Paying to go to a kid’s birthday party..?

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Some friends of ours havs recently booked a party for their six year old at a zoo. The invite says all accompanying adults need to pay their own entry into the zoo (£15 per adult)
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Is this a pisstake, or am I being unreasonable?
if this was me, I’d have absorbed that cost into the cost of the party booking - I would’ve covered it. Surely..?

It’s not a “public place” it’s a hired room within a zoo.
I’ve done drop offs at parties within a hired space when the birthday child’s parents stayed and there is an entertainer or party host for the kids.

As I posted upthread (I think) my daughter’s birthday was at the weekend in a farm. Parents to the party had to pay €8 entry fee which I covered. I had 11 kids and 10 parents. Most parents weren’t aware they had to pay, while one or two offered. The farm policy requires the adults to stay with with the kids. Ours were ages 4-6 so parents had to stay.
These party places can be expensive, ours per child was €23.50 and an extra €8 per adult, maybe the organisers cannot afford to pay for the ticket and you can always decline going.

No. That means forcing your child to miss out when their other friends are going. How can you not see that?

Everyone is at liberty to accept or decline a party invitation.

Kids need to learn they can't go to every single one they're invited to.