Making Your Registration Card

We have used this template (found here) for our registration card for years, with very few changes.  The main things that change from year to year are the rooming options and prices.  When you make a registration card, it is most important that you obtain all possible contact information that you can, just in case you need to reach them for any reason.  Besides a home phone, it is worth getting a cell phone number, work number and email address.

It is important that all rooming options and costs are clearly indicated.  We also have spaces to request roommates on this form.  When registrants choose their roommate(s), it really simplifies the rooming process.  However, it is amazing how many times that requested roommate doesn’t even sign up for the retreat!   Special needs (such as bringing a nursing infant, any sort of handicap, special dietary needs) should also be noted on the registration card.

You will note that our registration card has an area at the bottom “for office use only” to be used for recording deposits, payments and scholarships.  As registrations come in, we carefully record the payment information.  Several copies are made of each registration card.  One copy is made on a 8-1/2 x 11 piece of paper and put into a notebook.  We also keep copies of any checks that are written for the retreat, just in case some payment is not applied correctly somewhere down the line.