caterers in London, then our list is filled with caterers offering a variety of dishes that will excite your attendees.
Guasa’ – Venezuela Buns & Rum are pioneers in bringing Venezuelan cuisine into the UK. It has been featured all across the country and even in the international press. The team offers traditional Venezuelan food but with a majestic twist of flavours. Their Venezuelan Arepa Buns are hand-made, gluten-free, and can be stuffed or eaten on the side. It is served with different customers’ choices, including jackfruit, beans, beef, chicken, and pork. They can serve your guests for 2 to 3 hours.
Location: Mercato Metropolitano, SE1 6DR, London
Capacity: from 35 to 250 guests
Price: from £9 per person
Travel: Nearby Union Street Bus Stop or St. George’s Bus Stop
If you are looking for authentic Jamaican or Caribbean, you need to look no further. Carriburton event caterers offer a Caribbean Box Meal served in a 650ml microwaveable food container; they can come hot or cold, allowing you to reheat later. Their catering package includes napkins, disposable cutleries, and drinks which you can book as an extra.
Location: Culvert Rd, London SW11 5BB, United Kingdom
Capacity: from 5 to 200 guests
Price: from £6 per person
Travel: Nearby Harris Academy Battersea Bus Stop LA or LT
Paella by Chef Lopez is traditional Spanish cuisine with 17 years of experience as event caterers, making them suited to help you plan and host a successful event. The team’s most affordable meal is the traditional Spanish paella made from the freshest ingredients. Chef Lopez can also provide different types of paella such as chicken chorizo, seafood, Vegan paella Huerta or mixed. They can also serve tapas and paella; this includes Spanish cured jam called Jamon with pan con tomato and extra virgin olive oil.
Location: 36 Eleanor St, London E3 4UR, United Kingdom
Capacity: from 10 to 500 guests
Price: from £10 per person
Travel: Nearby Bow Road Station Bus Stop
Otentik Options specialises in fusion cuisines that have French and West African influences. Their most affordable meal is their canapes made to wow your guests. You will be provided with a unique selection of canapes with different spices and aromas that will take your guests on a journey from France to West Africa. Moreover, to offer you more variety in your meals, the team also partners with other trusted caterers all over London for different events.
Location: London, United Kingdom (Please visit their website for more info.)
Capacity: from 25 guests
Price: from £10 per person
Travel: Get in touch via phone for their location at 07952512060.
Owned by Ausra Bartkeviciute, ABCHEF is committed to providing excellent event catering to clients. Over the years, Ausra has faced thrilling challenges that allowed her to learn and perfect her craft. Her love of food preparation and presentation allowed her to deliver excellent service and experiences to previous clients. Her most affordable meal is the Gourmet Canapes which can be served either hot or cold. Her selection of petits-fours (savoury or sweet) is a wonderful addition to your parties. All canapes are, of course, served fresh on the event day.
Location: 5 Germander Way, London E15 3AB, United Kingdom
Capacity: from 6 to 100 guests
Price: from £9 per person
Travel: Nearby West Ham Subway Station and Milner Road Bus Stop
Get a chance to hire the only dedicated national pie and mash caterer in London. They offer traditional pie, mash and liquor or gravy meals to any volume of guests. On the day of the event, the team will set up their kitchen indoors or outdoors, depending on your event space. Depending on your event requirements, the delicious pie and mash meal will be cooked on-site and served in buffet style or full table service.
Location: Dillock Ln, Bedford MK43 9RG, United Kingdom (also has a national coverage)
Capacity: from 50 to 300 guests
Price: from £8 per person
Travel: Nearby Keeley Corner Bus Stop
Lyreb Honey event caterers are backed by 13 years of experience and the ability to cater to any type of event, including weddings, private parties, corporate events and more. They have a reputation for providing professional and friendly service to clients with an innovative, contemporary, and stylish approach. They have a wide selection of meals, and other than providing delicious food, they can also meet your event requirements by making sure their presentation, such as canape trays and covers, matches your colour scheme.
Location: 226 Seven Sisters Road London N4 3GG United Kingdom
Capacity: from 24 to 300 guests
Price: from £11 per person
Travel: Nearby Fonthill Road and Isledon Bus Stops
The Bonobo has been an independently run family business since 2010, providing them with all the information they need to serve a safe and delicious product paired with excellent catering service. Your guests will be provided with delicious grilled cheese sandwiches cooked through old-fashioned methods of toasting using a cast-iron press. It will also be cooked in front of your guests for an added touch. All of the sandwiches are made with awards winning British cheeses and organic sourdough bread.
Location: 272 Portobello Road, W105TY, London
Capacity: from 40 to 200 guests
Price: from £10 per person
Travel: Nearby Ladbroke Grove Bus Station and Ladbroke Grove Subway Station
The Cheese Factory is a London based street food company serving customers from all over the city with this alternative event caterers. They offer the best flat-iron cheese toasties using only the best quality British cheese paired with the most delicate slices of crunchy artisan sourdough. They have plenty of meal options. One of their most affordable meals is the Breakfast Flat-Iron Sourdough Toasties, perfect for breakfast events. They can set up on the pavilion and serve your guests for 1 to 2 hours as needed.
Location: London, United Kingdom (Please visit their website for more info.)
Capacity: from 130 to 300 guests
Price: from £8 per person
Travel: Get in touch via phone for their location at 0795 203 1191
We end this list with a unique caterer providing 100% pure vegan and vegetarian Indian meals. Each meal has traditional homemade flavours, prepared in commercial kitchens and delivered to your event venue or private kitchen as required. The team has over 30 years of experience when it comes to North Indian Vegetarian cuisines. Their most affordable meal comes with a selection of dishes that offer an explosion of flavours. They are also one of the least expensive caterers on the list, offering other meals ranging from £9 to £10 per person only.
Location: Acton Market, The Mount/King Street W3 9NW
Capacity: from 20 to 200 guests
Price: from £7 per person
Travel: Nearby King Street and Acton Old Town Hall Bus Stops
Some of these caterers may not have a permanent address since they’re considered mobile caterers. This means that they are ready to travel and provide excellent food and service to customers all over the city. So, do you have your best pick as a caterer for your event yet? We hope our list is full of innovative, unique, and affordable caterers helped.
