Keep a Waitlist for Lodge Stays SD671/555/560
Waitlists for lodge stays are complicated and challenging both because of the potential for one person to make a reservation for multiple people and the number of nights for which they may wish register.
It may be best to keep a waitlist "separate" from the roster for each lodge stay and automatically email the entire list if any amount of availability opens. Then it's back to a first come, first served basis. This is a "notify me if space becomes available" rather than our "traditional" waitlist functionality.
Jeff Bowman
shared this idea
This idea is now live on the website! As mentioned in the earlier comments, we decided to proceed with a Notification List process vs. a Waitlist. This optional feature will notify anyone who signs up via email if availability opens up for the lodge stay they are interested in. They can then reserve their spot on a first come first serve basis. The lodges were notified of this new optional feature with additional details shared on how it works and how to turn it on.
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Because of the nature of lodges stays--how many nights and how many people per night are needed/desired--the best way to implement a "waitlist" for lodge stays is the "notification list" feature that we just added as part of new features we added for events, primarily selling tickets to events.
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Lara Linde
commented
Tacoma Hiking and Backpacking’s Baker Lodge Weekend would appreciate a waitlist functionality for the lodge stays. Right now people just have to check back often to see if there’s availability to sign up through the lodges page. If they had a way to sign up on the waitlist for the lodge stay or if an auto generated email went out to those people when a spot opened, it would help alleviate a lot of questions and confusion for those trying to sign up.
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Patti Polinsky
commented
I know the mushroom weekend, our fund raiser had empty beds because with being the organizer of the event, I could not keep track of who had emailed me asking to be notified if space became available . Spring carnival is also a very full weekend as it the new years even event. The patrol race weekend is another full weekend. This year the weekends in February were all full also. We can not tell what weekends will be filled. Meany is experiencing better usage, especially if we have a dump of snow.
I do not know how the snow shoe trek and lunch handles the waiting list but that Saturday morning event is often filled. You need to check with Keith Doorenbos to see if he has any comments -
David Maltz
commented
Patti and Sheridan are clear that adding a waitlist function would really help meany lodge functioning. They've sent in feedback for how they'd like that system to work, and I'm supportive of whatever they want.