Venue booking & operations platform

Venue booking that actually runs the venue

From enquiry to approved, invoiced, and handed to facilities, without a single spreadsheet or WhatsApp chain.

POPIA-minded PayFast & SnapScan Syncs to Xero White-label ready
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Eventora calendar view showing colour-coded venue bookings for August 2026
The problem

Managing venues shouldn't require a second job

Estate managers, bursars, and facilities supervisors spend hours every week on coordination that should be instant.

Bookings via email & WhatsApp

Requests arrive across channels with no central record, no clash check, and no paper trail. Something always gets double-booked.

Manual invoicing for external hire

External groups book a hall, get a quote by email, pay by EFT, and the accounting is done in a separate spreadsheet. It takes days.

Facilities teams working from memory

Setup and breakdown instructions are passed on verbally or by WhatsApp. Things get missed. Nothing is tracked or accountable.

How it works

Five steps. One system.

From submission to completed event. Eventora handles the entire lifecycle without manual handoffs.

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    Features

    Everything a managed venue needs

    Built specifically for organisations that run events regularly, not a generic tool bolted together.

    Booking & approval workflow

    Staff submit bookings through a structured wizard. Estate managers approve, reject, or return for changes. Every decision is logged with a comment.

    Public external hire portal

    External groups submit enquiries without an account. POPIA consent built in. They get a reference number instantly, then receive their invoice by email.

    Auto-generated task sets

    Approval triggers setup, breakdown, catering, and AV tasks automatically. Facilities staff see their work in a kanban board with checklists and photo uploads.

    Live availability calendar

    Month, week, day, and agenda views with real-time clash detection. Embeddable public calendar for parents and guests. No login required.

    Recurring & multi-session events

    Daily, weekly, or biweekly recurring events with per-occurrence overrides. Series managed centrally with child booking visibility.

    Notifications & audit log

    In-app inbox and branded HTML emails for every status change. Admin-only audit log records who did what, and when.

    Who it's for

    Built for organisations with spaces to manage

    Any organisation with bookable spaces and approval requirements will feel at home immediately.

    School hall with tiered seating

    Schools & colleges

    Halls, sports courts, classrooms, and theatres, managed with timetable clash checks via WONDE integration and approval gating for external hire.

    Conference venue function room

    Estate & conference venues

    Multiple function rooms, accommodation, equipment hire, and external group billing, all in one place, synced to Xero.

    Sports club clubhouse and courts

    Sports & recreation clubs

    Courts, clubhouses, and function areas. Member bookings alongside external hire. Public calendar for fixture visibility.

    Community hall interior

    Community & civic centres

    Shared spaces with multiple booking types, rate tiers, and organisational discount structures, managed without a full-time admin.

    Money in, on time

    Quotes to receipts, without leaving the platform

    The full invoicing lifecycle lives inside Eventora, with automatic Xero sync and online payments for external hirers.

    Interactive quote builder

    Build a quote from venue rates, equipment hire, ancillary charges, and discount tiers. One click turns it into a tax invoice.

    PayFast & SnapScan payments

    External hirers pay online via card, EFT, or QR code. Payment is recorded automatically and the receipt PDF is generated instantly.

    Xero push

    Every invoice and payment syncs to your Xero organisation, as Authorised or Draft, your choice. No double-entry.

    Branded PDF documents

    Quotation, Tax Invoice, and Receipt: one document per booking that updates its status automatically. Your logo, your colours.

    Tax Invoice
    Annual Prize-Giving: Main Hall
    INV-2024-0142 · Due 15 Nov 2024
    Venue hire: Main Hall (4 hrs)R 4 800.00
    AV equipmentR 850.00
    Catering: 120 paxR 7 200.00
    Damage depositR 1 000.00
    Total (incl. VAT)R 15 808.00 Paid
    Integrations

    Connects to the tools you already use

    No replacement required. Eventora slots into your existing accounting, payment, and timetabling setup.

    Xero
    Invoice & payment
    sync
    PayFast
    Card & EFT
    payments
    SnapScan
    QR code
    payments
    Google Calendar
    Public holiday
    import
    WONDE
    Classroom timetable
    clash check
    SMTP
    Branded email
    notifications
    Security & compliance

    Built for South African compliance requirements

    POPIA is built into the platform, not bolted on. From the external hire portal consent gate to data retention configuration.

    Keycloak authentication

    Enterprise-grade SSO and user management. Role-based access control with stackable permissions per user.

    Multi-tenant isolation

    Each organisation's data is isolated at the database level using row-level security. No cross-tenant data leakage.

    POPIA consent gate

    External bookers accept your POPIA terms before submitting any data. Terms version-controlled and configurable per tenant.

    Configurable data retention

    Set retention periods per data type. Automated cleanup of audit logs, notifications, and booking changelogs on schedule.

    White-label ready

    Make it yours

    Every client-facing touchpoint carries your branding, not ours. Eventora runs invisibly behind the scenes.

    1

    Your logo & colours

    Upload your logo and set primary and accent brand colours. Applied across the portal, emails, and invoice PDFs.

    2

    Your subdomain or domain

    Tenant resolution via subdomain, custom domain, or query parameter. Guests never see a generic URL.

    3

    POPIA consent built in

    The external hire portal presents a consent gate before submission and records acceptance with a timestamp. Configure your public calendar terms link to point to your own policy document.

    4

    Neutral UI components

    The admin interface uses neutral navy and slate throughout. Your brand colour is applied at the brand layer, not baked into the UI.

    Tenant branding
    Logo
    Eventora
    Primary #1F2837
    Secondary #374255
    Accent #AEED3A
    Applied to portal, emails & invoice PDFs
    Get in touch

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