Booth Categories are intended to allow filtering and on their own do not alter pricing while Booth Types are indented to be physically different areas of your event. Pricing is set by Booth Types.

Booth Categories are useful when you charge different prices for the same physicals area. For example if you charge food or drink concession vendors more than vendors selling crafts or clothing. In this case make two or more Booth Categories such as “Food & Drink” and “Non-Food or Drink”.

There is no limit to how many categories you can create, however the more you create the more Booth Types you will likely need to create.

If you have a small simple event you may only need one category - name is something like “Vendors” or “All Booths”.

Booth Types are where booth pricing is set. Generally you will create a Booth Type for every Booth Category.

Read more about Booth Types here.

If you do not differentiate physical areas but price your booths by the type of goods the vendor carries you will want to set up multiple Booth Categories. You will also create a Booth Type for each Booth Category.

If you only differentiate pricing by the vendor's physical location you will create only one Booth Category but then create a Booth Type for each different area or price point.

You can make use of both Booth Categories and Types to price by both what goods the vendor carries and where they are located.