Hi all,
I'm building a booking system for our races here in the UK. So far we've used sail racing systems or just spreadsheets.
- What do other other folks use?
- Am I reinventing the wheel?
- Would anyone else be interested in using it? (it'll be free)
My plan so far is that we'll use WordPress as a base (because I use it for work everyday and know it fairly well!) so that anyone can copy and use the plugin we make.
Features:
- Register paddlers and collect details of boat(s), emergency contact, experience
- Event organisers can add details of their event, set number limits, experience limits, costs
- Event organisers could make an event page if they don't already have a website, or just use the booking element of our system if they do (and if their website is WordPress I can help integrate, or they could use our plugin)
- Accept bookings and collect payment to organiser's paypal
- Results system - categories, times, hotspot, etc
- Use paddler info (with permission) for other events (mailchimp list or similar)
- Compliant with GDPR
I'd welcome any feedback or requests, and if anyone has a list of surfskis with manufacturer, model, dimensions that would be awesome.
Free??
I can host the system through my work and it'll be free for paddlers, organisers, manufacturers & sponsors. Why? Because making surfski events easy to run makes more people likely to organise them, which is good for everyone.
