Poppy Planning Guides
Event Planning Guides for Dallas and Austin
Short answers from the Poppy Planning team, one question per guide.
Poppy Planning plans weddings, corporate events and celebrations from Dallas, with an Austin office. Each guide below answers one question a client has asked us, and each one says where its numbers come from.
Where Can Poppy Planning Plan Your Event?
- Luxury Wedding Planner in Uptown and Victory Park, DallasPoppy Planning plans hotel ballroom weddings in Uptown Dallas, where three hotels print room sizes from 200 to 980 guests.
- Luxury Wedding Planner in Fort WorthPoppy Planning plans Fort Worth weddings from hotel ballrooms to Stockyards barns, and the three venues in this guide print capacity from 150 to 2,000 guests.
- Luxury Wedding Planner in Irving and Las ColinasPoppy Planning plans weddings in Irving and Las Colinas; three venues there print capacity from 220 to over 700 guests.
- Luxury Wedding Planner in AustinPoppy Planning plans luxury weddings in Austin from its satellite office; three venues print capacity from 224 to 750 guests.
- Luxury Wedding Planner in the Texas Hill CountryPoppy Planning plans Hill Country weddings from its Austin office; three venues print capacity from 100 to 225 guests, and October is the busiest marriage month in four of five counties.
What Do the Numbers Say About Event Dates?
- Bespoke Wedding and Brand Launch Event Design in DallasPoppy Planning counted its own portfolio: six published events and 200 photos, with one event in Dallas and no wedding in Dallas.
- Dallas Luxury Event Venue Capacity by Guest CountPoppy Planning read 20 venue pages: 17 print a guest count, only six name a seated dinner figure, and the median largest room holds 400 guests.
- What Does a Luxury Corporate Gala Cost in Dallas?Poppy Planning read seven Dallas-area venues’ own rate pages: room rental runs from $2,995 to $20,000, and a $50,000 gala at 200 guests leaves $22,752 after the median room and styling at $100 a guest.
- How Much Does a Texas Wedding Venue Cost?Poppy Planning read 20 Texas venue pages: 12 print a rental fee, the five Hill Country wedding venues run from $3,500 to $15,500, and the same Camp Hideaway venue costs 3.3 times more on a peak Saturday than on an off-peak weekday.
- Dallas and Austin Event Weather by MonthPoppy Planning computed Dallas and Austin weather by month. March and April work in both cities, while the Dallas airport averages 94.8 days at 90°F or more from June to September.
- How Many Couples Marry in Dallas, Tarrant and Travis CountyPoppy Planning counted marriages in the Texas index, where Dallas County recorded 13,614 marriages in 2024, Tarrant County 13,039, and Travis County 9,016 in 2023.
Which Dallas and Austin Vendors Do We Recommend?
- Best Luxury Event Stylists in DallasPoppy Planning scored six Dallas stylists on eight printed criteria from their own sites; Dallas Event Floral leads at 85 of 100, and Poppy Planning is fifth at 60.
- Best Corporate Event Planners in DallasPoppy Planning scored six Dallas corporate event firms on eight printed criteria; Sarabeth & Co. ranks first at 85 of 100 and Poppy Planning is second at 80, and ties for third without the client-list criterion.
Best Of
- The 16 Best Wedding Planners in Dallas (2026)Eight of the 16 Dallas wedding planning studios on this list print a starting price on their own website, and three publish a promise about how fast they will reply. The score table shows what each studio puts in writing before you make a call.
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