Creating your venue

Articles relating to starting up a new venue

How to create or add a venue

Creating a new venue is one of the first steps to set up your Sonas account. Additionally, you can always add new venues using the same process.  Step-by-step guide: Select Venues on the side menu. Actions > Create Venue or Click Create Venue...

How to set up and revise Venue Configuration

Once a venue has been created ( Create Your Venue ), you will automatically be taken to the General  section where you can input more details about the venue. This is an important step in the initial setup of your venue as it includes the configu...

How to add Company general information

Once a venue has been configured, add in details on your parent company. Step-by-step guide: Click the   Company tab in your toolbar Click on the  General  section in the sub menu for your company. Input details of your company, including name,...

How to set up your ceremony and dining areas

Setting up areas in an important part of the Venue setup. There are two primary uses for Areas, to schedule areas for various events and to use the layout/floor plan functionality.  Identify different areas in your venue and the allowed uses for e...

How to upload and use Documents

Various Venue specific documents can be uploaded to Venue document section, Venue > Documents ,  is a place to upload items for various purposes, including:  items you may wish to attach to emails (e.g. Menus, brochures, etc) CAD drawings, or SVG...

How to Create and Use Custom Fields

Custom Fields  is a tool that allows you to extend the functionality of Sonas by creating venue-specific data points for assimilating additional information for each event. This will be information that is important and/or unique to your venue. Su...

How to select Event Types at your Venue

Each venue can define which types of events it allows and also define some handy defaults for those event types. Go to Venues  >  Event Types to see a list of all the current event types and their defaults. You can delete any types that are not ...

How to set up Default Sonas Email

Whenever you add a new venue, a new email address in the shape of venue_initials@xxxxxx.sonas.email is added by default to your domain configuration section. This address allows you to quickly send and receive emails in Sonas. However, we encour...

How to create and use a Footer/Signature Template

You can create Footers/Signatures templates to apply to all emails sent from your Sonas inbox. These footers are customizable and can include icons and pictures with embedded links to represent the branding of your venue. Using footers allows you ...

How to Bulk Import your Existing Enquiries and Events into Sonas

When you are first setting up your venue, you will want to import your existing enquiries and bookings into Sonas. This will populate your calendar and allow you to start managing the events in Sonas. Importing the events quickly populates basic i...

How to configure guest types for your Company

You are able to configure up to 5 guest types. This article will show you how to configure, enable and understand each guest type. You do not have to activate all 5 guests, you decide what works best for your business. Although guest configuration...