Getting started with the shopping cart for activities
In seven steps you let customers book several activities of the same type in one go.
The shopping cart for activities is useful for activities of which a customer wants to book more than one, so activities based on the same activity type. Think of appointments and treatments: a series of massages, several treatments in a salon or spa, or a few appointments with a therapist. You then put one activity type in the shopping cart arrangement.
mod=searchevents) on your website that shows all activities of those activity types. Then add all those activity types to the shopping cart arrangement and set Show 'Add to cart' to No here as well. Tip: use the filter block, so that a customer can quickly search or filter for a particular activity.Examples
- A customer books three massages on different days
- A customer schedules four treatments in a salon in one go
Have you already set up the shopping cart for products, for example rooms? Then steps 1 and 5 are already done. The full explanation is in Getting started with the shopping cart.
Go to Configuration > Configuration booking and set Shopping cart enabled and Temporary bookings active to Yes.
More information: Activating the shopping cart.
Create an arrangement with Shopping cart = Yes and, in the view Combi - Extra, add your activity type under Combination period. Set May be booked multiple times to Yes.
More information: Setting up the shopping cart for activities.
Go to Configuration > Front pages > Booking dialog > Activities search. Set Hide Search Results during booking to No, so the customer can choose a next activity straight after adding one.
In Configuration > Front pages > Booking dialog > Shopping cart (Block-Shopcart-DEFAULT), set Show 'Add to cart' to No (available from version 5.51). The customer simply chooses the next activity on the search page again.
More information: Setting up the shopping cart for activities.
Choose the columns of the cart in Shopping cart. The emails work the same as for products, see Activating the shopping cart.
Book as a customer on your website: one activity, several activities, and complete with your own email address.
Test cases: Testing the shopping cart for activities.
A shopping cart booking with activities consists, just like for products, of a parent and children.
More information: Managing shopping cart bookings.
