whats the ticket price going to be ?

[Lycra]

On 9/11/2023 at 3:22 PM, Avalon_Fields said:

£335, a little over 10%. 

About time they found an secure electronic ticket system rather than spending plenty on the fancy paper tickets, that'd save a decent amount.

Wouldn't this disenfranchise those who don't have smart phones or printers?

[gigpusher]

4 hours ago, Skip997 said:

It doesn't affect me, but I'd be interested to know what people's upper limit is.

Upper limit is hard to say because now I'd probably say around the £500 mark but by the time it reaches that presumably all costs would have gone up and hopefully pay too!!

[Leyrulion]

1 hour ago, Lycra said:

Wouldn't this disenfranchise those who don't have smart phones or printers?

No more so than the £335 ticket price does. 

87% of UK adults have a smart phone, 96% of 16-24 year olds have one. 

If you can't buy a smart phone (~£7.50 a month) you're unlikely to be prioritising a festival ticket. (Not to say you can't but its really unlikely).

If you're not buying a smart phone on principle then I'd bet good money you've got another way into Glastonbury anyway. 

 

[Leyrulion]

5 hours ago, Skip997 said:

It doesn't affect me, but I'd be interested to know what people's upper limit is.

Well you can pay £8,000 now for a guaranteed ticket through the glamping options.

 

So somewhere between £335 and £8 grand.

[Avalon_Fields]

3 hours ago, Lycra said:

Wouldn't this disenfranchise those who don't have smart phones or printers?

Yes it would. Like almost everything else does now. But, Does anyone know of a Glastonbury goer that doesn’t have a smartphone?

[Suprefan]

On 9/11/2023 at 4:32 AM, stuie said:

My guess is that this year we'll pass £350 + BF.

They will also introduce a payment plan option for the first time.

It will sell out in under 15 mins in the main sale.

 

If theyre going to do a payment plan then theres no point in even doing T day and having you wait til March to pay the rest with a plan. Just do £50 down and then 4 payments before lineup drop if T day was in Nov, 5 if Oct. If you choose to keep your ticket you make a final payment on a specified date. If you opt out you get your refund and they keep the administration fee as always. 
 

New price probably around £360.  400 is coming soon.

Electronic tickets with your photo and a rotating barcode is possible at least. And they can mail you the souvenir ticket if you choose to pay an extra £10 for it. Then they arent forced to make the 130,000+ of them cause Im sure lots of people will forget to even do that option. Also the fest can take some of that souvenir ticket money and use it for something. 

Edited September 13, 2023 by Suprefan

[stuie]

3 hours ago, Suprefan said:

If theyre going to do a payment plan then theres no point in even doing T day and having you wait til March to pay the rest with a plan. Just do £50 down and then 4 payments before lineup drop if T day was in Nov, 5 if Oct. If you choose to keep your ticket you make a final payment on a specified date. If you opt out you get your refund and they keep the administration fee as always. 

I expect they would give people the choice - £50 deposit down and choose whether you pay the balance by instalments or all in one go like normal.

[gfa]

On 9/11/2023 at 9:18 PM, eddie_corrigan said:

I’ll say it again I’d be all for them raising the deposit to £75 or possibly £100 to take the edge off any significant price increase. Especially if they’re keeping the delayed payment method in place like they had for the resales. Gives people and groups time to move money round appropriately 

Given interest rates are up to like 7% depending on where you put your money by increasing the deposit they could make a ton off interest in the 6 months or so before the fest.

Its important to remember though that a group of 6 would need £600 in their account for this, plus the full coach price which is over £100 for scotland etc. Over £1k is a lot to ask people to have on hand, especially if all 6 people trying need to have this really (unless they share cards, which isn't really something encouraged by the fest!)

Its already over £1k each probs for scotland anyway to be fair

edit: scrap the last 2 paragraphs the new system fixes this anyway - although £100 + coach could be over £200 which is around the cost of most other fests in full just as a deposit, so it is still a lot for many people

Edited September 13, 2023 by gfa

[gfa]

4 hours ago, Suprefan said:

If theyre going to do a payment plan then theres no point in even doing T day and having you wait til March to pay the rest with a plan. Just do £50 down and then 4 payments before lineup drop if T day was in Nov, 5 if Oct. If you choose to keep your ticket you make a final payment on a specified date. If you opt out you get your refund and they keep the administration fee as always. 
 

New price probably around £360.  400 is coming soon.

Electronic tickets with your photo and a rotating barcode is possible at least. And they can mail you the souvenir ticket if you choose to pay an extra £10 for it. Then they arent forced to make the 130,000+ of them cause Im sure lots of people will forget to even do that option. Also the fest can take some of that souvenir ticket money and use it for something. 

Charging people in 5 payments costs far more than just 2. Also would make it harder for groups to pay it all together, so could be like 30payments almost (6 people x 5individual payments)

[a6l6e6x]

375. I’d pay 700

[gooner1990]

On 9/12/2023 at 12:18 PM, Ayrshire Chris said:

The main concern is that the price could possibly go up to 500 and still sell out in no time. Problem with that is so many people will be priced out the festival that they love and have been committed to for years. 

Agreed, all it would do is change the type of attendees that it attracts!

[Skip997]

2 minutes ago, gooner1990 said:

Agreed, all it would do is change the type of attendees that it attracts!

That's IMO a huge concern

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

43 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

That's IMO a huge concern

 

So, shall we go and check out Idles? 

[gooner1990]

11 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

So, shall we go and check out Idles? 

For the next taster course its two lines of ketamine, accompanied by a warm can of Strongbow dark fruits cider!

[stuie]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

That's IMO a huge concern

 

This looks like Wilderness festival 🙂 

[st dan]

I think they could coincide a payment plan with reaching the £400 mark. That way the sting of breaking this barrier will be somewhat offset with the ability to pay in manageable chunks. 

[fraybentos1]

2 hours ago, st dan said:

I think they could coincide a payment plan with reaching the £400 mark. That way the sting of breaking this barrier will be somewhat offset with the ability to pay in manageable chunks. 

You have several months to aside money in anyway you want between october and april, it really isn't difficult. Not sure how a payment plan helps this much

[stuie]

2 hours ago, fraybentos1 said:

You have several months to aside money in anyway you want between october and april, it really isn't difficult. Not sure how a payment plan helps this much

Tbf, you could say that about any festival or holiday etc. but most of them have payment plan options.

[MrZigster]

On 9/12/2023 at 7:56 PM, Avalon_Fields said:

Yes it would. Like almost everything else does now. But, Does anyone know of a Glastonbury goer that doesn’t have a smartphone?

I didn't get one 'till this year.

[fraybentos1]

1 hour ago, stuie said:

Tbf, you could say that about any festival or holiday etc. but most of them have payment plan options.

No other festivals have a deposit followed by a 6 month window to pay the remainder tho.

Only package hols have payment plans 

[stuie]

4 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

No other festivals have a deposit followed by a 6 month window to pay the remainder tho.

Only package hols have payment plans 

I’m not sure what difference them taking a deposit makes. People still need to save a certain amount of money by a certain date so a payment plan would help some people. 

 

[Skip997]

49 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

No other festivals have a deposit followed by a 6 month window to pay the remainder tho.

Not sure that's true

Quote

An initial down payment is required that includes all booking fees, followed by 3 further payments on the 1st of Feb, 5th Apr and 7th of June 2023. These instalments range depending on ticket tier and type selected.

Shambala ticket terms

Tickets normally go on sale in October

Edited September 13, 2023 by Skip997

[mph]

Tried with no luck for a ticket for this year, looked at hospitality etc options but could not justify the price 

After the way I felt watching it all on TV this year I can justify any option and I am planning for it as a last resort 

Never seen beans on toast but I can live on it 

[DeanoL]

2 hours ago, stuie said:

I’m not sure what difference them taking a deposit makes. People still need to save a certain amount of money by a certain date so a payment plan would help some people. 

Because it means you know you got a ticket, so you're not saving for a thing that might happen.

With interest rates where they are now, I think a payment plan option could actually be viewed as exploitative, as it's getting more of people's money earlier, and getting the interest off it. And if it's just an option, what happens if you miss a payment? You keep your ticket as long as you settle up by April? In which case it doesn't really provide the sort of incentive those struggling to save off their own back would need.

[DeanoL]

4 hours ago, stuie said:

Tbf, you could say that about any festival or holiday etc. but most of them have payment plan options.

Not really, with a package holiday, or a sofa or whatever, the payment plan is in lieu of paying everything there and then. Instead of paying now, you pay over six months in instalments or whatever. 

In those cases, the norm is that you just pay up front. The payment plan is essentially credit. I can't think of any examples of payment plans being introduced that involve the customer paying for something sooner when the norm is you pay later. With Shambala you could do the instalments on 1st of Feb, 5th Apr and 7th of June 2023, or you could just pay upfront in October. They don't let you put just £50 down in October and just pay the balance on 7 June.

The only other place I've seen anything remotely similar is gas/electric direct debits and that's also somewhat controversial.