Hi Carolyn,
Thanks for reaching out!
Our free Event Tickets plugin will let you accept RSVPs (unpaid) for events, but if you want to sell tickets, you will need Event Tickets Plus. With either, you can go to the event and click the “Attendees” link to see the total number of people attending as well as all of the reservations.
As far as sending the total number to the front desk, you do have the option to export the attendee list to a CSV file and send it to them manually. To email this information to them automatically however would require a bit of customization. While we are currently not able to offer customizations, I would recommend taking a look at our themer’s guide, which has some great info on customizing our plugins. We are here to help answer questions and point you in the right direction if you’d like to give it a shot!
Does this answer your question? Please let me know if I can help with anything else!
Thanks,
Jennifer