We clue you into the best venues & menus (caterers) in NYC for free. Whether you are looking for a venue to party outside of the office or a caterer to party in the office, we “in-clued “you to the best options. We also source group hotel rooms for free anywhere in the world if you are looking for the best city to host an office retreat. Just imagine, one place that remembers and values your unique needs every single time! We make that a reality - we'll be your partner in becoming the Office Hero who creates unforgettable events.
Please first ask WHY we made it free. We know how smart & resourceful you are to source on your own. We just want to make it simpler because your time is invaluable and we are obsessed with venues & menus in NYC and hotels around the world. So, the real question is, how do we survive when it's free? Simple: we partner with venues and caterers to pay us a lead generation fee for bringing them great business so you won't have to.
Absolutely! Once we "in-clued" clients to the best in the industry, they entrust us with a whole spectrum of events. You will find that we are addictive (customer's words). We have extensive experience organizing global conferences, team offsites, product launches, and a variety of event productions/designs. We've been told in-clued has helped customers get promoted, travel through time, and even find their true love. If you believe in miracles, please email us directly at requests@inclued.com for these type of services so that we can best understand how to work our magic.
It breaks our hearts to say this, but we have had to temporarily "pause" accepting personal event requests to make sure we can fulfill our corproate venues & menus duties in the interim. But send us an email saying "I want you to do my personal event!" and we'll check with the powers to be and see if we can make an exception!
Our amazing restaurant & catering sourcing service is NYC only. Our world class hotel room sourcing service is wherever in the world your heart (or company policy) desires. So...Paris, anyone?.
The free portion helps new users to give us a go. But, clients continue to stay with us for years because we provide high-quality, high-touch service that will reassure, save time, and delight your guests. We take our job very seriously.
Umm...because, you are an invaluable person who loves to work smarter! LOVE YOURSELF and treat yourself to in-clued. Why waste time sifting through venue's availability, photos, capacity, & complex pricing, when we'll provide you all that information for you with venues we are confident will work? We also stay behind the scene so be prepared to bask in the glory & compliments of your co-workers who will talk about your event for MONTHS to come, possibly years. TRUE STORY.
For hotels aroundn the world, we ask for a minimum block of 15 rooms per night. For restaurants / venues in NYC, we kindly ask for $5,000 (before admin, tax & tip) to guarantee our 3 business day turnaround. You can certainly source venues below that budget, but we just can't guarantee a 3 day turn around time with results
You contract directly with the restaurant, venue or hotel. If you are interested in hiring us for multiple years, however, we will review the option of being the paying agent for all of your vendors. Please email Soo-jin Kim at sjk@inclued.com to further discuss the multi-year contract option.
We absolutely understand that no two events are the same and actually prefer that users specify their event needs as much as possible in the comment section. Please feel free to elaborate as much as possible - the more you say, the more we can perfect our recommendations for you.
Through a very complex algorithm not even the world's best hacker can crack. There's a bit of magic involved too, but I fear I've said too much already. We curate every single venue we partner with and have a very thorough review process to ensure your event is executed flawlessly EVERY SINGLE TIME.
YES, we do! Our own in-clued full catering service is the best (or worst) kept secret in NYC. All of Manhattan is our kitchen - we simply pair our amazing event staff with any menu in Manhattan that best fulfills your event needs. Our full service catering comes with the whole enchilada - consultation & delivery around food, beverages, glassware, plates, servers, bartenders and sometimes design/equipment rentals. Every menu and kitchen who deliver to your office has been carefully curated by yours truly, so be prepared to be wowed by not only the food quality but also the beautiful set-up and execution.
For full service catering, we'd LOVE a minimum budget of $100pp and $5K overall budget before tax & tip to guarantee a 3-day response timeframe. But if you have less than that, still try us out and we'll try to get back to you asap!
Firstly, because you are sick of the same old same old and want to be clued-into the hottest & greatest menu in Manahttan for now! Secondly, like our answer under venue & hotel sourcing, treat yourself to in-clued! You and your time are precious. We live and breathe Manhattan venues & menus 24x7, so trust us - your colleagues sitting through yet another "working lunch" will tear up when they see the delicious and beautiful spread you've ordered just for them.
You contract & pay in-clued directly so you can handle all the food, beverage, staff, & optional rentals with one invoice. It's that easy!
This is possibly the hardest and most fattening part of our job: we review, test, & inspect everything from each kitchen's logistics, presentation, and food quality. Logistics is key because when you are serving food for large groups (possibly the population of a small island), the delivery not only needs to pass your security points, but also real-estate limitations, insurance requirements, your grandmother's sixth sense, and wait time while your CEO finishes the presentation.
That would be like eating a five-star twelve course meal without the wine-pairing, so no. We are absolutely open to meeting the best in the event industry, including but not limited to AV/Tech providers, furniture/equipment rental, DJ/bands, photographers, florists, and other entertainers. If you are interested in being part of our flawless events, please email us at requests@inclued.com.
That's like asking which one of your kids you favor more, so it's almost impossible to answer. We recommend venues/caterers we fervently and confidently believe is best for your specific event. Once you've been in-clued multiple times, you are going to find it hard to answer which one of our partners is your favorite. The struggle is real.
We love to hear from new venues and kitchens, so please contact us at requests@inclued.com and one of our event curators will be in touch to discuss if there are synergies.
Oh, very much so. We have been too busy to alert the authorities at Webster's dictionary, but "in-clued" means "the act of choosing to be clued-in to the best because you want to feel included & special."
