ticket tips and tricks Glastonbury 2024 resales

[Leyrulion]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

Do those prices include the £20 eco bond?

No, it's £345 all in for Wednesday entry, booking fee and ecobond (which in theory you get back). Which is a lot when you see it on a page! 

£315 would make Glastonbury about £330 all in. You'd think they've got to at least keep an eye on what other festivals are charging when setting a price.

[Hugh Jass II]

Made an appointment to give blood on the Friday of T-Day weekend.

I’d say a pint of my blood is a fair offering to the ticket gods.

[Suprefan]

9 hours ago, Leyrulion said:

No, it's £345 all in for Wednesday entry, booking fee and ecobond (which in theory you get back). Which is a lot when you see it on a page! 

£315 would make Glastonbury about £330 all in. You'd think they've got to at least keep an eye on what other festivals are charging when setting a price.

Difference is glasto isnt set out to make a profit. Its just about keeping their head above water, donating to charity and being to put away some of it and carrying on. Its still going to be a pretty penny regardless. Def going to have to post a price breakdown in the next couple of weeks. Dont think itll sit well if they dont say a word til the week of.

 

Shame I cant buy a ticket cause paying the same in usd as gbp would be amazing. 

Edited October 6, 2022 by Suprefan

[Crazyfool01]

So I’ll have 2 broadband connections on T day …. One I will cancel just after … I know it won’t really make much difference but at least Ill feel like I’ve done something a bit different to my last efforts … if you live in the south west and can get Jurassic fibre the cost looks decent and so far service from them has been very good …. They even come in and setup router and look for spots in home where it doesn’t work as well 

[Ghost of Robbie Williams]

53 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Difference is glasto isnt set out to make a profit. Its just about keeping their head above water, donating to charity and being to put away some of it and carrying on. Its still going to be a pretty penny regardless. Def going to have to post a price breakdown in the next couple of weeks. Dont think itll sit well if they dont say a word til the week of.

 

Shame I cant buy a ticket cause paying the same in usd as gbp would be amazing. 

With all that in mind I'm expecting a fairly healthy increase. Everything just costs a lot more now.

 

Any tips for coach tickets in particular? Never been successful in getting coach tickets, got a pretty healthy backing of people this time but I always find that unless you live in Norwich and want to travel on Thursday there's fook all left by the time you get through.

[Crazyfool01]

11 minutes ago, Ghost of Robbie Williams said:

With all that in mind I'm expecting a fairly healthy increase. Everything just costs a lot more now.

 

Any tips for coach tickets in particular? Never been successful in getting coach tickets, got a pretty healthy backing of people this time but I always find that unless you live in Norwich and want to travel on Thursday there's fook all left by the time you get through.

Have a list of options you are happy to choose pre agreed … don’t waste time last minute scrabbling around asking people … sometimes tickets reappear once departures look like they’ve sold out 

[parsonjack]

11 minutes ago, Ghost of Robbie Williams said:

With all that in mind I'm expecting a fairly healthy increase. Everything just costs a lot more now.

 

Any tips for coach tickets in particular? Never been successful in getting coach tickets, got a pretty healthy backing of people this time but I always find that unless you live in Norwich and want to travel on Thursday there's fook all left by the time you get through.

I've never used the coach (we only live 10 miles away...) but the one thing that sticks out to me is that you need to be prepared to travel from pretty much wherever is available.  Getting a booking page up and then spending valuable time trying different departure points on different days seems to be a recipe for disaster.  These boards are full of tales of people travelling 100+ miles by bus or car to get a coach when they live less than 50 miles from the site - it's a major flaw in the system imho. 

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

I've never used the coach (we only live 10 miles away...) but the one thing that sticks out to me is that you need to be prepared to travel from pretty much wherever is available.  Getting a booking page up and then spending valuable time trying different departure points on different days seems to be a recipe for disaster.  These boards are full of tales of people travelling 100+ miles by bus or car to get a coach when they live less than 50 miles from the site - it's a major flaw in the system imho. 

Would be amazing if there was a way of limiting the travel to the postcodes local to departure points 🙂 ( but only if they kept the number of buses going from mine 😂) think I was one of the only locals on mine as we got lost fairly near to departure point and I shouted directions to the driver to stop him getting stuck down a dead end 

Edited October 6, 2022 by Crazyfool01

[parsonjack]

6 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Would be amazing if there was a way of limiting the travel to the postcodes local to departure points 🙂 ( but only if they kept the number of buses going from mine 😂) think I was one of the only locals on mine as we got lost fairly near to departure point and I shouted directions to the driver to stop him getting stuck down a dead end 

Certainly needs a rethink....I get that it cuts down on local traffic to some degree but if the majority are now travelling some distance to actually get the coach then the eco-credentials of the scheme need to be questioned.

[Sorcha17]

Are the furthest away coach options usually the last to go? We live just outside Edinburgh so are looking at Edinburgh/Glasgow/Newcastle

[leath02]

We've basically said we'll travel to anywhere that is either within an hour of a house we can stay at this night before (friend or family within the group) or within an hour of the site.

Covers a fair distance of the country, but nowhere really north of Leicester 

Travelling any further than that feels a bit insane... But who knows how I would react if presented with the opportunity of a Wednesday ticket from Liverpool on T-Day....

[parsonjack]

18 minutes ago, leath02 said:

 But who knows how I would react if presented with the opportunity of a Wednesday ticket from Liverpool on T-Day....

In the heat of the moment, with no guarantee of a ticket in the general sale, I think we all know how you'd react....and we'd all do the same thing.

[gfa]

25 minutes ago, Sorcha17 said:

Are the furthest away coach options usually the last to go? We live just outside Edinburgh so are looking at Edinburgh/Glasgow/Newcastle

I think its quite random. They will base the amount of coaches for each place so like those 3 cities are quite far so less coaches than a similar size place in the South, but also they would all have a few each i reckon.

If a place with very coaches maybe like Norwich for example has less people than usual trying for tickets, it would be last etc. Everyone just scrambles for whats left anyway, so just focus on them and hope for the best! I think in the scramble places like Bristol will be first to go.

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I wonder if the ticket fee will rise from £5 to £10. Would be an easy way to increase revenue and wouldn't be too difficult. Could do a stealth charge too and increase postage

[MrsRookin]

So, totally missed the announcement and assumed T-day was this coming Sunday. Hoping to go with a group of friends who haven't been before (or not for many many years!) and nagged them incessantly to get registered before Monday just gone as was sure that was the last day.  Now feel like a total muppet AND have the torture of waiting another month!

 

Am I the only one who secretly enjoys ticket day?  Just a tiny bit?  Although the last ticket day was my first ever failure, which has taken the shine off a bit...

[leath02]

Secret sale at 6pm today though right?

[Crazyfool01]

8 minutes ago, MrsRookin said:

Am I the only one who secretly enjoys ticket day

I think you might be .. although success puts a definate shine on it:) 

[Crazyfool01]

8 minutes ago, leath02 said:

Secret sale at 6pm today though right?

Just setting up now . 

[Ghost of Robbie Williams]

1 hour ago, parsonjack said:

I've never used the coach (we only live 10 miles away...) but the one thing that sticks out to me is that you need to be prepared to travel from pretty much wherever is available.  Getting a booking page up and then spending valuable time trying different departure points on different days seems to be a recipe for disaster.  These boards are full of tales of people travelling 100+ miles by bus or car to get a coach when they live less than 50 miles from the site - it's a major flaw in the system imho. 

Yeah I live fairly Northern so options like Southampton, Norwich etc. just aren't feasible to me.

 

I've got around 6 options, though most are on the way there anyway. Obviously Bristol would be a tidy coach to bag but I imagine that goes first.

 

Thanks for the advice!

[incident]

38 minutes ago, leath02 said:

But who knows how I would react if presented with the opportunity of a Wednesday ticket from Liverpool on T-Day....

In October/November? Should turn it down every time.

In March/April? Then maybe be a bit more flexible, but still stick to some form of sanity.

Seriously, this bargaining and compromising on departure points depresses me. It's the first of 4 sales and that's not even factoring other routes in (working, H tickets). The way the system is structured encourages desperation and absolutely does lead to people buggering around travelling miles out of their way and often booking hotel rooms they shouldn't really need.

Pick the appropriate departure point or maybe two and at absolute most three, and then stick to it. For our groups I flat out won't buy coach tickets unless the departure point (and day/time) is one that they've specified as OK beforehand. The mid sale "I'll take anything" plea will soon seem like a dumb idea once they're stood at Bristol Coach Station on the Wednesday, wistfully watching people set off for Glastonbury while they're waiting for the first of 3 coaches to Lincoln followed by a night in a crappy Travelodge just so they can get another coach back the following day.

[Skip997]

2 minutes ago, incident said:

 For our groups I flat out won't buy coach tickets unless the departure point (and day/time) is one that they've specified as OK beforehand.

Always had you down as crew.

[leath02]

5 minutes ago, incident said:

In October/November? Should turn it down every time.

In March/April? Then maybe be a bit more flexible, but still stick to some form of sanity.

Seriously, this bargaining and compromising on departure points depresses me. It's the first of 4 sales and that's not even factoring other routes in (working, H tickets). The way the system is structured encourages desperation and absolutely does lead to people buggering around travelling miles out of their way and often booking hotel rooms they shouldn't really need.

Pick the appropriate departure point or maybe two and at absolute most three, and then stick to it. For our groups I flat out won't buy coach tickets unless the departure point (and day/time) is one that they've specified as OK beforehand. The mid sale "I'll take anything" plea will soon seem like a dumb idea once they're stood at Bristol Coach Station on the Wednesday, wistfully watching people set off for Glastonbury while they're waiting for the first of 3 coaches to Lincoln followed by a night in a crappy Travelodge just so they can get another coach back the following day.

Yeah I mean to be fair, I've been telling people to be sensible with departure points too. Hence my hour travel limit. It's very unlikely I would succumb to a big pilgrimage this early doors, if at all. Especially with the cost of trains / petrol, you're adding serious cost to that ticket.

Do think there should be some re-evaluation of Coach Tickets though - ie - there's a certain number they're willing to sell, then some process of working out where those postcode sales have been from, and put on the appropriate amount of coaches thereafter and send people a seperate bill for the coach tickets at that point

 

EDIT - and I know you then end up with maybe half full coaches - but they could factor this into the realse, where they have a certain number of spots to sell, and sell city specific tickets at this point

Edited October 6, 2022 by leath02

[incident]

16 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Always had you down as crew.

At most other festivals I am - and have worked Glastonbury in the past but I try to buy a ticket now. I just found that I missed too much - specifically being outside the fence and hearing just the vaguest snatches of Patti Smith on the breeze made the decision to go back to getting a ticket easy.

Will probably start working again it in the future, but tickets allowing it won't be next year.

Edited October 6, 2022 by incident

[Old_Johno]

12 hours ago, Leyrulion said:

No, it's £345 all in for Wednesday entry, booking fee and ecobond (which in theory you get back). Which is a lot when you see it on a page! 

£315 would make Glastonbury about £330 all in. You'd think they've got to at least keep an eye on what other festivals are charging when setting a price.

Plus £38.50 for the car park.

2 hours ago, Suprefan said:

Difference is glasto isnt set out to make a profit. Its just about keeping their head above water, donating to charity and being to put away some of it and carrying on. Its still going to be a pretty penny regardless. Def going to have to post a price breakdown in the next couple of weeks. Dont think itll sit well if they dont say a word til the week of.

 

Shame I cant buy a ticket cause paying the same in usd as gbp would be amazing. 

boomtown is probably going to have a break even year all things considered they’re still massively in debt, although now they are propped up by live nation. Got a feeling Glastonbury will definitely be over £300 from Boomtowns prices. 
 

Then again Boomtowns ethos doesn’t align with its actions so anyones guess how much profit they’re making 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

For the coach sale, is the deposit still 50 quid - including the coach ticket? I think from Bristol with coach it's likely to be about 360-375 return, but I can't remember if I have to pay all of the coach part right away or later on. 

[Ghost of Robbie Williams]

1 minute ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

For the coach sale, is the deposit still 50 quid - including the coach ticket? I think from Bristol with coach it's likely to be about 360-375 return, but I can't remember if I have to pay all of the coach part right away or later on. 

£50 plus coach ticket.

 

2022 costs:

Edited October 6, 2022 by Ghost of Robbie Williams