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Guides for event organizers and venues
Every event with a travelling audience creates lodging, parking and transport spend it does not see. These guides cover how the existing arrangements work, where they stop working, and what an organizer can do about the rest.
- Room blocks and attrition: the organizer's guideHow hotel room blocks, cutoff dates and attrition clauses actually work for event organizers, what unfilled rooms cost, and what to do about the attendees who book outside your block.
- The confirmation page: the most valuable screen you already ownWhy the moment after checkout is the highest-intent screen an event or venue has, what your attendees do in the ten minutes after it, and how to turn it into a second sale without adding work.
- Parking, rides and the spend that sits around a ticketLodging is the largest line in event travel spend but it is not the only one. What attendees book around a ticket, which questions your box office is already answering for free, and how to earn on them.
- Wedding guest lodging: blocks, group rates and everyone who books elsewhereHow hotel room blocks and courtesy blocks work for weddings, how many rooms to actually contract for, and what to do about the guests who book a rental instead.
- Youth sports travel: how families actually book a tournament weekendTravelling teams book differently from conference attendees. How many rooms a youth tournament really needs, why families choose whole properties, and what a sold-out block costs everyone.
- How event organizers earn from lodging without owning a single roomCommissions, rebates and revenue shares explained for organizers: where lodging money comes from, what a fair split looks like, and what to ask a lodging partner before you sign.
Room block attrition calculatorEnter your block, your clause and your pickup. See exactly what an unfilled room costs you.Free, no sign-up →Room block size calculatorWork out how many rooms to contract for — and how many nights your attendees will book somewhere else.Free, no sign-up →
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