Best way to schedule a class with 2 dates

[prepareinst]

We offer a “Retirement Course” that consists of 2 classes for $49. The classes are typically 1 week apart at the same time.

For example:
Prepare Retirement Course ( 2 sessions)

Day 1 – 10/9/2018 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Day 2 – 10/16/2018 from 6:30 to 8:30pm

What is the best way to display this on the event page?
Here is a test event: http://www.theprepareinstitute.org/event/prepare-retirement-course/2018-10-09/

Is there a better way to display this other than the link saying “Prepare Retirement Course
October 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm |Recurring Event (See all)”

Also there is one cost of the event $49. When I use the reoccuring events it adds the cost to each session in the course.

I am thinking I am setting this up wrong. I went thru the different options for reoccurring events and I’m not sure if Im missing something.

[Jennifer]

Hello,

Thanks for reaching out!

I believe you set the event up correctly…regarding the cost appearing on both days, you might try adding some text after the price (for example, “$49 for both classes”) – this snippet can help you with this if you would like to go that route. You might also name the event “Prepare Retirement 2-Day Course” for clarity.

Essentially what happens when a recurring event series is set up is that the main event is copied for each of the dates/times you set up, creating a new event for each one. There is not currently a way to display different information on each date (although we are working on building out this functionality for the future).

You could direct users to the “See all” link instead of the individual events pages, which could help make it clear that the two events are linked, or you could also do a customization to display all dates for the series on one event – this post has a snippet provided by a user who did something similar, which you could use as a starting point if you would like to give this a shot.

If there are any specific customizations that you would like to make, please let me know. We are limited in the amount of support that we can provide for customizations, I’ll be happy to try to point you in the right direction!

Thanks,

Jennifer

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

[Author]

Posts