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12 hours ago, hfuhruhurr said:
I attend the reading council & festival republic post festival meeting in December. Any proposed schemes that would cause tents to be dumped outside the festival and all over the town/countryside have been rejected.
Education and guilt re: other plastics are the most effective solutions. Won't catch all but as we've seen at gf it works well enough.
Good point. Those who aren't bothered about a refund will still leave their gear whilst those who do will claim a refund at the exit gate, then dump their tent in the car/coach park. Spreads the littering.
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Be best buddies with Michael/Emily
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1 hour ago, bombfrog said:
Yes, you pay a deposit per tent to take a tent in and get it back when you leave. I'm not saying it'd be the easiest thing to administer but it's fundamentally a good idea.
I've addressed people still leaving tents above. A. We'd still see a lot fewer tents and B. the deposits they don't get back could go towards carbon offsetting.
It's a bit like the 5p plastic bag tax, people would moan at first and find reasons why it wouldn't work. Plenty of "whataboutism" etc. etc. But in the end it would work in 90% of cases and we'd see much cleaner fields at the end of the festival.
The plastic bag tax is a poor analogy as it's purchased at the till when needed and no refund is necessay. If there's a will a system could be put in place but it would be a balls ache to adminster slowing festival egress. The main problem with it is that it will not change the behaviour of those who treat camping gear as disposable items. Every fest is populated by to a degree my people doing a one off experience and groups who have clubbed together to buy a tent. A tent tax refund will not influence their dumping behaviour. What about the airbeds, roll mats, wellies etc.
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It's not just tents which are left. Why not go the whole hog and tax sleeping bags, cookers, air beds and all the other detritus left behind.....
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Will it really change people's behaviour. I fear not when they're prepared to leave tents and gear worth £100s in some instances. It will just be seen as a necessary expense. Besides which it will cause a very large admin problem. How do you prove who left what unless every tent is tagged. ?
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11 hours ago, jimbarkanoodle said:
I still and always will stand by the theory that if you find something such as a wallet stuffed with cash, you are more than entitled to a finders fee, providing you hand it in of course. No doubt the individual would far prefer to see their wallet again minus £20 rather than minus £300.
The law is quite clear on this. It's theft all day long.
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Yes the Cider bus is definitely the drivers last stop. Can't even convince her/him to come onto the Avalon Cafe with me ?
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Just heard from someone in the know.....
Deposit system scrapped and going back to one off ticket sale on Wednesday 1 April ?
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6 hours ago, Superscally said:
Both early October dates I'm on my stag do. God fucking help me.
Definitely fucked.....you'll probably be bollock naked handcuffed to a tree at sale time
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On 7/2/2019 at 11:56 PM, Grifforama said:
I havent been for a good few years, and the last time I bought tickets it was fairly painless.
I've since moved to the US, and I'm worried that my chances of getting a couple of tickets are going to be slim.
I'd heard of see tickets restricting io addresses from abroad?
Griff
Chances of getting tickets will be determined by demand far exceeding supply. No other restrictions apply (other than aforementioned payment mechanism).
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18 hours ago, iloveglasto2020 said:
I'm also going to try and get tickets from NZ this year, haven't been since 2004 so lots of changes since the last time I tried....any tips or is it really just a case of a few devices and a fast internet connection?
It's all down to luck of your request to hook up to the Seeticket server hitting when it has a space to accept it. Yes you can have multiple devices and fast connections but people also get tickets using mobile 3G networks and older. Main tip - consensus is not to refresh page more than once per second as it's thought Seetickets actively block auto-page refreshers operating faster than 60 refreshers/minute.
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Try not to come on here to much at this time of year as it only feeds my ticket day angst. It can be to addictive though ?
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13 hours ago, iloveglasto2020 said:
Which campervan sites do people recommend?
Will hopefully (pending tickets) be coming from NZ next year, been to glasto a few times in the early 2000's, mostly camped but did a campervan one year. Purely for convenience a campervan looks like the easiest option for us given we'll have luggage with us....from memory the campervan site was a bit of a hike and I'm sure there was a bit of a hill involved, I cant remember which one we stayed at but are they all much of a muchness in terms of proximity?
Have looked at the campervan sites at Love Fields, seems extortionate to pay that much for a patch of grass but the location is great....feel like we need to have a plan nailed down before ticket day, advice welcome!
There are 3 campervan sites run by the festival. Passes for these are cheaper than the commercially run private sites, though these can offer extra facilities.
Fest sites Campervan West & Campervan East are adjacent to the fest site and are a short walk away. The third fest site is a 10 minute free shuttle bus ride away at the Bath & West Showground and I believe this has toilet/shower blocks (anyone confirm as I not stayed there), the others have portaloo facilites.
Personally I prefer Campervan East as after entering the fest site it's closer to the Pyramid and other stages I generally frequent. East has the infamous "Hill of Death" walk back to your van, whilst West is flat walking. There's little else to choice between them and people often choose the one which suits their direction of arrival.
Campervan tickets go on sale immediately after the general ticket sale. Don't worry too much if you miss out getting them that day because there are normal ample opportunities to get one later.
By far your biggest issue for now will be getting tickets. Demand has rocketed astronomically over the last decade. For instance, the general sale in 2018 for 2019 tickets lasted 36 minutes with over a million people chasing the 130,000 tickets available (according to those in the know!). Whilst the actual numbers will never be known, what is certain is far more people missed out on tickets than those who actually went. From the vibe on efests which began as long ago as 2016, a great many (me included) feel ( = apprehensive dread!) getting tickets for 2020 will be even harder as so many have expressed a wish to "do" Glasto 2020 as it's the 50th anniversary.
For now I would suggest get an idea on campervan site and plan on how to get tickets. All you can do is TRY....Good luck.
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Having witnessed the increasing difficulty of getting tickets I would be surprised to the odds now are much worse than 50/50....and maybe less than 1 in 4.
In 2018/19 I was the only 1 out of 16 to get onto the booking site. Sadly it hung during registration confirmation and threw me out (back or reloading from history did not work either). Think 7of the remaining 15 never got passed the white screen of death onto the holding page!
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3 hours ago, mashedonmud said:
Tell them that Sunday mornings are for sleeping. Shouldn't waste their time and energy on an impossible task. ?
I'm not normally a dishonest nor self serving fucko. But special times need special laws. ?
Sometimes I feel like we're our own victims and worst enemies rolled into one. We come back each year and tell everyone have good it is.....and also give them loads of advice how to get tickets.
Note to self.....stop being nice ?
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For the record, I've been to 5 of the last 11 festivals. The first 4 on the bounce. Had a few years off and really noticed the difference when I started trying to get tickets again. It had become much much harder. No luck in 15, 16 and 2019 but one of our group managed to get tickets for 2017.
No one in my circle of 16 Glasto friends got tickets for 2019 ?
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I've been asked a few times recently by persons wanting to do Glasto 2020 about the ease/Chances of getting tickets. My normal reply of "very difficult but not impossible" is coloured by my own personal experience and that of my social circle. So in an attempt to inform newcomers...
- how easy do you find if to get tickets?
- how successful have you been in the past?
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1 hour ago, Davidkfc said:
Thanks Guys,
If I am bang on 9 am, what are the chances of geting tickets?
What tips would you give to make sure I am well placed (Technically) to get tickets?
thanks again
David
Echo @Penrhos, it's all down to luck. You can be online with webpages preloaded before 9am and be banging f5 repeatedly when the sale goes live. Problem is hundreds of thousands and potentially a million plus others from all over the globe will be doing exactly the same. It's the luck of your request to link to the seetickets server arriving when a space exists to accept it. And even of you manage to get hooked up it's still way to early to count your chickens.
If you read the threads of previous sales you will see may tales of woe where the seetickets website hung/stalled/threw out a great many at various stages of the sale process, including those who'd actually pressed the pay button! It's a lottery.
The following stages define ticket day process:
- white screen of death (blank screen)
- holding page (automatically refreshes every 10sec? in attempt to link to full seetickets server - disregard auto and refresh manually no faster than 1/sec)
- Get on actual seetickets site, enter registration details & press proceed
- Confirm registered persons names are correct, confirm and proceed
- Enter payment details, press pay
- Payment confirmed. ...Smug self satisfaction and a huge heap of relief.
Sounds so simple but every stage is fraught with potential failure which is sadly experienced by the majority. For example, in October 2018 5 out of the 6 people trying in our group failed to get beyond the white screen of death..... and the 1 that did got thrown off the server at the confirm registration stage ? These days the popularity of Glasto means the number of tickets available is dwarfed many times over by the numbers wanting tickets.
However don't let reality put you off....130,000 people do get tickets in the general sale and for them the process works. Be lucky.......and try!
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21 hours ago, Davidkfc said:
secondly, does Glastonbury have electric hookups for a 6 Berth Campervan.
thanks
David
One thing to note if you're successful is the rules on campervan size. The fields at the fest site limit campervan to a maximum of 8m. Anything over that has to use the Bath & West Showground.
Good luck
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4 hours ago, Davidkfc said:
Hi Guys,
My wife, her two sisters and the three husbands have decided that next year is our bucket list ‘festival ‘ at Glastonbury. We want to go in a Campervan as we are all, shall we say, over 55... Ish. This is our first time.
Firstly, what are the chances of us all getting tickets?
secondly, does Glastonbury have electric hookups for a 6 Berth Campervan.
thanks
David
Hi David, others have offered campervan advice but not fully addressed your first question.....that of "the chances of getting tickets".
Every year the popularity of Glastonbury grows to new heights to the effect that tickets sell out in minutes, not hours. Many have it on their bucket list and since 2020 is the 50th anniversary demand for tickets (gauged by volume of interest in 2020) is anticipated to reach a new high.
No one can forecast the chances of getting tickets because there is no solid data to go on. Your also competing against a global fan base.
The general ticket sale in October 2018 for the 2019 festival lasted approximately 30 minutes and left many diehard fans disappointed. These woes recorded elsewhere on this forum and elsewhere on the internet. Groups totalling 20+ persons getting just a handful of tickets....and some none. Those in the know speculated or guessimated that up to one million people were trying to get one of the 120,000 general admission tickets available. How accurate this is no one knows, it may have been higher or lower. At the time however I recall Emily Eavis revealing the number of registrations for Glasto was considerably higher than 1 million, it many have been 2 million + (anyone help on this?).
Your chances of getting tickets are ultimately down to luck but you can minimise the odds by good preparation. Have everyone register in good time and ensure those registrations are confirmed. Get as many people in your group as possible to try for tickets.... even friends to try on your behalf. And make sure everyone trying knows the registration details of each person they're trying for, viz: reg. number and post code.
For the moment....Hope to go...like all the rest of us....The planning only begins when the golden ticket has been acquired!
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Your OP sounds a bit like my grandmother, all worrying about what's not really an issue. Glasto is by far one of the safest fests. If you want to worry suggest you try angsting on the likelihood of getting a ticket for next year.
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1 hour ago, AlexHardy91 said:
York pick up location
has any one had an email regarding a change to the pick up point from York? The account who ordered the tickets has received a different address but no one else has
Suggest you raise another question using "York pick up location" as this my elicit better response than one using your name as title. Good luck
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6 hours ago, David Thomas said:
hi I am arriving Tuesday cv East was lucky to get hospitality tickets can i get wristband there
Thanks Dave
You may find more luck getting an answer by using a thread title appropriate to your question......was all set you give you help with your dahlias ?
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As Grandparents are arriving by coach Thursday the logical family camping area to use is Wicket as it is relatively close to Gate A, the entry point for coach passengers, and will still have space available. Cockmill is a long trek from Gate A and will almost certainly be full by Thursday.
Tent tax - good idea?
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Surely the real issue here is people not taking responsibility for their impact on the planet. A tent tax may reduce littering in a green field in Somerset, Berkshire, Yorkshire at al but it won't stop tents and other unwanted gear being dumped in the first bin available outside the festival. Be it general waste bins, the home dustbin or the countryside. We humans are a wasteful species by our own historical learned behaviour. Education is key to changing this but these efforts are hugely undermined by a recycling industry that is not transparent and hides it's failings. Exporting our recycling to be dumped in another country so we can claim meeting our own national target can never be a palatable solution.