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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 1788597" data-attributes="member: 2292">Having talked with people who run Australian cons before, I know that part of the reason they charge a fee for a badge in these situations is because their liability insurance doesn't cover people who aren't official attendees of the convention.  Official attendees = people who have either organised the event or paid to be there, and whose details are recorded by the convention organisers.  Being able to record the details and mark those people who just want to browse the dealers hall as official attendees is a pretty big deal the first time one of them is crushed by a falling display or steps on a caltrop-like miniature left laying on the ground.Given the skyrocketing costs of liability insurance, charging even a nominal fee for the badge of people who just want to poke around the stalls also offsets some of the costs as well.</blockquote>