I posted earlier about difficulties we are having with our child's current nursery and decided to explore other local nurseries. (First child so little experience of this).
I emailed a few nurseries to ask if I could look around. Two came back with suggested visit times, and the 3rd, (a Montessori) said I needed to pay a fee to register and would then be invited to view. I thought they had misunderstood what I was asking and clarified that I was in no way decided on a new nursery yet but was interested in looking around in order to explore our options. However they came back and have insisted in a payment and full registration form before I can look around. They say they are a charity and small business so this is necessary for all prospective parents. Is this normal?