Setup example · Cooking courses
Offer cooking courses as bookable events
A clear date, an understandable price per person and the key details in one place turn your cooking evening into an event participants can book themselves online.
Explore the setupThe pasta evening at a glance
A screenshot will show the course details, date, location, description and booking option in a real application view with prepared example data.
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What your offer needs
A fixed event instead of scheduling by message
The course provides the date, venue and preparation details.
Cook together
A suitable single-booking option allows additional people while places remain.
Understand cancellation terms in advance
Provider-wide rules clarify potential refunds for the relevant single bookings.
02 / Setup example
How your offer could be structured
A practical starting point for your own setup. Names, times, capacities and conditions are example values.
Pasta evening
- Date / period
- One evening · 6–9 pm
- Capacity / allowance
- 12 places
- Booking option
- Single booking at a fixed price per person
- Access
- Direct booking
- Setup note
- Allow additional people; each person counts towards capacity.
Cancellation rules
- Date / period
- Time bands before the event
- Capacity / allowance
- Provider-wide
- Booking option
- Refund share per time band
- Access
- Relevant single bookings
- Setup note
- No separate cancellation schedule for each cooking course.
03 / Explore the setup
Four steps to your setup
Introduce the kitchen and programme
Add the provider and location. Explain what to expect and what participants should prepare or bring.
Set the price per person
Create a single-booking option and allow additional people if appropriate. Set up Stripe for online payments.
Configure the event and cancellation rules
Set twelve places and assign the booking option. Configure refund time bands at provider level to suit your offer.
Review the booking and cancellation information
Check that the per-person price, participant count and terms are clear. Explain a cancellation preview without triggering a real refund.
Make cancellation rules clear
A screenshot will show provider-wide refund time bands using example values. The caption will explain that they apply to the provider’s relevant single bookings.
04 / The participant experience
The participant experience
Open a booking
A participant opens their existing single booking for the cooking evening.
Review the cancellation preview
Before deciding, they see the refund share provided by the applicable rules.
Make an informed decision
The preview is not itself a cancellation. The planned clip only explains the displayed share.
See the refund share before canceling
The clip will open an existing booking and show its cancellation preview. It will explain the displayed refund share without triggering a cancellation or refund.
- Open an existing booking
- Open the cancellation preview
- View the refund share
Variations and important distinctions
Several themed evenings
Pasta, bread and vegetarian cooking can be separate courses with their own dates and descriptions. Cancellation rules remain provider-wide.
Course bookings, not kitchen management
Allergy forms, recipe and stock management or a voucher system are not assumed in this example.
Questions about this example
Can someone book a cooking evening for several people?
Yes. Enable additional people on the single-booking option. Each person occupies a place and is included at the fixed per-person price.
Can each cooking course have its own cancellation rules?
The rules shown here are set at provider level and apply to the relevant single bookings. This example does not assume different rules per course.
Does courseplanner cover payment processing fees?
No. The provider pays Stripe fees in addition to the platform commission. The pricing overview explains these costs separately.