Compare Joinways vs. Nowadays

Joinways is an event venue CRM designed to help hospitality and event teams handle inquiries, quoting, scheduling, and client coordination from one workspace. The platform is built for venues that receive requests through email, forms, marketplaces, social channels, and messaging apps and need a better way to organize them. Joinways extracts important event information automatically, including contact details, company name, dates, hours, guest count, event type, budget, deadlines, catering needs, AV requirements, access details, and other constraints. Once the inquiry is structured, the system helps prepare quotes using the venue’s templates, prices, and terms. Teams can review, adjust, send, track, and sign quotes online while follow-ups and reminders keep opportunities from going cold. The visual planning tools show venue availability, confirmed bookings, options, and scheduling conflicts in a clear calendar view. Joinways also prepares function sheets, tracks activity, centralizes client and company records, and gives managers reporting visibility across the event pipeline. It works alongside existing systems such as Gmail, Outlook, Google Calendar, Teams, WhatsApp, Slack, Stripe, SignatureAPI, and PMS tools rather than replacing the full stack. By reducing manual typing and keeping information synchronized, Joinways helps venues respond faster and manage events with more confidence.

Nowadays serves as an AI-driven assistant for corporate event planning, simplifying the process of organizing such occasions. By simply entering the specifics of your event, our AI takes charge, reaching out to venues and handling negotiations on your behalf. Acting like a dedicated in-house event planner, Nowadays alleviates the stress associated with organizing while considering the distinct preferences and requirements of your company. Functioning as an IATA-certified AI travel agency, it efficiently searches for venues that align with your event criteria and negotiates with locations worldwide through both email and phone communication. Additionally, it offers tailored recommendations for destinations and activities that suit your event's theme. By eliminating the hours wasted on tedious, repetitive tasks, you can devote your time to what truly matters for your organization. Simply provide the event details, and we will take the initiative to contact venues and vendors, manage communications, and adhere to your budget constraints. Our AI is designed to go beyond a generic approach; it tailors its services to meet the specific tastes and needs of each client, ensuring a genuinely customized event planning experience that stands out. This dedication to personalization guarantees that every event not only meets expectations but exceeds them.