Admission to a journey or other event or establishment may be subject to paying an entrance fee / buying a ticket

Ticket (admission)

A ticket is a voucher that indicates that one has paid for admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre, movie theater, amusement park, zoo, museum, concert, or other attraction, or permission to travel on a vehicle such as an airliner, train, bus, or boat, typically because one has...

. A pass may give admittance without a ticket for a given time period, or give the right to obtain free tickets. A discount

Discounts and allowances

Discounts and allowances are reductions to a basic price of goods or services.They can occur anywhere in the distribution channel, modifying either the manufacturer's list price , the retail price , or the list price Discounts and allowances are reductions to a basic price of goods or services.They...

 pass allows buying tickets at a reduced price. Sometimes a party of two or more people (either in general or in special cases such as a family) pays less than the total price of each individually. For example, a two-for-one discount means two people together pay for one only.

Admission is restricted to the available capacity, see below.

There may be other restrictions of admission:

• Admission to a movie may be subject to a motion picture rating system
  Motion picture rating system
  A motion picture rating system is designated to classify films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity, impudence or other types of mature content...
  
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• Admission to drinking establishments may be restricted to people younger than the legal drinking age
  Legal drinking age
  Laws about the legal drinking age cover a wide range of issues and behaviours, addressing when and where alcohol can be consumed. The minimum age alcohol can be legally consumed can be different to the age when it can be purchased. These laws vary among different countries and many laws have...
  
  , and similarly for exhibitions, performances and mutual activities with a sexual aspect.
• Admission may be subject to discrimination/segregation
  Discrimination
  Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
  
   by gender, race, age, etc.
• Admission may be subject to invitation
  Invitation system
  An invitation system is a method of joining an organization, such as a club or a website. In regular society, it refers to any system whereby new members are chosen; they cannot simply apply...
  
  , or membership of an organisation. See also invitee
  Invitee
  In the law of torts, an invitee is a person who is invited to land by the possessor of the land as a member of the public or one who is invited to the land for the purpose of business dealings with the possessor of the land...
  
  , wedding invitation
  Wedding invitation
  A wedding invitation is a letter asking the recipient to attend a wedding. It is typically written in formal, third-person language and mailed five to eight weeks before the wedding date....
  
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Sometimes a person who has misbehaved is barred from admission at the same establishment, at all establishments of the same chain, or at a group of cooperating establishments. This may apply for movie theatres, swimming pool

Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...

s, etc. Violation may be considered trespass

Trespass

Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.Trespass to the person, historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, wounding, mayhem, and maiming...

ing.

Similarly a stalker

Stalking

Stalking is a term commonly used to refer to unwanted and obsessive attention by an individual or group to another person. Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation and may include following the victim in person and/or monitoring them via the internet...

 may be denied access to some public space

Public space

A public space is a social space such as a town square that is open and accessible to all, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age or socio-economic level. One of the earliest examples of public spaces are commons. For example, no fees or paid tickets are required for entry, nor are the entrants...

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Reservation

Paying for admission often ensures that one is not denied admission because of lack of capacity. However, if the time and day of use of the ticket are undetermined this may not be the case, e.g. one buys a train ticket, but the train is too crowded to enter it. Sometimes in advance the right of admission can be reserved, without fully paying for the ticket yet. There may or may not be a reservation fee or down payment

Down payment

Down payment is a payment used in the context of the purchase of expensive items such as a car and a house, whereby the payment is the initial upfront portion of the total amount due and it is usually given in cash at the time of finalizing the transaction.A loan is then required to make the full...

. In the case of tickets for specific seats (allocated seating), etc., a reservation may also apply to specific seats. Usually there is a deadline for collecting and paying the ticket, e.g. half an hour in advance.

See also:

• Computer reservations system
  Computer reservations system
  A computer reservations system is a computerized system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to air travel. Originally designed and operated by airlines, CRSes were later extended for the use of travel agencies...
  
  
• Airline Reservations System
  Airline Reservations System
  An airline reservation system is part of the so-called passenger service systems , which are applications supporting the direct contact with the passenger....