Question 1

How do I change my password or recover a forgotten one?

Accepted Answer

Change it from Settings → Change Password while signed in. If you've forgotten it, use the 'Forgot password' link on the login page. We'll email you a reset link that's valid for a limited time.

Question 2

What happens when I delete my account?

Accepted Answer

Your profile is removed. If you're a trainer or organization, your events are deleted and active bookings on them are cancelled (bookers are notified). Bookings you made on other people's events are cancelled. Account deletion cannot be undone.

Question 3

Do I have to verify my email address?

Accepted Answer

Yes. After registration we send a verification link; until you confirm it some actions (booking, creating events, contacting trainers) stay locked. You can request a new verification email from your account settings if the original expires.

Question 4

Can my account be more than one role at the same time?

Accepted Answer

No. Each account has a single role chosen at registration. If you need both, create a separate account with the other role.

Question 5

Who can see my profile and bookings?

Accepted Answer

Trainer and organization profiles are public so people can find and book them. Regular user profiles and your booking history are private. Only you and the trainer/org you booked with see your bookings.

Question 6

What's the difference between User, Trainer, and Organization accounts?

Accepted Answer

User accounts book and attend events. Trainer accounts create and host events, have a public profile, and can be assigned to events by other trainers or organizations. Organization accounts run multiple trainers under a branded profile, and can also create their own events.

Question 7

Where can I see past and upcoming bookings?

Accepted Answer

My Bookings has tabs for Upcoming, Past, and Cancelled. Each entry links back to the event so you can re-book or message the trainer.

Question 8

Can I book multiple seats or bring a guest?

Accepted Answer

If the event allows multiple attendees per booking, you'll see a quantity selector at checkout. Otherwise each guest needs their own booking. Capacity limits still apply.

Question 9

Can I cancel my booking?

Accepted Answer

Yes, from the My Bookings page. Whether a refund applies and on what timeline depends on the trainer's or organization's cancellation policy. That's set per trainer/org, not by TrainerZone.

Question 10

Why didn't my booking confirm immediately?

Accepted Answer

The trainer enabled approval-required mode for that event. They'll review and confirm or reject it; you'll get a notification either way.

Question 11

What do PENDING, CONFIRMED, and REJECTED mean on a booking?

Accepted Answer

PENDING is awaiting trainer approval (only on approval-required events). CONFIRMED means your spot is reserved. REJECTED means the trainer declined the booking. You'll be notified.

Question 12

What happens if the trainer cancels an event I booked?

Accepted Answer

Your booking is cancelled automatically and you're notified. Refunds (if applicable) follow the trainer's policy. Contact them via the profile if you need to follow up.

Question 13

What should I look for when choosing a trainer or class?

Accepted Answer

Start with specialty, since a trainer's profile lists what they actually teach, whether that's strength training, yoga, running, or something else, so you can match it to your goal. Check the location type too: a session might be in person at a specific address, fully online, or a hybrid of both, and that's shown on every listing. Look at the pricing mode as well, since some sessions charge a flat rate, some a fixed total regardless of group size, and others ask you to contact the trainer directly for a quote. Finally, the availability calendar tells you whether the schedule actually fits your week before you commit to a booking.

Question 14

How do I find a fitness trainer or class near me?

Accepted Answer

Open Discover and browse by sport, city, or date; no account needed to look around. Each listing shows the trainer or studio, the price, and upcoming sessions, so you can compare a few before picking one. When you find a class or trainer you like, open their profile to see specialties, past sessions, and an availability calendar, then book a spot directly. There's no messaging back and forth required, and no need to wait for someone to reply before you know if a session is filling up.

Question 15

What's the difference between online and in-person sessions?

Accepted Answer

An in-person session happens at a physical location the trainer or studio sets, like a gym, a park, or a home address. An online session runs over video instead, so you can join from wherever you are. Some listings are hybrid, meaning the trainer offers both formats for the same activity. Every event on TheTrainerZone shows its location type up front, so you can filter for the format that works for you before you even open a trainer's profile.

Question 16

Should I book a personal training session or a group class?

Accepted Answer

It depends on what you want out of it. A personal training session is one-on-one time with a trainer built around your specific goals and pace, and it usually costs more per session because of that. A group class is shared with other people at a fixed time, tends to cost less per person, and can be more motivating if you like training alongside others. Both are bookable the same way on TheTrainerZone, through a trainer's or organization's event listing, so you can try one format and switch to the other later if it turns out not to fit.

Question 17

What does 'approval required' mean on an event?

Accepted Answer

Bookings on approval-required events start as PENDING and need the owner to confirm them before they become CONFIRMED. Use it when you want to vet attendees; skip it for instant booking.

Question 18

How do discounts work?

Accepted Answer

Owners can attach a percent discount (e.g. 15% off) or a fixed-amount discount (e.g. €5 off) to an event. The event card shows the original and final price side-by-side so you can see the saving.

Question 19

What do the different pricing modes mean?

Accepted Answer

Free: no payment. Per-person fixed: a flat price per attendee. Total fixed: one price for the whole booking regardless of headcount. Range: a minimum and maximum price shown for context (final price agreed off-platform). Contact trainer: no price shown; the trainer quotes you directly.

Question 20

How do recurring events and one-off changes work?

Accepted Answer

Set a recurrence rule (daily/weekly/monthly/yearly with an interval and end date) and the system generates occurrences automatically. You can override or cancel a single occurrence without changing the rest of the series.

Question 21

What do ACTIVE, PASSIVE, and DRAFT mean on an event?

Accepted Answer

ACTIVE is published and bookable. PASSIVE is hidden from the public. Existing bookings stay but no new ones are accepted. DRAFT is a work-in-progress that hasn't been published yet.

Question 22

What's the difference between favoriting and highlighting?

Accepted Answer

Favoriting saves an event, trainer, or organization to your personal list (My Favorites), and anyone can do it. Highlighting is something only a trainer can do, on their own events, to feature them on their public profile.

Question 23

Will I be notified about my favorites?

Accepted Answer

If you've enabled Event notifications, you'll get an alert when a favorited trainer or organization publishes a new event, or when a favorited event is updated or cancelled.

Question 24

Can other people see what I've favorited?

Accepted Answer

No. Your favorites list is private to you. Trainers and organizations only see an aggregate count of how many users favorited them, not who.

Question 25

Can I organize my favorites?

Accepted Answer

My Favorites separates events, trainers, and organizations into tabs. Within each tab you can sort by date added or alphabetically, and remove an item with one click.

Question 26

What's the difference between archiving and deleting a notification?

Accepted Answer

Archiving removes a notification from your active list but keeps it accessible under Show Archived. There's no permanent delete. Archived notifications are just out of the way.

Question 27

How often will I get emails from TrainerZone?

Accepted Answer

Transactional emails (booking confirmations, cancellations, password resets) are sent as they happen. Marketing emails are limited and can be turned off entirely from Notification Preferences without affecting the transactional ones.

Question 28

Can I respond to assignments directly from a notification?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Trainer assignment notifications have inline Accept and Decline buttons in the notification list, so you don't need to open the event.

Question 29

How do I control which notifications I get?

Accepted Answer

Settings → Notification Preferences gives you a per-channel × per-category grid. You can independently enable Booking, Event, Org, Marketing, and System notifications across Email, Push, and SMS.

Question 30

How do I enable push notifications?

Accepted Answer

Open Notification Preferences and toggle Push on for the categories you want, then accept the browser/device prompt when it appears. If you missed the prompt, you can re-enable it from your browser's site settings.

Question 31

How does assigning a trainer to an event work?

Accepted Answer

The trainer is added with status PENDING and gets a notification with Accept and Decline actions. Once they accept (ACTIVE), they appear publicly on the event. Declined assignments stay hidden from the public but visible to you for audit.

Question 32

As an organization, can I edit or delete events created by my trainers?

Accepted Answer

No. Each event is owned by whoever created it. A trainer who creates an event under your org keeps full control of it; your org is linked to the event but not the owner. You only have full management rights on events the org account creates directly.

Question 33

What happens to events if my organization is deleted?

Accepted Answer

Org-owned events are removed entirely. Bookers and active assigned trainers are notified for each one.

Question 34

How does an organization account differ from a trainer account?

Accepted Answer

Organizations have a branded profile (slug, logo, multiple locations), can host multiple trainers as members, and can create org-owned events. Trainers join an org through an apply → approve flow.

Question 35

What happens when a trainer leaves my organization?

Accepted Answer

Events that trainer owned lose their org link (they become personal events but stay active). Events where they were an active assigned trainer get deactivated and active bookings are cancelled. Both bookers and the other trainers are notified. Pending/declined assignments are just removed.

Question 36

What can I edit on an event I'm assigned to but don't own?

Accepted Answer

Only the description. Date/time, pricing, capacity, location, recurrence, and images stay under the owner's control. The edit form will hide fields you can't change.

Question 37

What's the Assigned Events page for?

Accepted Answer

It lists events that another trainer or an organization has added you to. Pending assignments show Accept and Decline buttons inline. Once you accept, the event becomes part of your public calendar.

Question 38

Can I export my events or bookings?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Settings → Export gives you CSV downloads of events and bookings, filtered by date range or status.

Question 39

What does the Highlight star do on my event?

Accepted Answer

Highlighting pins one of your events as featured on your public profile. It's a personal merchandising tool, different from a user adding it to their favorites.

Question 40

Can I cancel or move a single session in a recurring series?

Accepted Answer

Yes. From the Recurrence tab, override or delete an individual occurrence (e.g. skip a holiday, move one Tuesday session to Wednesday) without affecting the rest of the series.

Question 41

Can I be the owner of one event and an assigned trainer on another?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Ownership is per-event: your own events live in My Events, and ones you're assigned to live in Assigned Events. The two lists don't overlap.

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