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title: Can an Admin Reserve an Amenity for a Member Without Collecting Payment?
description: An admin can reserve an amenity for a member from the public site without collecting payment. Learn the steps and what happens with approval and receipts.
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# Can an Admin Reserve an Amenity for a Member Without Collecting Payment?
Yes, for amenities. An admin can reserve an amenity for a member from the public site, and the reservation does not collect payment. Events do not offer an equivalent option.
##### **How do I reserve an amenity for a member?**
1. Open the public site and go to the Amenities page.
2. Click the amenity on the day you need, and choose the time slot or slots in the window that opens.
3. On the Contact Information step, next to Reserve for another Member?, select Yes.
4. Choose the member from the Member list.
5. Read the red notice, then check I Understand. It says that reserving for another member bypasses any form submissions, payments, document verification, or liability terms for that member.
6. Click Next, add a reason for reserving if you want to, and click Next again.
7. On the Review & Payment step, click Reserve.
A Reservation Complete message confirms the request. The Review & Payment step shows only the reservation details and the Reserve button; no payment entry appears, even for an amenity that charges a fee. If the amenity does not auto-approve reservations, the request waits under Reservations on the Admin Dashboard until you approve or reject it.
##### **Can an admin do this for event registration?**
No. An event's Registrations page lets you search registrations and download the payment CSV, and the event's Actions menu has no option to register a member.
##### **How do I give the member a receipt for cash or a check?**
Create an invoice for the member and record the payment against it. The reservation itself does not create a charge, so this step is optional.
1. Click Membership \> Members.
2. Find the member, click the three-dots menu in the Actions column, and choose Add Invoice.
3. On Invoice Details, enter the Invoice Name, Amount, and due date, and click Next.
4. On Add Fees, leave the options as needed and click Save.
5. Click Financials \> AR Dashboard and find the invoice.
6. Click the three-dots menu in the Actions column and choose Mark Payment.
7. Select Record a manual payment, choose a Payment Type (Check, ACH, Credit Card, or Other), confirm the payment date, and click Save Status. For cash, choose Other.
Save Status is final, so check the amount and payment type before saving. Once saved, the invoice moves out of the Outstanding Invoices list and appears when you turn on the Paid filter.
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