Dotty Design A5 Ultimate Diary Planner 2018: Goal setting, year-at-a-glance, to do list management, note pages and more. Designed with women in business in mind (Dotty)

This is a nice diary, however, I just cannot justify the £25 price tag. As soon as I got it, I started writing in it and now wish I hadn't, as with reflection, I would have sent back for a refund. Oh well. The other positive reviews swayed me, so wanted to give my review so show a different opinion. For the price, I would have expected a higher quality finish to the paper and cover. If i'd have paid £10 I'd have been pretty happy, to have paid £25 I feel like I've been had. :( Will be going to Paperchase next year...

Underwhelmed. I was very excited for my planner to arrive and start using it but was very disappointed when opened the box, especially considering the price. Other planners such as the daily greatness planners and blue sky planners are much more professional looking and value for money. This planner has good ideas but it is far too small. On the daily diary you can barely get two words on a line so have to waste multiple lines and I write very small. So if you are serious about planning your week and year and hoping to make serious headway in your business I would forget this one. OK for a very young child to introduce them to the idea of planing but not suitable for adults. Also the paper feels cheap like its recycled and the ink sinks straight through and the plastic cover and ruler are very thin and bendy and I don’t think it will last long. So overall very disappointing and I can’t see that I will be able to use it so ha e now purchased the action day planner which is more for the serious business owner.

I was quite excited about the planner when I bought it having seen a few of the videos online about it and I thought it would be perfect for planning my business activity. I'm sorry to say that I returned it the day after receipt as it's just not that great and there's no way it justifies the price.There were lots of little niggly things throughout that made it feel amateurish and lack quality: Firstly the text on the month-by-month tabs was out of line (see pic) - it would drive me nuts seeing that every day. There were odd text sizes on the 'This made me smile today' section which were duplicated throughout the entire planner and just made me think that it hadn't been proof read prior to printing. The mini-monthly calendar in the bottom corner of each page was so tiny as to be almost illegible and it would be very difficult to write anything in the year planner at the front of the planner. In fact, a lot of the boxes in the planner looked like it would be a squeeze to write appointments and reminders in. The patterned cover that attracted me to the planner was cheap, shiny paper and the plastic outer cover just didn't feel nice.Plus points: The paper quality was lovely in the main planner and looked like it would be a delight to write on and I liked the big spiral binding though - this would have made it really practical to use had I kept it and it looked good too.Overall - the planner tries to do a lot but doesn't do it well enough. I'm buying a Filofax and writing my goals in the notes instead.

Lovely book, very well organised, to help you get really organised. When you buy it, Put Your Name/Phone number in it! Please don't do what I did, and leave it at a business meeting with no clue in it, as to who it belongs to... Patently I am exactly the kind of disorganised person this book is ideal for! It's also great for organised people, who need something attractive and useful to keep themselves organised.

I have been on the hunt for a small wire bound planner for a really long while now, so when coming across this was very happy. As the main feature I wanted was a weekly layout & for it to be wire bound I never read much else about it so was pleasantly surprised with the other features in this planner. Yes there are spelling mistakes here & there as other people have mentioned but they aren't drastic enough that they can't be overlooked. Also yes it can be a little small to write in but it is A5 so you know... it kind of comes with the territory that you'll have some difficulty there. It can be a little troublesome that some dates are repeated twice as it's sectioned by the month but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make in order to not be constantly flicking through pages every time I want today's date. All in all, I love this planner & would definitely recommend!

I knew when I ordered it that it was for a business woman but I thought I could adapt it. I was a little disappointed in the quality of the paper and in the floppiness of the diary. Some of the ideas like the special days section are really good . I didn't like the quotes but I liked the boxes for 'what made you smile today' . Sadly the general layout did not suit me so I am returning it. I don't think it is worth the money.

First planner I've ever bought. I youtube'd this one first, and the feedback was great. Once i received the planner there was also details of a Facebook group, and the group is really active and helpful. Will definitely buy on next year.

Really pleased with my new planner so far, have started planning in for the new year and believe there enough space for everything I need to write. Much prefer week at a view and the column layout which is why I changed to this one this year - here's hoping it works well for me for 2018, it looks like it's going to!