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Best questions for event attendee survey about venue suitability

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Aug 21, 2025

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Here are some of the best questions for an event attendee survey about venue suitability, plus our top tips for crafting them. If you want to build your own survey in seconds, Specific’s AI makes the whole process effortless.

Best open-ended questions for event attendee survey about venue suitability

We love open-ended questions for their ability to bring out real, detailed feedback from event attendees. People get to tell you exactly what stood out, so you learn things you wouldn’t by sticking to fixed options. They work best when you want to understand experience, expectations, or pain points in depth. Just keep in mind that open-ended questions tend to have a higher nonresponse rate—about 18% compared to 1–2% for closed options, according to Pew Research Center [1]. Mixing them with other question types is the best recipe for actionable insight.

  1. What was the most positive aspect of the venue for you at this event?

  2. Were there any aspects of the venue that limited your enjoyment or participation, and if so, how?

  3. How did the location of the venue influence your decision to attend?

  4. Were there any accessibility issues you encountered at the venue?

  5. If you could change one thing about the venue, what would it be and why?

  6. How did the venue’s layout affect your experience during the event?

  7. Did the venue environment match the expectations set by the event’s promotion? Please explain.

  8. How would you describe the overall atmosphere or vibe at the venue?

  9. What feedback would you give about the facilities (e.g., restrooms, wifi, seating, catering)?

  10. Is there anything else you’d like to share about your experience with the venue?

Best single-select multiple-choice questions for event attendee survey about venue suitability

Single-select multiple-choice questions are perfect when you want to quickly quantify opinions or get a yes/no on specifics. They speed up survey completion and standardize responses, which is why closed-ended questions typically see much lower nonresponse rates and make data analysis a breeze [2]. These can serve as ice-breakers—sometimes it’s easier for an attendee to choose from clear options before digging deeper with a follow-up.

Question: How would you rate the overall suitability of the venue for this event?

  • Excellent

  • Good

  • Average

  • Poor

Question: Was the venue’s location convenient for you?

  • Very convenient

  • Somewhat convenient

  • Not convenient

Question: Which one of these venue features was most important to you?

  • Accessibility

  • Facilities

  • Atmosphere

  • Location

  • Other

When to follow up with "why?" It's smart to ask a “why?” or clarification after a single-select question—especially when you want to understand motivations or drivers behind a choice. For example, if someone selects “Not convenient” for location, a follow-up like, “Can you tell us why you found the location inconvenient?” uncovers actionable context.

When and why to add the "Other" choice? Including “Other” helps ensure attendees aren’t forced into ill-fitting categories—perfect for learning about priorities you might not have considered. Following up on “Other” can surface unexpected themes for future improvement.

NPS as a simple event attendee venue suitability metric

NPS (Net Promoter Score) is a proven, simple way to measure attendee advocacy—“How likely are you to recommend this venue to a friend or colleague?” This single question captures both satisfaction and loyalty, while the follow-up “why?” explores what’s behind their score. Using NPS in a venue suitability survey is powerful for benchmarking and quick comparison across different events or venues. If you want to try it out, you can generate a ready-made NPS survey instantly.

The power of follow-up questions

Great surveys are like great conversations—they go deeper. Automated follow-up questions, like those in Specific’s conversational surveys, unlock more nuance and clarity from each attendee. Our AI listens to the context and asks smart, relevant follow-ups in real time, just like an expert interviewer. This saves you a ton of time chasing people via email, and lets attendees clarify or expand on details naturally.

  • Event Attendee: “The layout was confusing.”

  • AI follow-up: “Were there specific areas of the venue that you found difficult to navigate? Can you describe what made it confusing?”

How many followups to ask? In practice, 2–3 thoughtful follow-up questions are enough to capture rich context, while still keeping things respectful of attendees’ time. With Specific, you can tweak the settings so the AI only asks more if it senses there are more insights to collect or move on when it’s satisfied.

This makes it a conversational survey—not just a rigid checklist, but a real dialogue that draws out valuable insights while making it seamless and enjoyable for attendees.

Analyze open-end answers easily: Even if responses are unstructured, it’s easy to analyze all the feedback with AI-based tools like Specific’s response analysis or step-by-step guides. AI can summarize long, detailed responses and highlight trends instantly—this brings structure to qualitative data so you act faster.

Automated follow-up questions are a game-changer—try generating your survey to see how fluid and engaging the experience can be.

How to prompt ChatGPT (or other GPTs) for great venue suitability questions

You can quickly draft great questions for your event attendee survey with AI, if you give the right prompts. For a quick list, start with:

Suggest 10 open-ended questions for event attendee survey about venue suitability.

But you’ll get better results if you tell the AI a bit more about your event and goals. Example prompt:

We’re collecting feedback from attendees at a tech conference to understand if the event venue met their needs. Please suggest 10 thoughtful open-ended questions that will help us improve for next year.

Next, ask for question groups for structured design:

Look at the questions and categorize them. Output categories with the questions under them.

Review the categories and refine your focus. To go deeper:

Generate 10 questions for categories “Accessibility” and “Facilities.”

What is a conversational survey, and why use AI?

Conversational surveys feel like a chat, not a checklist—making feedback friendlier and responses deeper. With an AI survey generator, you chat your way to a polished survey and your audience enjoys a fluid, interactive experience. Unlike traditional surveys, AI-driven conversations adapt to the answers and probe for more, so nothing valuable slips through the cracks.

Manual surveys

AI-generated surveys

Build question-by-question, lots of copy/pasting, slow to update

Quickly generated by chatting, edit with natural language in AI survey editor

No dynamic follow-ups, risk missing context

AI asks smart follow-up questions instantly for richer insight

Difficult to analyze open-ends manually

AI summarizes and reveals trends in real time via analysis tools

Rigid format, often lower engagement

Feels like a chat, keeps respondents more engaged and responsive

Why use AI for event attendee surveys? AI scales your feedback process by combining in-depth, tailored questioning with lightning-fast analysis—you get both the “what” and the “why” behind attendee experiences. Whether you need an AI survey example for venue feedback or want to experiment with different formats, Specific offers best-in-class conversational surveys that make feedback rewarding for everyone involved. Learn how to create an event attendee survey about venue suitability from scratch, or try one of our ready-made examples.

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Sources

  1. Pew Research Center. Why do some open-ended survey questions result in higher item nonresponse rates than others?

  2. Anesthesiology. Survey Research: Fundamentals, Measurement Error, and Best Practices.

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Adam Sabla

Adam Sabla is an entrepreneur with experience building startups that serve over 1M customers, including Disney, Netflix, and BBC, with a strong passion for automation.

Adam Sabla

Adam Sabla is an entrepreneur with experience building startups that serve over 1M customers, including Disney, Netflix, and BBC, with a strong passion for automation.

Adam Sabla

Adam Sabla is an entrepreneur with experience building startups that serve over 1M customers, including Disney, Netflix, and BBC, with a strong passion for automation.