Managing visitors numbers
Use a free online ticketing service to control visitor numbers, manage the flow of people during your event and improve communications with visitors.
Open Farm Sunday Ticketing Service
We have partnered with TryBooking to offer an online ticketing service. It’s free to use if your event is free to visitors.
There are lots of benefits to ticketing your event:
- Limit visitor numbers
- Manage the flow of people during your event
- Obtain numbers of certain groups attending e.g. children
- Use the system to email your guests about your event prior to attending
- Invite people to book on to timed activities e.g. farm walks, tractor trailer rides
- Build your customer contact database by asking visitors if they would like to receive e‑newsletters, etc.
TryBooking a very sophisticated system — but we would recommend keeping it simple!
You will need to set up a TryBooking account and input your event details to create a unique Open Farm Sunday event with its own unique URL link. Promote this link when you promote your event e.g. on your farm’s own website, your social media pages, in emails or you can promote the link on posters, flyers and leaflets – and don’t forget to add the link within your Open Farm Sunday event description in your event registration at www.farmsunday.org.
Through your own TryBooking account you can manage your Open Farm Sunday event and see who has booked, for what and when.
Charging for your event
If you are charging an admission fee, or for certain activities, you can collect payments through TryBooking. TryBooking has two fees for paid tickets — a 15p booking fee paid by each visitor at check out and a 5% service fee to cover the card transaction which is taken off each ticket sold — you can manage bank transfers via your TryBooking account too. All details are available here: https://www.trybooking.co.uk/pricing.
Step by Step Instructions
Download this PDF ‘step by step’ guide to the TryBooking website.
Please use this ‘hero image’ to incorporate into your TryBooking event page.
Contact
It doesn’t take long to set up, and both TryBooking and the LEAF team are here to help at any point.
- Contact TryBooking on 0333 344 3477 if you have any questions or need help setting up the ticketing for your event
- For any other questions about your Open Farm Sunday event, please call the LEAF office on 024 7641 3911 or email us.
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