Since TryBooking launched in the UK in 2014, we have empowered event organisers of all sizes and across all sectors, including Education, Charities, Business, Government and the Arts, with affordable, easy-to-use online event ticketing.
In 2024, our anniversary year, our mission remains the same - supporting community event organisers across the UK with solving their event ticketing needs through our powerful, flexible platform, offering award winning Customer Service all whilst being free for free events with simple low fees for paid events.
Empowering community events across the UK since 2014
Here's why event organisers choose TryBooking
Community first
Our goal is to build a platform that serves you and your customers.
Affordable event ticketing
We’re totally free for free events, whilst keeping fees for paid events low.
Award winning support
Speak to a real person with our friendly UK based team of event lovers.
Trusted by event organisers
Ticketing your events shouldn’t be a hassle. That’s why we’ve built TryBooking to give event organisers all the tools they need to plan, ticket and run great events.
We’re also proud to support over 20 associations, helping their members access online event ticketing to make the most of their events.
Here to make things easy
From our home just outside the gorgeous Lake District, we’ve helped tens of thousands of organisers ticket their events online without costing the earth in fees.
We know happy event organisers create great events - that’s why we make it easy to speak to a real person with our friendly award winning Customer Service Team always on hand to help.
Part of the community
From supporting business leaders, providing sponsorships for local festivals, to working with local business across the Lake District, we’re all about giving back.
We’re not just about now, either - our Managing Director supports the minds of the future through her role as an Entrepeneur in Residence at Lancaster University.
Don't just take our word for it...
Here's what some event organisers had to say.
“Greenlands Farm Village have found Trybooking to have excellent customer service and are always happy to help on the other end of the phone. Their systems are really easy to use, and it works well for our customers.”
“We’re delighted with the quality of customer service from TryBooking. We have saved time and money by using this platform to sell tickets for our events – and the team are always on hand with ideas and tips to help events run smoothly.”
“Great and accessible solution to event bookings. The staff team are responsive and share their expertise to maximise how businesses can best use the platform for their specific purposes.”
“TryBooking is a fantastic platform; we use it for all our Alumni events. The fact we can integrate the events into our own website is really useful. The team are really helpful - it's brilliant to be able to speak to someone. We can't fault the customer service.”
“Really loving TryBooking. Very easy to use and the support staff have been so attentive and helpful with any questions I have. A total breath of fresh air! Events are easy to set up and integrate into the website. Really impressed.”
“We have been using TryBooking for a number of years for our fundraising events. What I like about using TryBooking is it is easy for our guests to book tickets and choose the menu, including any dietary requirements. As a charity we need to keep the costs down, and TryBooking lets us do that. We are really impressed and would highly recommend.”
“We've just started using TryBooking and I was really impressed with the way the service works. We've already had great feedback from our parents and staff, so it made choosing a ticketing service for my own project easy.”
“I absolutely love it and it is a breath of fresh air to use something that works straight off the bat and is simple to use and does exactly what you need it to!”
“We would like to thank TryBooking for making life so simple for us. We really struggled to find a way to ticket our events and similar companies didn't hit the mark. TryBooking is instrumental in helping increase our event participants.”
The team behind TryBooking
Based in our Lake District head office, we're a team of event lovers - and love helping make them a reality!
Joan Lind
Managing Director
Henry Calvert
Executive Director
Kathryn Hulse
General Manager
Nicola Hurst
Business Development Manager
Alex Ashley
Marketing & Digital Projects
Jules Poslethwaite
Customer Services
Sheila Dobrovics
Customer Services
Jeff McAlister
Director
