r/Wellthatsucks • u/mattloaf666 • 10h ago

Reading festival 2026

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u/whatsuperpowers 9h ago

Of course it's cheaper to stay on the grounds, but it's still a loss if you don't take the tent you paid for.

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u/Uncle-Cake 9h ago edited 8h ago

If you stay in a hotel, you don't get to take the hotel room home. And a tent is WAY cheaper.

They probably spend more on alcohol and drugs, and they don't get to take those home either. Call it a rental. If you're spending hundreds of dollars or more already, the cost of a tent is peanuts.

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u/Alarmed-Newspaper994 8h ago

This is really stupid logic though. If they take it home, it still costs the same... they just don't have to buy another one for the next festival. What point are you arguing for?

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u/Coolflip 8h ago

Many people fly to festivals, it's not necessarily free to take it home.

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u/Chance_Golf1795 8h ago

Not the in the UK they don't. I'd put that figure at minute percentages. In the US, maybe. But folks in the UK will train, bus, or drive.

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u/Alarmed-Newspaper994 8h ago

The overwhelming majority won't fly to festivals. If they do, and they bring a tent, are you suggesting they'd get checked luggage one way but not the other so they throw away a tent to save themselves the fee? I'd imagine a significant amount of people who fly to festivals will not be camping anyway.