Hello! We are currently gearing up to start our venue rentals for 2021 and I've seen a few trends here. One is to just create a production season for venue rentals and charge a fee to the constituent that can be changed depending on the rental. The other is to create a performance for each separate rental.
It seems like the fee route is simpler, but would love anyone with more experience to chime in... thanks!!
Emily
Hi Emily! Over the years helping organizations implement facility rentals and similar programs in Tessitura, I've found these general guidelines to be true:
Performance-based sales offer more pricing options, more reporting options (including reports, Analytics, and lists/extractions), and the ability to sell on TNEW (if this is a requirement). They can be more cumbersome to set up, but this can be mitigated by creating a template performance and copying it as needed with the super simple Copy button.
Fee-based sales offer ease of setup and sales, but have much fewer reporting options and no ability to sell them alone on TNEW.
In general, I've only recommended fee-based sales when Tessitura is acting as a "cash register" to accept simple sales (like a food or merchandise item), and you don't need extensive reporting or CRM features. Otherwise, performance-based sales will better set you up for success and help you answer questions in your data you might not anticipate.
Hope that helps!
-Michael