I came across a situation when a constituent invited his family to an event we are hosting. He sent them the event registration form to register on their own.
This is the issue. Technically, we should not be creating individual records for them as they are guests. What Constituent Code will we be assigning to these individuals. There's no option for us to make them guests. We will have to create individual records for them or else, they will remain in the unmatched list.
This is where it gets more complicated. According to support, non-constituent guests will not get email messages as standard RENXT Email uses constituent-based recipient lists. It is quite strange to have an email field for non-constituent guests if we are not able to use it. Is this true?
If so, developers should look into making this process more efficient. Non-for-profit organizations do run lots of events. Sponsors would invite guests but these guests doesn't necessarily want to hear from us. They would like to receive notices from the specific event they are attending but that's about it unless they give us clearance.
Things to consider:
Allow unmatched constituents be accepted as guests.
All non-constituent guests to receive messages from the registered event.