Ticketing for scare attractions

Sell tickets for haunted houses, scare trails, and Halloween events. Each night has its own capacity, and managed hosting is £50/year, whatever the season's sales.

A short season with its own calendar

Daily events run an attraction across its season, with a separate capacity for each night and blackout dates for the nights it is closed. Visitors pick their night from a calendar.

Chobble Tickets does not provide a timetable where visitors pick any clock time, so timed entry works by publishing each entry session as its own listing, such as "19:00 entry" and "20:00 entry", each with its own capacity. Peak nights can run as a separate listing with a higher price, set to the weekdays it covers.

Capacity is used only when payment confirmation arrives. If confirmed payments race for the last places on a night, the later order is refunded automatically.

The same setup covers scare mazes, haunted houses, Halloween trails, ghost tours and seasonal horror events.

An admin calendar for Hollowtree Scare Trail showing bookings on two nights and 25 of 40 places remaining on a Friday
Each night keeps its own bookings and remaining capacity on the admin calendar.

Entry terms and the gate

Terms and conditions require every buyer to tick a checkbox before booking, which covers minimum age rules, health warnings, and conduct policies. A special instructions field collects anything visitors need to tell you in advance.

At the gate, staff scan tickets through a browser with a phone camera, with no scanner hardware. The scanner flags tickets that were already scanned, and a name search covers anyone whose screen will not scan.

The £50/year price covers the whole year even when the attraction trades for a few weeks each autumn, and there is no per-ticket platform fee on top. Ticket income goes directly to your own Stripe, Square, or SumUp account.

Features for scare attractions

  • Daily events

    Give every night its own capacity, block closed nights, and see bookings for each date on the admin calendar.

  • Terms and conditions

    Require agreement to age limits, health warnings, and conduct rules before a booking completes.

  • Overbooking prevention

    Capacity is checked when each payment is confirmed. A paid order that no longer fits is refunded automatically.

Related uses

Attractions and days out covers year-round dated admission. Guided tours covers walking ghost tours, and festivals covers larger multi-day sites.