Booking fees: they’re the worst part about buying tickets to anything. Sure, internet shit-fights for in-demand tickets and scalpers both rank up there, but at worst they’re variables that can affect some, but not all, ticket-buying experiences.
Booking fees, however, are consistent. They’re a pure, constant annoyance; like taxes, but worse because at least we kind of know what taxes pay for. They’re the Nickelback of bad things we inevitably spend our money on.
One company, however, hopes to change that in a roundabout way. Humanitix, a Sydney-based not-for-profit, wants to redirect ticket booking fees to some good causes – up to thirty of them, in fact.
Simply, when promoters create an event on Humanitix, they can select which charity they’d like all booking fees to be forwarded to, whether it’s improving literacy in the third world, or supplying meals to those living rough on the street.
Who knew that the way to finally make booking fees good and useful was through altruism?
Humanitix was launched in 2015, and is, relatively speaking, still in its infancy. Which is where you come in. Humanitix is currently a finalist in the Google Impact Challenge, with the winner of a $1 Million prize going down to a public vote.
So if you think the idea of putting booking fees to better use is a good one, give Humanitix a vote here.