Event planners have to stay on top of a lot of things at once. Can you imagine being responsible for planning a wedding one week, organizing a company's presence at a trade show the next and planning a swanky party for a hot celebrity the week after that?! Sounds like fun, but a lot of stress at the same time. Below are a list of ways that a mobile phone can make the life o an event planner a little easier.

1. Use a Travel Assistant program like Trip Chill Mobile Travel Assistant reviewed at MakeUseOf.com.

• Real-time mobile alerts for delays, cancellations, gate changes, inbound aircraft alerts, and more
• Itinerary monitoring and repair before and during your trip
• Alerts your friends and colleagues about your travel status
• Ability to book car and hotel from your phone
• Alternate flight recommendations

The first comment on MakeUseOf summed up how useful this program can be:

Last night on my return leg from Newark to Denver I received a text message seconds after my plane touched down reminding me where I parked my car. It may sound simple but if you travel enough you know that this can be a life saver. Hopefully they'll tie this feature into my GPS. Not that its hard now. As I was walking into the airport to catch my plane to Newark four days ago I received a text asking me where I parked. Attention to detail means everything.

2. Calendar Sync. It's important that all calendars are accessible at all times.

3. Group Text Mesaging. A real lifesaver when you need to contact multiple people in a group about changes - or when you want to make sure that your boss also stays on top of what you're doing. Try Swaggle, a FREE service where you just send one text message to Swaggle and it will be sent to everyone in your group. When someone responds, that goes to everyone in the group, as well. GroupSMS is a free program you can download to a Windows Mobile phone - very easy to use (I have this set up myself).

3. Save Contacts to Different Categories. Use the name of the client as a category and add necessary contacts. Will also help to group florists, bands, DJ's and more together.

4. Group Voice Messaging. Sign-up for free Pinger account.

Just call your local Pinger number or 858-2-PINGER, say the names of the people you want to message and talk. You can message one or all your friends in 20 countries with one call. People you send a message to get a text instead of a ring. They press a button or two to listen. Then they can reply or forward by hitting a single button so it's fast and easy to message back and forth.

PhoneVite is a similar service that lets you send free voicemail to a group of people and follow-up on their replies. Simply record your message/invitation (from Phone or PC ) and Phonevite will instantly deliver it to phone numbers of your contacts - which you can enter manually or from your address book. All recipients have and option to reply without being charged.

5. Notes. Use the Notes app on your phone to tTake notes while you're on a call so that you don't forget important details.

[Photo Credit: Pink Sherbert Photography on Flickr]

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