Would you pay for...

[Huntington]

We have all faced the difficulties of transporting everything we need to our favourite festivals. Some of you have the luxury of your own cars but many of us use trains and coaches to get to the venues and it isn't an easy commute. The heaviest collective item that causes trouble is alcohol. Me and my friends like to take enough along to last the weekend and often the crates are heavy and awkward to carry.We don't like paying the premium price that some do from the trucks outside the festivals charge(which are probably illeagal anyway) but we still want to take our own alcohol.

I just wish there was a service that took alcohol orders online for weeks before the event and then met us at the gates for collection. Do you also suffer from this problem and would you pay for that sort of service? Because I know I would.

Thanks,

Dave

[coma girl]

Good idea if its reasonably priced but it wouldn't be. Some fests like T, R&L etc sell crates inside the site buts it way more expensive than buying at the shops and your stuck with what ever crappy beer sponsors the fest. Personally I'd take wine and/or spirits and a few cans, and use the money I saved on the over priced crates for buying cold pints there

[rachbon]

i always buy a crate of cider at leeds. saves having to carry it all the way there and i just go to the campsite supermarket in the middle of the night when it's not busy. i don't mind paying a bit extra because it's a lot less hassle.

it'd be great to be able to do that at glasto but with the amount of bars and choice of drinks there, you don't really need to take much drink.

[saratink]

Nah I qouldnt unless it was a 10 quid a crate.

I'm the person who will drink a bottle of squash instead of paying 60p for a cup of tea.

[anoldhippie@60]

I do not bother taking any drink. I buy the odd pint while I am there. When I see the people carting all the booze up the hills all red in the face and the wheels of there trolley coming off, I think is it really worth it. Especially last year when it was so hot the beer/lager must have been horrible and warm.

[cdm22]

I think the queue to collect the beer that you have paid for in advance may just be a wee bit long to make it worthwhile!

[denwyn]

I do not bother taking any drink. I buy the odd pint while I am there. When I see the people carting all the booze up the hills all red in the face and the wheels of there trolley coming off, I think is it really worth it. Especially last year when it was so hot the beer/lager must have been horrible and warm.

[anoldhippie@60]

I saw one poor chap on the Sunday morning with a wheelbarrow load of beer coming from car park D. Everybody else was taking there gear out ready to get away Sunday night/Monday morning and he was taking all this beer in. He was really struggling, red in the face, breathing rather heavily and had to keep stopping. Not worth it. I hope he made it ok and did not have a heart attack or something as he was rather overweight.

[saratink]

See, spirits are the way forward! Not as heavy and tastes better warm than beer does.

I like how I can take alcohol anywhere. I probably buy 4 or 5 pints over the whole weekend (as I'm a cheapskates)

[Spindles]

Same here, I take a small assortment of spirits and buy mixers onsite (or, in the case of one particularly ill-judged saturday, decide to drink the lot neat). I can't be bothered with carrying so much beer that it nearly kills me to get there, not helping that I don't drive.

I only really have a couple of beers from the bars each day, spending much more on smoothies, milkshakes, milk and orange juice through the day (not to mention the joys of starkus' 50p tea tent coffee)

[ICGenie]

Same here, I take a small assortment of spirits and buy mixers onsite (or, in the case of one particularly ill-judged saturday, decide to drink the lot neat). I can't be bothered with carrying so much beer that it nearly kills me to get there, not helping that I don't drive.

I only really have a couple of beers from the bars each day, spending much more on smoothies, milkshakes, milk and orange juice through the day (not to mention the joys of starkus' 50p tea tent coffee)

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

A bottle of vodka for the good times and a nice crate of bud or gaymers for chilling by the tent with. I value that chilling next to the tent with a tin or two - its worth doing two car trips for the extra crate

[rabid]

Same here. I like the odd beer / cider but I don't understand why people are obsessed with carting vast quantities across half a dozen fields to drink it warm when a bag / box of red wine and litre of vodka are much easier, nicer to drink and have much the same effect.

[sweet and tender hooligan]

Yup, couple of bottles of spirits decanted into squash bottles, buy mixers on site which tend to be cold. We also take a box of red wine between a few of us. And a few pints of hot and spicey cider. Obviously. I can never believe how many people I see struggling with craters of larger. It must be vile when it's all warm.

[saratink]

I took a crate of carling last year, and usually it manages to stay kind of cool, but last year it was so hot they were very warm. I carried it onsite easily, along with vodka and two bottles of lemonade

But then again, i am a strong girl.. can't expect men to manage to carry heavy stuff on site.. they might chip a nail

[anoldhippie@60]

But then again, i am a strong girl.. can't expect men to manage to carry heavy stuff on site.. they might chip a nail

[Mardy]

It's my big holiday of the year. I push the boat out. That means I don't push a wheelbarrow full of beer around.

I bring in some spirits, mainly vodka, but one of the best things about the 5 days is stopping at little bars (that thread the other week was great) and having a pint whilst watching the world go by, 'specially when it's hot.

[LondonTom]

I think the queue to collect the beer that you have paid for in advance may just be a wee bit long to make it worthwhile!

[fuzzylogic]

there's always camp kerala

[rexclark]

I think I'd prefer just to struggle along with my cheap crate of beer. Especially considering around festy time you can get 3 cases for about £18.

Edited January 28, 2011 by rexclark

[Steve P]

It's my big holiday of the year. I push the boat out. That means I don't push a wheelbarrow full of beer around.

I bring in some spirits, mainly vodka, but one of the best things about the 5 days is stopping at little bars (that thread the other week was great) and having a pint whilst watching the world go by, 'specially when it's hot.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

Actually when I done it at T they have a deal with tennnants where you pick it up all chilled to and it weren't half bad, lil more expensive then bringing your own but mostly it was good.(Worth the extra pennies when your carting your load from London to Balado ).

[LondonTom]

the big flaw at TITP is that it is shitty shitty tennents!

And i had no need to worry about my beers being warm there last year - good ol grim scottish weather was at hand

[irons]

From a first time poster I'd guess he/she's sounding us out for a bussiness idea.

[cornelio]

Actually when I done it at T they have a deal with tennnants where you pick it up all chilled to and it weren't half bad, lil more expensive then bringing your own but mostly it was good.(Worth the extra pennies when your carting your load from London to Balado ). I dunno it could work at glastonbury, people would have cravings at different time, it wouldn't really be longer than a bar que I suppose if they had a couple of em.