The demographics we target are struggling to justify the hundreds, if not thousands of dollars we charge for tickets and we can’t figure out why

  • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]
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    1 month ago

    Even without the tickets most people are looking at 300-400 just to get there and pay for food/party favors for the weekend.

    • take_five_seconds [he/him, any]
      hexagon
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      edit-2
      1 month ago

      even more if it's a well known festival, hotel/airbnb rates can jump 300%+ given specific weekends.

      • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        I've heard that some festivals are trying to beg hotels to not bump up the prices

      • Tower@lemm.ee
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        1 month ago

        Yup, experienced this at EDC 2017. Rates went from ~$120 per night before the dates were announced, to over $300.

        Only way I've found to beat the price hikes is, if you know roughly when a festival will be, put in reservations for multiple weekends before the actual dates are announced. Then, after you know which reservation to keep, you cancel the other ones.

        Example: EDC happens in early- to mid- May. So book reservations for every weekend in from late April to late May, then cancel the others once the dates are announced.

    • Jenniferrr [she/her, comrade/them]
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      1 month ago

      Yup it ends up being like 1k just for lodging for say, Coachella, and 600 for the ticket. It's crazy. Can't make it work