Booking process
The booking process requires:
- an email confirmation (if the booker is not already logged in) and
- an online payment (if the event/slot is marked as requiring one)
The current status of the booking is indicated in the box in the top left of the booking page.
When a booking is made by someone who is not logged in then the first status is unconfirmed:

If the 15 min time limit runs out then the status changes to unreserved:

Once the attendee's email has been confirmed then the booking will be complete:

Unless a payment is mandatory, in which case the status will be
unpaid:
If the time limit for paying has expired then the status box will
include a massage to say that the place is not reserved.

If a booking is cancelled then the status box will be:

And in the unfortunate case where a booking has not been reserved due to not confirming or paying then the places on the booking will be lostout:

or

(It is possible for a booking to contain some reserved and some unreserved places if only some are paid.)