Registration Guide
Please use the following guide as a step-by-step tutorial on registering for The Biggest Week!
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After clicking the REGISTER button, you will be taken to this page. Underneath the header graphic, a progress bar is displayed that will help you know where you are along the way.
On this page, you will select your Registration Type and enter your contact information. |
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Be sure to click the appropriate Registration Type - note that Premier Registration is its own Registration Type.
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At the bottom of the page, there will be a section that reads Guest Information. If you are going to register more people than just yourself, you can add those people by selecting the Add a guest button.
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Clicking the Add a guest button opens this window. You can add the other person's registration type, contact information, etc., and then click ok. If you are registering more people, just keep clicking Add a guest until the people in your party are all added.
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Your guests' name will be listed after they are added.
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After you add all of the people in your party and advance to the next page, you'll be asked if you want to become a member of Black Swamp Bird Observatory or make a donation to us. We hope that you will do so, but these actions are not required to progress to the next page.
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Advance to the next page and there will be a list of all the sessions available. All of the sessions are listed in chronological order.
On the right side of the screen underneath the price of each session, you can select attendees. This will only show up if you have added more than just yourself in your party. If you are only registering yourself, you will just click one button to select that session. |
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When you click on the Select attendees button, this screen will pop up. There will be a list of people in your party that you previously entered. You can click on the box next to the person's name that you'd like to sign up for that specific session and then click confirm.
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After you select all of the sessions you (and your party if registering others) would like to attend, this option may appear at the bottom of the screen before you advance. (If the screen won't advance, you may not have selected Yes or No for this optional pickup.)
If you are staying somewhere to the east of Maumee Bay Lodge like Port Clinton or Sandusky, you can utilize an option to be picked up in the parking lot of City Hall in Port Clinton. This is not offered for every trip, but for trips that will be going past or to Port Clinton. |
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After advancing to the next screen, you'll be taken to a screen that shows your agenda. The sessions and prices will be listed in chronological order.
There will also be Guest Information for the others that you registered. If you click the ^ on the right side of the screen aligned with the person's name, it will expand and show that person's agenda. |
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At the bottom of the page that shows your agenda, there will be a code of conduct that is to be followed at The Biggest Week In American Birding. If you do not agree to the code of conduct, you cannot advance to the next screen.
Under the code of conduct, the refund policy is listed. After May 1, 2026, cancellations received will not be refunded. Click next to advance. |
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The next screen will give you the total of your order. All of the registrations that you've entered will be in one transaction. Click the bubble next to Credit Card and then you can enter your payment information.
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After your payment is accepted, you will be taken to a page with your confirmation number and registration summary.
You will also be sent an email with your registration details to the email that you used to sign up the primary registrant. When registering multiple people (guests) the primary registrant will have to use their email and confirmation number to modify any of the people in the party. |
Modifying Registration
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Scroll all the way to the bottom of the registration page and under the NEXT button, click the Already registered? link.
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A box will pop up and will prompt you to enter your first name, last name, and email address. Once you do that, click NEXT.
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After hitting NEXT, this screen will pop up. It will ask you to enter a verification code. Log into your email and retrieve the code.
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Each time you log in, you will be given a different verification code. This is what the email should look like that contains the code.
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After you enter your confirmation code and hit LOG IN, you will be taken to this page where you will select MODIFY REGISTRATION to the left.
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You will be taken back to the page where you entered your contact information. If you don't need to modify any of that information, click NEXT.
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You can scroll all the way to the bottom of the next page and click NEXT.
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Next, you'll be taken to the page with all of the sessions available at the festival.
TO ADD A SESSION: Click on SELECT and add the session. TO REMOVE A SESSION: Click SELECTED and remove the session After your modifications have been made, complete your transaction and your seats will be saved. The program will let you know if you owe more money for your selections or if you are owed a refund. After the transaction is complete, you will be emailed a new, updated agenda. |