Multi-Day Event Types

Sessions

Pros

Calendar selection tool
Sell tickets to different dates and times on one Parent event
On the event listings page, you can just have your Parent event visible and send out that link so ticket buyers can choose their desired date and time, instead of many individual event links to send out

Cons

Reporting needs to be done per child event, there is not one report on the parent event that includes all individual child event attendee data
No ability to change tickets to a different date, the customer will need to repurchase and then their original order can be refunded

Use Cases

Sports watch parties
Multi-Day events across a period of time
Movie showings
Holiday events
Tours
Recurring weekly events

Shopping Cart

Pros

One event page with multiple ticket offerings over a certain period of time
Reporting for all offerings, dates, and times can be downloaded from the one event instead of across multiple individual events
Customers can purchase different types of tickets for different sub-events/dates/times in one order
All tickets on this event scan successfully via their corresponding Access Point

Cons

Shopping cart events are overall not compatible with:

Seating
Subtickets (multi-price tickets)
Modal/iFrame integration
Compact dropdown

Shopping cart access point pages are not compatible with:

Ticket groups
Gratuity
Access codes
Waitlist

Use Cases

Multi-Day events in general
Film Festivals
Large event with sub-events
Boat Tours
Conferences, Beer/Wine Festivals, Music Festivals

Timed Entry

Pros

One event with many dates, times, and ticket offerings
Flex Check-In: a feature that allows scanning tickets across multiple time slots on the same day without changing the time slot you're scanning for.
Easy date and time switches

Cons

Timed entry events are not compatible with:

Sub-tickets (multi-price tickets)
Multi-person tickets
Ticket tier on sale settings (show when another type sells out)
Linked tickets
Gratuity
Access codes
Ticket groups
Post-purchase registration
Seating
Event embeds (iFrame/Modal)
Waitlist

**Some of these features will work on just the tickets page for a timed entry event and not the access point pages, but they are not recommended on timed entry events in general.

Use Cases

Holiday Market
Tours with multiple times per day across a period of time
Meet and Greets with specific time slots
Cruises
An event with time slot specific needs i.e Ice Skating 1-2pm, 2-3pm, etc.

You can create Ticket Groups for each date of your event to keep it super simple. This allows you to keep all dates on one event, separated by a simple expanded or collapsed group on the checkout page.

For more detailed information, see this help article here

The article will cover -

Creating a Ticket Group
Managing Ticket Groups
How Ticket Groups Display
Ticket Group Restrictions