How much does ticketing cost for a school gala or auction night?

A flat $1.00 per paid ticket on Tavolina — no percentage of the ticket price, no setup or monthly fees. Card processing is Stripe's standard rate on your own Stripe account. A 300-ticket gala pays $300, total.

Can several volunteers manage ticket sales together?

Yes. Team roles let the chair, treasurer, and check-in volunteers each have their own access, and an audit log records who did what.

What happens at the door?

Guests show the QR ticket from their email; any volunteer's phone scans it. Name search covers the grandparent who didn't bring theirs, and live counts show who's arrived.

Can we refund a family that can't make it?

Yes, full or partial refunds from the dashboard. We return our $1 fee on refunded tickets; Stripe keeps its processing fee, which is their policy and we say so.

For schools & PTAs

The auction night, out of the spreadsheet.

School galas, PTA auction dinners, booster-club banquets, alumni reunions. Parents buy their table online; the seating chart fills itself; this year's chair hands next year's chair a login, not a binder.

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You know this night

The committee turns over every year

Last year's chair had the spreadsheet, the Venmo history, and the seating chart in three different places. This year starts from a blank binder.

Parents want to sit with their friends

Half the emails to the gala chair are 'can we be at the Nguyens' table?' A ticket list can't answer that. A floor plan your buyers can see answers it before it's asked.

Fees come out of the fundraise

Every percentage point a platform takes on a $100 gala ticket is money parents meant for the school. Flat fees keep the math honest.

How Tavolina handles it

Tables parents pick themselves

Buyers see the gym or ballroom as it will be set and claim seats at a friend's table. Whole-table sales with minimums for the class tables; VIP tables for the principal and honorees.

Sponsor tables that show the logo

The dental practice that sponsors every year gets its name on its table on the public floor plan — recognition the sponsor can see before the night.

A handover next year's chair will thank you for

Team roles for the committee, every order and refund in one audit log, attendees exportable as CSV. The institutional memory stays in the account.

What it costs

On a $100 gala ticket:

Tavolina's fee: $1.00
Percentage of your ticket price: None
Card processing (Stripe's standard rate, ~2.9% + 30¢): ≈ $3.20, billed by Stripe to your own account
Setup, monthly, or listing fees: None

A 300-seat gala pays Tavolina $300, total. On percentage-based platforms at published rates, the same event can pay well over a thousand dollars in fees.

Tavolina lets school PTAs, booster clubs, and gala committees sell event tickets and whole tables on the school's real floor plan for a flat $1.00 per paid ticket, with money settling directly into the organization's own Stripe account and full CSV export for next year's committee.

Every fee, including the zeros, with a calculator: see pricing.

Questions, answered

How much does ticketing cost for a school gala or auction night?: A flat $1.00 per paid ticket on Tavolina — no percentage of the ticket price, no setup or monthly fees. Card processing is Stripe's standard rate on your own Stripe account. A 300-ticket gala pays $300, total.
Can several volunteers manage ticket sales together?: Yes. Team roles let the chair, treasurer, and check-in volunteers each have their own access, and an audit log records who did what.
What happens at the door?: Guests show the QR ticket from their email; any volunteer's phone scans it. Name search covers the grandparent who didn't bring theirs, and live counts show who's arrived.
Can we refund a family that can't make it?: Yes, full or partial refunds from the dashboard. We return our $1 fee on refunded tickets; Stripe keeps its processing fee, which is their policy and we say so.

Your first event fits in an afternoon.

Create the org, lay out the tables, connect Stripe, publish. A dollar a ticket, and the rest stays with the cause.