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  • 1.  Creating an all inclusive session package vs. A la carte per session

    Posted 02-25-2025 07:38

    Does anyone know of a way to create an All inclusive price for sessions and still allow sessions to be selectable? 

    I have an event registration with multiple sessions with individual session pricing. We want to offer a package price that includes all sessions for one cost and also allow people to select individual sessions. 

    I've created 2 admission items - All Inclusive Package ($200) and an A la carte Package ($0).

    First thing I attempted was to add the sessions as included to the All Inclusive Package - however, this will not work, because it causes the sessions to be auto selected as included.  I still want the All Inclusive people to select the specific sessions they want to attend because we need an accurate F&B count. 

    The second thing I tried was to create a discount code for the All Inclusive Package that makes any selected session $0 and is auto-applied to any one that selects the All Inclusive Package Admission item. This works but it is clunky for a couple of reasons: 
    1) the session pricing still appears on the session selection page - and may cause confusion when registrants are selecting their sessions. I'd could tell them "If you selected the All inclusive package the discount will be applied at the end" - but we all know people don't read and I envision a lot of questions.
    2) on the payment page there is a subtotal number that includes the All inclusive admission price PLUS all the individual session prices - which is inaccurate because it is a higher price than if they selected all the sessions individually. 

    The last option that I know of to try is to use registration types - but I would rather not do that because we have 10 registration types and if we need to add a All inclusive option to those, it will double the registration types to 20.  

    Anyone have any suggestions?


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    Jeannie Power
    Co-Founder | Event Technologist
    Power Event GroupUnited States
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  • 2.  RE: Creating an all inclusive session package vs. A la carte per session

    Posted 02-25-2025 09:40
    Edited by Anurag Sindhu 02-25-2025 09:44
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    Hi Jeannie,

    You should be able to achieve this setup using a feature called "Session Bundles". You can create a Session Bundle and give a specific pricing to it. If the invitee selects that bundle he will be enrolled automatically for all the sessions that are included in that bundle or else right below the bundle the individual sessions will also be listed. Hence they will even have the option to individually pick those. 

    I have created an example and shared a screenshot for the same. If the person picks the bundle he gets all 3 sessions for $1000. However, they can also choose to pick each session individually and pay for what they have selected.

    You can also go through this article to see how to setup "Session Bundles".



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    Anurag Sindhu
    Senior Client Success Advisor
    noneaUnited States
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  • 3.  RE: Creating an all inclusive session package vs. A la carte per session

    Posted 02-25-2025 13:33

    Hi Anurag, 

    Thank you for taking the time to respond. 
    I tried to bundle the sessions - and initially It does look good, but once I select the bundle, It changes the sessions to "included with bundle session" and the registrant is no longer able to select the sessions within the bundle that they want to go it. It is assumed they want to attend all. Which doesn't work well for our F&B counts because they may not actually want to go to all of them. 

    Am I missing something?



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    Jeannie Power
    Co-Founder | Event Technologist
    Power Event GroupUnited States
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  • 4.  RE: Creating an all inclusive session package vs. A la carte per session
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    Posted 02-26-2025 09:39

    This sounds like separate registration types to me, but I agree, managing 20 different types can get complicated.  Sorry that I don't have another option for you, but following to see if anyone else has a good idea.



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    Jess Olcott
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    ETC, Inc.
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  • 5.  RE: Creating an all inclusive session package vs. A la carte per session

    Posted 02-27-2025 13:35

    Thanks Jess! Even confirmation helps!  At least I know I'm on the right thought path!

    Since I'm not able to do that many reg types for this customer - I've gone the route of auto applying the discount code. 
    To reduce my issues with it, I've added some additional guidance text. And I reduced the incorrect subtotal text to 0 pt font so it can't be seen. 
    I'm hoping this will work well. 



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    Jeannie Power
    Co-Founder | Event Technologist
    Power Event GroupUnited States
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