taking a small van

[glasgowpete]

i have a small works van, smaller than a transit van, like a car with with 2 seats and the back a large storage space. will i be hearded in with all the transit vans into a seperate field and why are you not allowed to sleep in the back of it? if its a mudbath i would much prefer to sleep here.

[5co77ie]

You will not be allowed to sleep in it. to class as a campervan - it needs to have a proper bed and cooking or washing facilities.

[cejx]

i have a small works van, smaller than a transit van, like a car with with 2 seats and the back a large storage space. will i be hearded in with all the transit vans into a seperate field and why are you not allowed to sleep in the back of it? if its a mudbath i would much prefer to sleep here.

[pie_and_a_pint]

that and the carparks are a bloody long walk from the site!

[bigsmoke]

and have you slept in the back of it before?

i spent one of the coldest nights of my life in the back of a van at a festival - would much rather be in a cosy tent!

[glasgowpete]

and have you slept in the back of it before?

i spent one of the coldest nights of my life in the back of a van at a festival - would much rather be in a cosy tent!

[paulo999]

i have had a tent full of mud on the festival site in previous years mudbaths.

[GlaztoLuver]

I have been to the festival 3 times and slept in the car in two of those festivals, no one ever came to tell me to leave the car, I have also slept in the car at V festival and same, didnt get bothered.

imo its up to you, I bet a Van will be a lot comfier than a car and it will be hard for them to spot you, there are always people coming/leaving the site as they are going to their cars to pick stuff up. so its not like you will get someone spying on you making sure you dont sleep in the van.

I will be taking a tent this year though reason why I started going to the car was cuz my first night ever at Glasto was so crap in a tent, sooo cold in the night and sooo hot in the morning, but last time I went I took a lot of bedding and 4 pillows, lol, was so much better than the car.

[Phunkyapple]

Sleep in a van??? I prefer the sound of people tripping over my tent pegs and guidlines all night, the sound of pee trickling down the outside of my tent, the manic conversation in the tent next door at four in the morning and that wonderful guitarist that only knows one tune but decides to treat us all to it!! Wouldn't be a festival without all that though would it.......

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

I slept in the back of my Escort van at V Fest before. Had to keep our feet poking out the end as there was no handle on the inside of the door!

[Toilet Duck]

Bloke beside me in the campervan field in '05 had a transit that he had "customised" for the festival...he put some mdf around the inside of it, his actual bed from home (and attached the headboard to the mdf) and then bolted a portable sink in aswell...I think every steward at the gates came for a look and a laugh...but he was allowed to take in in!

[refriedgenes]

Bloke beside me in the campervan field in '05 had a transit that he had "customised" for the festival...he put some mdf around the inside of it, his actual bed from home (and attached the headboard to the mdf) and then bolted a portable sink in aswell...I think every steward at the gates came for a look and a laugh...but he was allowed to take in in!

[Cooter]

I've had a decent campervan for the last few years, but for many years before that I slept in the back of a normal panel transit. It was feasable back then before about 2003ish but now its too dodgy. Contrary to someones comments above theres not loads of people going too and forth the carparks in the early hours ie 2-3am at night so you'll stick out like a sore thumb. If you know anything about how tight Stuart Security are then you'll bin this idea asap.

So your options are......

1) Buy a cheap campervan, this time of year you'd get a half decent one for £1500-£2000. Then sell it straight after.

2) Diy modify your works van and hope for the best when you go through the inspection entrance.

3) Attemp to get in to the CV fields with your unmodified works van, get turned away and have nowhere to sleep for 5 days.

4) Buy a tent and earplugs, and if the weather gets really rough then the car park security have been known to be versatile to people sleeping in cars/vans etc. DO NOT expect to get away with this if its just wet and muddy though, the festival will need to look like a third world disaster zone.

By the way the V festivals carparks and their security are nowhere near as guarded or as vast as Glastos are. And good luck, I've been where you are and I know its frustrating.

Edited November 28, 2009 by Cooter