Bookings Overview
Bookings Overview
Plinth lets you take online bookings for your events, sessions and activities. People can book themselves in through a public booking page, or you can add bookings on their behalf. Bookings are fully integrated with the rest of Plinth, so attendance, reporting and member data all stay connected in one place.
What you can do with bookings
Create a public booking page — Share a link or embed the page on your website so people can book directly onto your sessions without having to phone or email you.
Take online payments — Connect your Stripe account to accept card payments at the point of booking. See the guide on Connecting to Stripe for setup instructions.
Manage capacity — Set a maximum number of places for each session so bookings close automatically when full.
Create ticket types and discounts — Offer different pricing tiers (e.g. concessions, free places) and create discount codes. See How Ticket Types work for more details.
Require registration — Ask people to complete a registration form before they can book, so their details are captured and kept up to date automatically.
Add bookings manually — Book people in yourself from the admin side. See the guide on How to add your own bookings.
How to set up bookings
Bookings are managed at the event level. To make an event bookable:
Step 1: Go to the Calendar and open the event you want to take bookings for (or create a new event).
Step 2: During the event setup, when asked "Do you want to take bookings for this through Plinth?", select Yes.
Step 3: Configure your booking settings — including capacity, ticket types, and whether a registration form is required.
For a full walkthrough, see the guide on Creating a bookable activity on Plinth. For details on every setting available, see How everything in booking settings works.
Managing bookings
Once bookings start coming in, you can manage them from the event page. You will see a list of everyone who has booked, their payment status, and any notes. From here you can:
View and confirm bookings
Cancel a booking (see How to cancel a booking)
Add a booking manually on behalf of someone
Check who has paid and who has not
For more detail, see the guide on How to manage bookings.
Related guides
Creating a bookable activity on Plinth — Step-by-step setup
How everything in booking settings works — All the settings explained
How Ticket Types work — Pricing tiers and discounts
Connecting to Stripe — Setting up online payments
How to add your own bookings — Manually booking people in
How to cancel a booking — Cancellation process
Public Events — Creating and managing public-facing events
If you have any questions about bookings, use the chat widget in the bottom-right corner and our team will be happy to help.