The ultimate goal of a Cinema Booking service is to allow customers (students, staff and their family members) to buy cinema tickets online in advance of their showing, while providing traditional customers the convenience of purchasing tickets on entry into the cinema hall. A benefit of using such services is that customers can book online and have the tickets dispatched at any time or place. This helps you avoid long queues at the cinema or purchasing tickets at a time when you are not really sure if they are valid or not. This also helps you reduce costs since you do not need to worry about going back to the cinema and getting your tickets dismissed as they may not be available. This also helps you save time by reducing the risk factor associated with such an activity.
A lot of people are of the opinion that such systems are very time consuming and difficult to use. In reality, these systems are easy to use and have several advanced features that facilitate booking of tickets. Using the plugin, you can manage multiple booking databases and have access to advanced features like automatic renewal, batch renewals etc. The plugin also provides you with the facility to add and remove guests, to change their name, to change their preferences etc. The following discussion outlines some of the key features of a reliable Cinema Booking service.
* The main advantage of using the plugin is that you will not have to contact the cinema’s booking clerk again for booking of tickets. Just the simple click here of a button will generate several options from which you can choose the tickets you want. This eliminates the need to go through the same process again, just to reach the conclusion of your selection. Moreover, once you have selected your seats, all you have to do is select them and the plugin will generate the confirmation for the transaction. The seating map generated by the plugin will show you the exact number of seats available for each section in the cinema.
* You can create and customize the booking calendar of your choice using the plugin. By modifying certain attributes such as dates, start and end times, day of week and holiday schedule, you can customize it in a manner that you desire. The plugin makes it possible for you to create recurring events. If an artiste’s concert is scheduled on the same day as your wedding, you can easily set it so that the plugin will generate a list of all the artists performing at the venue on the particular day. Similarly, if your daughter is planning a birthday party on the same day as her marriage anniversary, you can set the plugin to generate a booking calendar showing the venue, the duration of the event, the RSVP date and the artists available for the event.
* When you have made up your mind about the movie or the theatre to watch and have selected your seats, just type it in the search box provided in the plugin. The search option provides you with multiple results related to theatres, cinemas and stars etc. You can narrow down the search option by selecting the state or city where you want to go for watching your favorite films. Once you are through with your search, click on the ‘Book Now’ button present on the screen. This will redirect you to the cinema or the theatre booking desks where you can make the payment online or visit the ticketing agent to buy the tickets.
* Woocommerce is an ideal booking platform that offers payment gateways such as PayPal, WorldPay, ClickBank etc. The plugin integrates seamlessly with your website so that whenever a customer makes a payment via PayPal, the payment gateway will automatically credit your account. This will save you time as well as money as you won’t need to manually process the payment again. Woocommerce also provides a convenient shopping cart with secure payment processing for your customers.
* The Woocommerce plugin integrates with most of the online booking platforms such as PayPal, WorldPay, Shopify etc. So, once a customer places the order, he will be automatically billed for the tickets. Once the payment is received, the tickets will be available in the passenger’s baggage compartment. The booking clerk will use the payment card to swipe the card readers of the car park’s automated system to validate the card and make a confirmation of the overall payment for the car park tickets. Once the customer confirms the payment, he can then check out using his credit/debit card for the remaining amount of tickets.
* You can also view all details of recent sales and purchases regarding the movie tickets and other items on your favourite cinemas. You can even get information on the upcoming shows, special shows and event dates. As per the convenience and privacy of your choice, you can log in to your account and manage the tickets, transaction details and other information on your own. All the transactions will be managed securely by the booking clerk using the secure socket layer (SSL).
