r/Wellthatsucks • u/mattloaf666 • 10h ago

Reading festival 2026

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u/UMACTUALLYITS23 9h ago

It's cheaper to buy a tent and then abandon it while getting to stay at the event then it would be to get accommodations and pay for transportation to and from.

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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/Koffeeboy 8h ago edited 8h ago

I bet a fair amount of people fly in. They get there without a tent, purchase the cheapest one they can find and then leave it behind. Why would they want to try and repack and pay to check a filthy, cheap, potentially damaged tent that they have no intention of reusing. it's a symptom of a disposable lifestyle.

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u/Throwawayyyygold 7h ago

Same thing happens on Catalina Island. I did get a $200 REI sleeping pad that has a pin prick sized leak that I was able to fix when I got home. The tents that were abandoned were abandoned because they were crappy. We did use the ground covers as extra shade at our campsite.