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Question with answers vs. category with packages

This article explains when to represent booking options as separate offer packages within a category or as a question with answers within an offer.

Overview

In Converia, you can represent booking options (e.g. workshops, day tickets, social events) either as multiple offer packages in a category or as a question with answers within an offer package. The two options differ in flexibility, pricing logic and reporting capabilities, among other things.


Prerequisites

  • Access to Configuration → Attendee Registration → Offer wizard


Configuration / Procedure

Option A: Category with multiple individual packages

This option is suitable if you need maximum flexibility (e.g. different prices, cart rules, reporting capabilities).

Features based on system behaviour:

  • Clear selection, mobile-friendly, filterable in the booking list, different prices possible.

  • Availability displayed in 2 states (bookable/fully booked).

  • Linear sorting of booked options (booking confirmation follows the order in the Offer wizard; invoice follows tax rates).

Option B: Question with answers

This option is more compact but has functional limitations.

Features based on system behaviour:

  • No dependencies/cart rules based on answers are possible.

  • No different prices based on answers; course selection cannot be filtered; answers cannot be displayed on the confirmation of attendance.

  • A traffic-light availability indicator with 3 states and hierarchical display/sorting of booked options are possible.


Notes

  • If you later need to filter options by prices, rules or lists, the “Category with multiple individual packages” option is generally more robust.

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