Industries · Charities
Charities ¬-for-profits
Galas, trivia nights, fun runs, raffles. Low fees, so more of every dollar reaches your cause.
Trusted by organisations across New Zealand
Built locally, priced fairly, supported by humans
Why organisations choose us
Local team, local servers, local support – and pricing that works for community-sized budgets.
Events we help charities run
From 10 guests to 10,000, TryBooking stays in the background so you can focus on what matters. Quietly doing its thing while you do yours.
Tabled seating, dietary and sponsor tables during booking. Donation add-ons at checkout.
Team tables or individual tickets. Team names and dietary in one step.
Free or paid entries. Participant details, t-shirt sizes, emergency contacts.
Free events are free. Information sessions, open days, volunteer orientations.
More to your cause
2.5% + 50c, GST inclusive. No tiers, no contracts. Free events genuinely free – no platform fees, no limits. Every dollar you save on fees is a dollar more for your cause.
Donations alongside tickets
Add an optional donation to any ticket checkout, so supporters can give a little extra when they book. Every contribution lands in the same account as your ticket sales.
Volunteers can run it
Designed for anyone, not event professionals. Committee changes? Duplicate last year. Six user roles for treasurer and coordinator access.
Features for charities
On the day
Door sales and entry management
Box Office App
Door sales, donations at the event, card payments at the sausage sizzle. No hardware.
Scanning App
Gate validation. Offline, multiple entries, duplicate detection.
A win-win for our not-for-profit
"As a not-for-profit, this is a win-win for us as it doesn’t cost us and our guests are happy to pay a booking fee, comfortable in the knowledge that it gets donated back."
Frequently asked questions
Yes. No platform fees, no hidden costs. If your event is free to attend, it’s free to use TryBooking. Run community gatherings, volunteer meetups, and awareness events at zero cost.
Yes. Add an optional donation to your ticket checkout and supporters can give a little extra when they book. Donations arrive in the same account as your ticket sales, so there is nothing separate to reconcile.
Just 50c per ticket (or 15c for tickets under $5) plus 2.5% processing. No setup fees, no monthly fees, no subscriptions. You can pass fees to attendees or absorb them.
Yes. Create ticket types for raffle entries, auction registration, or any other event format. Use the Box Office App to take payments in person at your event.
Absolutely. Create volunteer user accounts with limited access. They can scan tickets and check in guests using the free scanning app without seeing financial data or patron details.
Raise more, stress less
Free for free events. Our team can help with galas, seating or donations.
