Observatory visits, from session choice to arrival
TicketingHub helps observatory visitor teams sell scheduled experiences on their website, manage ticket availability and handle in-person sales. Visitors can choose an available date, time and ticket option before paying.
A booking flow for your visitor programme
An embedded booking widget gives visitors a way to reserve while reading about a night-sky session, guided visit or educational event. Your description can explain the duration, meeting point, inclusions and practical arrival details.
Viewing sessions and group capacity
Configure products, dates, session times and ticket availability around the experiences your team offers. A useful demo follows a family taking the final places and a staff member reviewing remaining availability.
Shared telescopes, guides, rooms and overlapping sessions can introduce allocation rules beyond a ticket limit. Those requirements need checking against your actual timetable and equipment.
School visits and private groups
An educational group may need organiser information, attendance numbers and arrival arrangements that differ from individual admission. A practical walkthrough includes a school reservation and a change in party size.
Teacher places, group prices, deposits and invoice terms need reviewing against your booking process.
Weather-related session changes
A useful demo follows a session that your team reschedules: finding affected reservations, changing bookings and communicating the new arrangements under your policy.
TicketingHub supports booking confirmations and reminders. Magic Link supports guest-managed changes where enabled; available actions depend on your setup.
Ticketing alongside observatory operations
The features described here cover visitor bookings and ticket sales. They do not establish telescope control, scientific observation scheduling, automated weather decisions or staff rostering. Those tasks need specialist systems or confirmed integrations.
Entrance and reseller sales
TicketingHub offers point-of-sale tools alongside website bookings and supported marketplace connections, including Viator and GetYourGuide. A demo can follow an advance reservation and a walk-up sale through your visitor-desk workflow.
Explore the supported integrations.
Clear pricing for observatory bookings
TicketingHub’s published standard fee is 3% per successful booking, including online, in-person and OTA bookings. There are no monthly or setup fees. Your payment provider charges separately, and marketplace commissions are separate from TicketingHub’s fee.
View current pricing and what is included.