# Predicted Event Spend PredictHQ’s Predicted Event Spend is a dollar figure that reflects the predicted amount of consumer spend across **accommodation, hospitality** and **transportation** in a specific area as a result of events happening nearby. At the core of this figure sits our market leading global event coverage, predicted event attendance, local accommodation demand, third party data and more which culminate into a contextual and attributable dollar figure that can be used to power both insights and forecasting models. Predicted Event Spend demonstrates how individual or groupings of events drive massive spending on behalf of visitors and is a reflection of the total amount of additional spending within a defined area as a result of a specific event. All Predicted Event Spend values are in United States Dollars (USD$). ## Coverage Predicted Event Spend is available for the following [event categories](https://docs.predicthq.com/getting-started/predicthq-data/event-categories): * Sports * Conferences * Expos * Concerts * Festivals * Performing Arts * Community Within each event category, the following industries/sectors are covered: * Accommodation - Hotels, lodgings and hosts. * Hospitality - Food and Beverage. Hotel restaurant spend is contained here. * Transportation - Ground-based public and private transportation. ## Using Predicted Event Spend * [In the Events API](https://app.gitbook.com/s/kEFs8urDbSJqBmXUI3Lv/events/search-events) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.predicthq.com/getting-started/predicthq-data/predicted-event-spend.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.