Event Espresso

I recently had to set up an online booking system for a WordPress site. After looking around for some Paypal plugins, I eventually stumbled upon Event Espresso. I installed the free version and quickly found that it had everything I needed.

This WordPress plugin lets you set up registration pages for any number of events, classes, seminars or whatever else you want. You set up your events in the Event Espresso configuration, and it generates a registration form for you. You just need to put a link to this registration form somewhere on your site, and when customers fill out the form, they'll be prompted to pay for the event through Paypal. All you need to do to integrate Paypal is provide the email address where the money should be paid.

After a user has submitted their registration and paid the fee, Event Espresso stores their information in your WordPress database. You are able to see who has registered, their information, and even their payment status.

Event Espresso provides a wide range of options which you can use to customize your event registration:

• Each event can contain a writeup of the event details, with full HTML support. If you provide the address for an event, a Google Maps link is even included on the registration page
• You can customize the fields that show up on the registration form, and mark them as required/optional. Event Espresso will even validate fields, such as ensuring a valid e-mail address is entered
• There is an option to send the user a personalized/custom confirmation email to say thanks, or to give them more information
• With the paid version, you can even send newsletters to everyone who has registered for an event

This plugin made event registration a piece of cake, and their website has a huge amount of help and resources to answer any questions or get you through any problem.