public function ticket_add( $post_id, $data ) {
			$ticket                   = new Tribe__Tickets__Ticket_Object();
			$ticket->ID               = isset( $data['ticket_id'] ) ? absint( $data['ticket_id'] ) : null;
			$ticket->name             = isset( $data['ticket_name'] ) ? esc_html( $data['ticket_name'] ) : null;
			$ticket->description      = isset( $data['ticket_description'] ) ? sanitize_textarea_field( $data['ticket_description'] ) : '';
			$ticket->price            = ! empty( $data['ticket_price'] ) ? filter_var( trim( $data['ticket_price'] ), FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT, FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION | FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_THOUSAND ) : 0;
			$ticket->show_description = isset( $data['ticket_show_description'] ) ? 'yes' : 'no';
			$ticket->provider_class   = $this->class_name;
			$ticket->start_date       = null;
			$ticket->end_date         = null;
			$ticket->menu_order       = isset( $data['ticket_menu_order'] ) ? intval( $data['ticket_menu_order'] ) : null;

			tribe( 'tickets.handler' )->toggle_manual_update_flag( true );

			if ( ! empty( $ticket->price ) ) {
				// remove non-money characters
				$ticket->price = preg_replace( '/[^0-9\.\,]/Uis', '', $ticket->price );
			}

			if ( ! empty( $data['ticket_start_date'] ) ) {
				$start_datetime = Tribe__Date_Utils::maybe_format_from_datepicker( $data['ticket_start_date'] );

				if ( ! empty( $data['ticket_start_time'] ) ) {
					$start_datetime .= ' ' . $data['ticket_start_time'];
					$ticket->start_time = date( Tribe__Date_Utils::DBTIMEFORMAT, strtotime( ( $start_datetime ) ) );
				}

				$ticket->start_date = date( Tribe__Date_Utils::DBDATEFORMAT, strtotime( $start_datetime ) );
			}

			if ( ! empty( $data['ticket_end_date'] ) ) {
				$end_datetime = Tribe__Date_Utils::maybe_format_from_datepicker( $data['ticket_end_date'] );

				if ( ! empty( $data['ticket_end_time'] ) ) {
					$end_datetime .= ' ' . $data['ticket_end_time'];
					$ticket->end_time = date( Tribe__Date_Utils::DBTIMEFORMAT, strtotime( ( $end_datetime ) ) );
				}

				$ticket->end_date = date( Tribe__Date_Utils::DBDATEFORMAT, strtotime( $end_datetime ) );
			}

			/**
			 * Fired once a ticket has been created and added to a post
			 *
			 * @param int $post_id ID of parent "event" post
			 * @param Tribe__Tickets__Ticket_Object $ticket Ticket object
			 * @param array $data Submitted post data
			 */
			do_action( 'tribe_tickets_ticket_add', $post_id, $ticket, $data );

			// Pass the control to the child object
			$save_ticket = $this->save_ticket( $post_id, $ticket, $data );

			tribe( 'tickets.handler' )->toggle_manual_update_flag( false );

			$post = get_post( $post_id );
			if ( empty( $data['ticket_start_date'] ) ) {
				$date = strtotime( $post->post_date );
				$date = date( 'Y-m-d 00:00:00', $date );

				update_post_meta( $ticket->ID, tribe( 'tickets.handler' )->key_start_date, $date );
			}

			if ( empty( $data['ticket_end_date'] ) && 'tribe_events' === $post->post_type ) {
				$event_end = get_post_meta( $post_id, '_EventEndDate', true );
				update_post_meta( $ticket->ID, tribe( 'tickets.handler' )->key_end_date, $event_end );
			}

			tribe( 'tickets.version' )->update( $ticket->ID );

			return $save_ticket;
		}