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Attendee Types and Cost

An Attendee Type is a designation you can create and customize for who will attend your event. For instance, if you are hosting a dinner, you can create an attendee type for “Adult” and another for “Child”. Creating different types allows you to know the makeup of your attendees.

Creating different attendee types allows you to gather more information about your attendees and set a unique price for each.

Adding Attendee Types and Cost


Add Attendee Types

Click the “Add a New Attendee Type” button. In the new fields, enter a designation for your attendees and a cost for their registration. You can create as many different types and costs as you need.

Attendee Types

When people fill out the form to register, they will select one of these options from a dropdown menu where they will also see the associated cost. If you do not create an attendee type, or if only one type is created, the registrant will not be prompted to select an attendee type. This field is only visible when two or more attendee types are created.

The system will calculate the total cost of the registration as a person registers themselves and anyone else.

Event Payment Type


There are four options for determining if and how to receive payment from registrants: Don't Ask For Payment, Flexible Payment, Payment Required, and Ask For Donation.

Online Giving needs to be configured on your ChurchTrac account in order to accept payments and donations for registrations. To learn more, read our Setting Up Online Giving article.
Payment Types

Do Not Ask for Payment

This is the default option and is used for events for which you will not require payment.

You can still create different attendee types, however. This can be used for events where you need to know certain details about who is attending. For instance, you can create attendee types for Male & Female, or Parent & Child, or Husband & Wife, etc.

Flexible Payment

This allows registrants to choose to either pay to register now or later. It is up to you to determine when they have to pay if they choose to pay later.

A Church Connect user will see their remaining balance displayed on their “Upcoming Events” screen in their account.

Payment Required

This option prevents someone from completing the form until they have entered their payment information.

Ask for a Donation

This allows people to choose how much they pay. You can still create attendee types and costs and our system will display those amounts as a suggested donation amount.

Additional Details


Additional details
Max Amount/Cost per Registration

This creates a limit on how much a given family or group can be charged for an event.

For instance, for a family event, you can determine how much you will charge for each adult and child, yet cap how much a whole family will have to spend to register. This will prevent costs from becoming prohibitive for large families.

Select a Payment Category

Choosing an option in the dropdown menu allows you to designate which income Category the money will be applied to at your church.

The General Category is the default. If you want to designate another category, make sure you have your Categories already set up prior to receiving registrations for the event.

Attendee types can be used for more than designating the attendee. Having a dinner or banquet? Create an attendee type for steak, another for chicken, fish, and more!

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