Burghley admission fees..................

[Heidi1]

Ok folks what did you think to the admission fees......

If I didn't work for Burhgley HT it would of cost me £144, 2 people over all four days, the price is crazy.........Do you think they are taking the p**s a little with the price they charge.............

 

[SSM]

See my second post re dogs at Burghley - I would not have gone if BD could not have come - maybe they should charge for dogs too!

 

[Heidi1]

It wouldn't suprise me if they did..............

 

[H-J]

I thought it was over priced. I cant see why the car park pass on the day is £10 that is ridiculous!!

 

[lizzieuk1]

totally agree, bl**dy expernsive, prob the reason i chose to watch it on tv, considering gatcombe was only £17 for the whole w/end i think they are def taking the pee. charging parking and admisison is just way over the top, i could cope with one or the other but not both, think we should all write and complain.

 

[Heidi1]

I think we should to be honest............it's well over the top.....

 

[sammys ma]

yep, i think it was ridiculous.....especially the £10 parking for 1 day!

It also peed me off that even though I had pre-purchased tickets, including parking, we had to wait in the same huge, long admission queue along with people who were buying them on the day?

Surely there should have been a seperate line/entrance for pre-purchased tickets....otherwise, what's the point???

 

[BBs]

Its absolutely shocking!

I went for the 4 days one yaer - cost us £19 to get in on dressage day and then we had to pay to watch it

that was rather expensive just to go shopping IMO

 

[lizzieuk1]

also had same prob with having to queue at gatcombe with a pre purchased ticket seems pointless prebooking if you still have to queue. oh don't get me started on the fact that you have to pay to park, pay to get in and then to top it off pay for grandstand seats when it's bloody dressage day anyway, i mean why else would you be paying to get in otgher than to sit in the grandstand tho watch the flippihng dressage, you're hardly going top just wander aroung the place aimlessly!!!!!!

 

[CSYMolly]

I agree way over the top - didn't put too many people off thought can't believe the amount of spectators there. Mind you we got in for free - not on purpose there just wasn't anyone selling tickets, nobody at the gate, a young lad showed us to parking but wasn't selling tickets then we thought we would buy them as we walked into trade stands but there wasn't anyone there either, maybe they sold out?

 

[H-J]

Crikey you got away without paying!! Good on you and I would do the same, but you would have thought it would have been better run so you had to pay!!

As we pulled in we all put our money together £66 then was told it was £76 couldnt believe the £10 parking. £76 to watch for a few hours and walk round the shops.

And the price of the food!! £1.50 for a bottle of water how much???!!!!!

 

[Thistle]

I got in for free as my daughter was competing in the PC SJ there. I can now drive round in my lorry with a pass in the windscreen saying 'horsebox park, Burghley horse trials'!

 

[peterthepony]

What PC is she in? My PC went. The North Warwickshire

 

[severnmiles]

I don't think its over priced at all.

That £144 was for two over 4 days so it doesn't work out at too much. If you compare that to going to watch an evening at HOYS or Olympia then I think thats alot more expensive!

 

[filly190]

I think they have out priced themselves. For a start years ago there used to be loads of tack shops, now the price to put a stand there for the event is far out of the sole traders reach.

The bargins are no longer, the choice of horsey buys are limited. And yes the entry fee is disgusting, how many people have not been able to afford to go.

I feel that if a campaign were started, ie complaints to the organsiers, next year we may have a better show

 

[icestationzebra]

Can't agree enough. A group of us went this weekend and I worked out what it cost us - extortionate really especially as circumstances dictated that we met at Burghley and therefore had three cars there! That aside, £5 for a burger and £2 for a cup of lemonade was way over the top too! I find it hard to defend eventing against those critics that claim it is elitist. The cost of going to Burghley for the weekend would preclude a lot of people from going and in my opinion does nothing to widen the appeal of the sport.

 

[SJFAN]

Nothing to do with the admission fees, but I can never understand why people don't take their own refreshments. This solves the problems of the high prices and queuing. You have the food you want when you want it.

 

[Jiffy]

Yes I agree with you. £10 for the parking is ridiculous and the organisation seemed to be lacking in some areas compared to other events.

The traffic-jam on leaving the event about 6.30pm was made worse by having only one line of traffic and 1 steward to direct you in the right direction. I was really annoyed being sent down the A1 & then left to find my own route due to lack of signs instead of being routed to the A43.

Also disappointed there was little commentary and no radio headset broadcast either. I wouldn't rush to go again next year.

A different discipline, but I spent about £66 on a season ticket last year for the Dublin Horse Show. A 5 day ticket with grandstand seat next to the Presidents' box & International show-jumping in the main arena every day (in addition to at least 3 other rings). That was a bargain!

 

[SJFAN]

Generally speaking (USA is an exception) overseas shows do offer spectators a much better deal than British ones.

 

[Thistle]

The charge for car parking is extortionate. Our PC is Puckeridge Western

 

[alisonpook]

If you buy a membership pack (£120) this will get 2 people in for each of the 4 days plus forward car park, entry to members section in stands for Thursday & Friday dressage plus entry to members enclosure with close circuit TV all 4 days. My sister could not go this year so managed to buy myself a 4 day Members guest pass for £31 off E-bay (ie all above privileges except the car park pass) and then paid £25 for a 4 day car pass when I arrived.

 

[icestationzebra]

Trust me - on day 2 we did!