Booking multiple event seats under one name

[mario_gudelj]

By default a booking form reserves one spot for each person. And each person may only ever book one spot to a booking. However it is possible to make changes to your web form so customers can choose the number of spots for a booking.

To do this add the following field to your booking form:

<input class="cat_textbox" id="BookingAllocation" name="BookingAllocation">

If you wish to set a maximum number of spots a customer can book, then this can easily be achieved using JavaScript, the example below will allow up to 5 spots to be booked by a single customer.

<input type=text name=”BookingAllocation” onChange=”if (this.value > 5) this.value=5;”>

[kotku]

If I wish to set a maximum number of spots a customer can book, do I use the second script above and if so, how or where do I use it?

Also, I would need to know the name and contact information for whom the additional spots have been booked. Is it as simple as adding additional fields for first name, last name, email, etc.?

Thanks,

Lynn

[mario_gudelj]

Hi Lynn,

You place that second field inside the booking form, which is inside the detailed booking layout.

As for the second requirement, you may want to look at this article http://demo.businesscatalyst.com/booking-multiple-seats

Cheers,

-mario

[displaythis]

Hi Mario

Great advice as usual - Ok what can you do to provide discounts on a booking. e.g if someone is a student attending an event.

[mario_gudelj]

Hi displaythis,

What you'll need to do is create a custom field for the discount codes and then add some JavaScriot that checks the entered code and adjusts the amount inside the amount field depending on if the code is correct or not.

If you need help with setting this up please reach out to me through the contact form at www.twoblokeswithapostie.com

Cheers,

Mario

[AustralianWebMarketing]

Hi Mario,

Thanks for your info above. Does the workaround for multiple easts using JQuery get around the only one booking per email (user) issue - I can't see that it does but didn't know if you have a workaround you use if someone comes back leter and wants to book additional seats from the same email address.

Thanks heaps.

Craig

[mario_gudelj]

Hi Craig,

There's no way around that one at this stage

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[AustralianWebMarketing]

Thanks Mario,

Afraid that was going to be the answser - but many thnaks for your reply.

Cheers,

Craig

[jillys123]

If we allow the customer to purchase more than one ticket to an event, is there a way (or will it do it automatically) to deplete the capacity for that event...? I hope to allow 20 tickets to my event and have the event removed from the site once the 20 spots are sold. I also hope that if the customer wants more than one ticket that they don't have to complete the webform numerous times...

[Guest]

Hi Mario,

Thanks for the code and example - much appreciated!

Have you ever created this kind of multiple seat booking where each of the individual participants was sent a package of materials after signup?

One of our clients wants to have a multiple seat signup like this one, but they also want each individual person to receive a package of materials automatically after signup.  They also want the package of materials to have a restricted number of downloads per IP address like an E-commerce product.  Do you know if something like this is possible?  We're trying to get a realistic sense before approaching our partners with the project.

Thanks,

Jeff

[Liam Dilley]

Jeff, for that you need each person to go into the CRM - Different and more complex process. Something we have done a number of times now.

With that you can then do stuff associated with their CRM entry - Cases, sending emails etc.

[Guest]

Oh I see.  This seat booking is different from actually having each individual be entered into the CRM - that makes sense.

Thanks for letting me know this is possible.  Something like you described is beyond my current ability, but we can forward this to our development partners if our client wants to move forward.

[Liam Dilley]

Considering what you need to do, if they say it can not be done - contact us at Pretty to quote you.

[Guest]

Great thanks Liam, much appreciated.  It's looking like our client doesn't want to move forward because they don't want to spend any more money on features.