Step 3: Booking hotel rooms using the Dashboard/Planner Portal
1. Enter your Username.
If you have not accessed the dashboard before, you will need to click on "Create New Account" first. Your account is linked to the email address you received all other emails at. Be sure to use that address.
2. Enter your password.
3. Click on Log in
4. You should now see the 2026 FIRST event. Click on 2026 FIRST® Championship
If you do NOT see the 2026 event, email us at FIRSTTeams@conferencedirect.com for help.
5. Click on Make/Edit Multiple Reservations
6. Click on New
7. Type the first name of the primary guest in Room 1.
8. Type the last name of the primary guest in Room 1.
9. Type email address.
10. Enter Check-in date by clicking on the field or the calendar icon.
11. Choose date
12. Enter Check-out date.
13. Choose date
14. Click on More Info if you need to add additional room occupants to this room.
15. Click on Additional guests
16. Select the number of additional guests in this room.
17. Enter check-in date for second room occupant.
18. Choose date
19. Enter Check-out date for second room occupant.
20. Choose date
21. Type name name for second occupant.
22. Type last name for second occupant.
23. Click on Done
24. Row 2 is for the next room you are booking. Proceed with the same steps above. Enter first name.
25. Last name
26. Email (the email address can be different or the same as the lead mentor)
27. Enter Check-in date
28. Enter Check-out date
29. Click on More Info
30. Click on Additional guests
31. Select number of guests for this room.
32. Enter Check-in date
33. Ener Check-out date
34. Continue the same steps for the remaining room occupants. Check-in date
35. Check-out date
36. First name
37. Last name
38. First name
39. Last name
40. Click on Done
41. This light grey section is where you enter the contact and billing information (and any other information) that will apply to ALL ROOMS you filled in on the rows below. Begin by clicking on More Info.
42. Click on Contact information
43. Type Team Number-Team Name in that order.
Do NOT enter your school name or district name. This will only cause delays.
44. Enter Contact Address
45. Click on Select Country...…
46. Click on -Select State/Province-…
47. Postal code
48. City
49. Phone number
50. Click on Select Locale (language)
51. Click on Done
52. Click on More Info
53. Click on Billing information
54. Enter credit card number. This card will now go on file for all reservations noted in the rows below.
55. Expiration date
56. Continue filling in the information all sections with a red asterisk.
57. Country
58. Address
59. City
60. State
61. Phone Number
62. Click on Save
63. You MUST check the boxes next to each name you want to apply the contact and billing information to.
64. Click on Apply
65. Click on Submit to confirm your reservations.
66. This pop-up will tell you if the reservations are completed or if there are any errors/missing information.
67. Click on OK
68. Confirmed reservations will now show as CONFIRMED.
Any reservations that did not confirm will show up below the confirmed reservations as UNCONFIRMED. If you hover over the exclamation point, the cursor will tell you what the problem is. Refresh your page if you don't see anything.
