Require Advance Notice For Event Registrations

You may want to require advance notice for online registrations to your events or limit last minute sign-ups. Occasion makes it easy to require advance notice and stop online registrations at a set time.

Stop online registrations at a certain time

When editing an event, go to the "Timeslots" or "Dates and Times" tab in the left panel.
You'll see a section called "Advance Notice"

Note: The default setting is set to allow bookings until the event starts.
Once selected, click anywhere on the borders of the listing editor and your changes will be saved.

There are 4 options:

Here's an example for each:

Until event starts

If the time slot is 12:00-2:00pm, registration will close at 12:00pm

Until event ends

If the time slot is 12:00-2:00pm, registration will close at 2:00pm

Hours before the event starts

If the time slot is 12:00-2:00pm and you put the number 2 in the field to the right, registration will close 2 hours before 12:00pm (10:00am).

Days before the event starts

If the time slot is 12:00-2:00pm on Tuesday and you put the number 2 in the field to the right, registration will close 2 days before 12:00pm on Tuesday (12:00pm on the Sunday before).