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Hi - I'm setting up the registration site for our annual black-tie gala dinner.  Sponsors purchase premium tables, standard tables, or half tables, and then register the 5-10 people who will be sitting at their table.  We then use the table management tool to assign everyone to tables.

Any best practices or suggestions on how to set up the registration types? 

Thanks!

#Registration

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Michelle McCarthy, CMP
Event Manager, Thought Leadership
Zywave
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Hi Michelle!

Could you maybe utilize guest registration for the table guests? Each table type (premium, standard, half) could be an admission item, and then you can set the number of guests allowed for each admission item. (Limiting Guests by Admission Item). 

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Tori Martinez
Event Technology Specialist
Direct Travel
United States
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Hey Michelle! We use Group Registration for a similar type feel.

1. Create registration types. One for each table type, and one for guests. Example - table of 10, table of 5, etc.
2. create admission items for each and assign them a cost. Leave the guest admission items as free.
3. Now move on to your site. Create a path for your full table first. Add the group registration to the path and set it to a max of 9 additional members.
4. next setup your path for guests. This is a "free ticket" path so make it as easy as possible. 
   now go back to the first path you created and assign the group members as that free ticket path for the guests.
5. you'll just repeat these steps for each path. 
   
   

because you will have different pricing for each is why I chose to do different paths, also for the groups you can only setup maximums per path.

on your first path, at the top of personal

information, if you put the registration type selector, then once they choose which path (leave your guest path off of this list by filtering) then once they select, it will move them to the correct registration path! 

The reason we choose to use group vs guest is because of a limitation with guest registration profiles. If you utilize the app at all, guests don't have profiles they can update (I know, it's frustrating to me too!). So we use group so everyone can update their profiles. I hope this makes sense at all, if you need help, feel free to email me at mike.rummage@quility.com!

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Michael Rummage
Senior Director of Events & Special Projects at Quility Insurance
Quility Events LLCUnited States
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