Abstract: A process for matching event planners with vendors using real-time information. with the steps of: a server having a memory configured to store data and instructions, a database stored in the memory and accessed by vendors and event planners through a website and, a processor associated with the server and configured to execute instructions to: receive and store in the database profiles of a plurality of vendors, receive and store in the database criteria of planner, Method, in response to the profile of the planner, access the database and match the planner with at least one vendor having a profile that meets at least one criteria of the planner, receive an input from the planner indicating one or more vendors the event planner would like to obtain more information from, and in response to the planner accepting contact by the selected vendors, transmit an e-mail notification to the selected vendors.