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Jesus £48 quid to camp!!!!! thought the above post was a wind up!
Yep, bit steep that. I only live over the hill and didn't mind paying a fiver for camping but might have to think again this year.
Very sneaky releasing camping tickets after people have forked out for their event ticket.
Ecky thump that's a lot of money to pitch up in a field 😮
Bet they enforce the no BBQs too again to try and get more custom from the food stalls. I know it was dry last year but be interesting to see how that works out this year...
Is the non-rider festival ticket a new thing? Didn't get one last year for my wife to basically wave me off then meet me for a pint when I finished. Staying in Reeth with our three year old so not interested in the evening activities. I can understand the need to raise funds to put on the event village, but it seems a bit mean spirited.
There'll be a lot of roadside camping up on the moors at that price.
Yep that'll cost your wife £16 to get into the event village, get her to wave you off from the roadside and save some money.
I wonder who owns the fields surrounding the site, opportunity for a local farmer to make a bit of coin on cheaper camping.
Reckon they will be checking wristbands at the event village entrance and It will be no bringing your own booze in 🙁
Specialized have got it right £15 camping for the weekend and free uplifts 🙂
https://www.traildays.co.uk
South Lakes Bike Fest will be slightly more but only £3 a pint
Holy moley that's taking the pee.
Really annoyed with that
Yeah that’s pretty flippin’ sly, £5 a night last year, no mention at ticket release then boom, £16 a night.
I don’t think I would have minded if it had been announced at ticket release. But money is tight enough as it is and it’s another few quid I know have to factor especially as the better half is coming so that £100 + diesel weekend away is now £150+ weekend away.
Yeah I know I ride a £Xk Carbon bike but it doesn’t mean I’m made of flippin’ money.
Reckon it’ll be a turn up sat, ride Sunday, off Sunday night job, reckon a lot of folk will feel a bit put out and do the same. Probably more than a few quid from folk will have to go on camping and not on vendors at the ‘festival’ bit.
This is cheeky as hell. Especially releasing after I had entered the event. I have dropped them an email to understand why. Maybe the have trebles the amount of toilets and showers?
Time to get on Airbnb with 4 of us we could rent somewhere for similar and not have to put up with awful showered and hammered gob shites
I have messaged asking for a refund no way am I paying this. Is it just me or have they just decided to add these charges? I didn’t seem to recall seeing any of this mentioned when I entered?
So the face value of the sport ticket I bought is £61, with booking fee it was £64.05. In reality with camping it’s actually £112.04 for the weekend.
Now if I want to bring the better half it’s £128.04...
£64.05 ticket, £64 for camping and a festival ticket for the other half. So basically the base cost of the weekend has doubled.
While it’s not an excessive up lift for us on camping from £5pppn to £8pppn, when combined with the £16 entry to the ‘festival bit’ it all starts to add up and I think I’m more annoyed that they didn’t mention the increase in costs at the original time of booking.
If they had suddenly realised that they were going to have to charge more to cover costs, or the farmer had decided to charge more for the use of the fields; fine. But you would have expected some kinda social media comment or email saying ‘so guys going to have to charge X because Y has happened’.
At the moment it feels a bit like ‘well they’ve all paid for tickets so they just end up having to pay this and if they don’t come next year so what, there are plenty of other suckers who will (muhahahahahaha)’
Response from ard rock
been on the website since before tickets went live. We get what you're saying about fees for camping and festival entry, but please understand that we can't provide a race, a festival and 4 nights camping for you and your partner for race fees which are between £50-£60 (entry fee excluding VAT).
Sorry it's just not possible to do it safely or to the high standard that we set. Our headline band alone usually charges £20 a ticket for a two hour show.
In addition to this we have live music all weekend, kids coaching, demo bikes, a demo course, air bag, pump track, provision of food and drink. We're including all of this in your race ticket and a £15 ticket for your partner.
If you'd like to cancel your ticket please email gigantic customer services.
been on the website since before tickets went live.
I would like to know where on their site as it still had loads of 2018 information up on it and the events page where you click through to buy the tickets only changed a day or two before the tickets went live.
Well that's me not bothering anymore. Was going to get a resale ticket for this year but not when they hike the camping so high. Been great the last three years but I won't be going back.
It's making the Trancend Race up in Peebles seem like better value now 🙂
I'm sure all those who are in will have a great weekend though, just seems like a tough sell especially when you don't put the camping prices in the opening ticket purchase page - ie chance to buy camping it's going to be this much, discount for booking it all as a package etc.
So it’s £16 a night for 2 adults /3 children one tent,
As opposed £5 per person per night
We all normally take little tents pitched togeather are they going to enforce this one tent rule in which case it’ll be £32 each (fri-sun)
I can understand charging non riders, that seems fair
I had a response back basically saying it’s in our FAQ’s... what I want to know is why wasn’t this info available at time of booking. I get things change but the whole ‘drop this on them as they have no choice’ seems a bit like profiteering.
I also have a ticket for Ard Moors so might have my pants pulled down again later in the year....
That’s a lot of money to occupy a small piece of grazing land for 3 nights. There’s no infrastructure to cover for the rest of the year.
Last year the shower queues were over an hour, they also weren’t free so that’s the ‘cost of showers’ issue covered. They were also, stone cold.
Well I'm glad it wasn't just me thinking I was being tight. I really like the event and the feel but have feared for the last couple of years that something like this might happen. It still might offer value to some... a family of four would pay a very similar price to 1 lone rider/camper for their pitch and entry to the village but I think this could very well be my last Ard Rock which is a shame as we have about 5 regulars with partners a kids but the price is now just too much. I have no doubt that they will still fill all the racing slots but the whole event/vibe will definitely change. Met some great people there over the years.
Sounds very, very expensive to end up pitched right by your car with no cooking really allowed,and the honour of crapping in a disgusting, overflowing portaloo.
we did Ard rock a few years back. I wouldn’t bother again.
Its got to big for itself..
That's bloody sneaky of them. Was that info there when the tickets went on sale? If you are on your own (there are plenty of people on their own) then 3 nights camping has gone from £15 to £45, that's just ridiculous especially when there is no where to wash dishes and a few taps in a field. And what if you met a mate there and stay in one tent. Do you need to pay for an extra car now? They clearly have not thought things through. I think this will be my last year at AR.
Hope they don't do the same for Ard Moors 😔 (goes off to check website).
Seems they are..
*Camping is £10 per person per night payable on entry. This fee includes use of the showers
Reasonable just hope the showers work this time.
Sounds crap. I'd just stay at a local campsite. There's a lovely one about 1-2 miles away in the direction of stage 1. Event village sounds like hell on earth. I'm sure it mostly sound peeps and MTB frat brothers but there's bound to be more than a couple of enduro bro b_llends there. Ugh
On there website it says family camping is £15 per night. Does that mean riders without family attending are free?
Sounds crap. I’d just stay at a local campsite. There’s a lovely one about 1-2 miles away in the direction of stage 1. Event village sounds like hell on earth. I’m sure it mostly sound peeps and MTB frat brothers but there’s bound to be more than a couple of enduro bro b_llends there. Ugh
It's actually pretty amazing, great atmosphere, loads of bikes to look at, and some fun events like the pump track challenge to watch. All the people I've met over the years there are really nice and the kids seem to enjoy it too.
As long as the weather's kind it's a brilliant weekend.
Where's this info coming from?
https://www.ardrockenduro.co.uk/events/festivalinfo/
is labelled as 2019 and it says camping is £15 per pitch (1 car, up to 2 adults and 3 children). The way i'm reading it is that covers the weekend. I thought the camping facilities were pretty shitty last year. There wasn't even a tap in the field we were in - that's *minimum* requirement. If they actually are charging £15 a night then the facilities need to be a hell of a lot better.
I can understand them charging for 'festival' entry - unlike most bike races it's a proper event and last year, due to the good weather, there were a lot of non-competitors and it was horribly overcrowded. When we were out riding we met the organiser frantically trying to negotiate extra fields for camping as everything they had booked was already full. Getting a drink or food was a nightmare - we ended up walking up the hill to a pub.
"Strictly no open fires, no BBQ’s and no naked flames". Fair enough, these are farmers fields
"NO SPIRITS ARE ALLOWED ON SITE". really? what's that about?
“NO SPIRITS ARE ALLOWED ON SITE”. really? what’s that about?
Helping the gin bar, stopping people just getting hammered on BYO instead of going to the bar etc.
is labelled as 2019 and it says camping is £15 per pitch (1 car, up to 2 adults and 3 children).
Or that will be £15 if you are on your own,
I can understand them charging for ‘festival’ entry – unlike most bike races it’s a proper event and last year, due to the good weather, there were a lot of non-competitors and it was horribly overcrowded. Getting a drink or food was a nightmare – we ended up walking up the hill to a pub.
That ain't selling it as a £32 ticket for camping and entry.
The link on the previous page took you through to a booking page for the camping previously which has now changed / not for sale.
from back up the thread
This first year I took part it was £5 flat rate. Year after it was £5 per person per night
if that's the case there are a load of people for whom £15 a pitch is going to be cheaper as well.
We stayed three nights last year. I don't remember how much it was but if the above is right it cost us £30. This year it's £15. Great news - thanks' Ard Rock!
If you're by yourself and you fly in, stay one night, do your race and leave then yes, it looks like it's more expensive but I'm guessing they have to rent all the fields for the full weekend so the flat fee reflects how they have to pay for the space.
The link previously indicated it was £16 per tent / van per night for up to 2 adults + children, the booking page was ‘live’ so to speak with drop downs for arrival night and number of nights and if you added Friday to Monday AM it was £48.
Simon - looking at this thread there can't be many people for whom the camping will be cheaper with the new pricing...
Last year at £5pppn it was £30 for me and my partner, this year the same duration is costing £64 with her entry to the event village.
I wonder if they are reviewing prices as it now says tickets go on sale Tuesday... website also says discount for booking .multiple nights which wasn't the case before.
Tickets now back on sale at a lower price and also discount for single occupancy pitches and booking multiple nights. They are also allowing people that live within a certain distance free wrist bands to the event village.
https://www.gigantic.com/ard-rock-tickets/yorkshire-dl11-6aw/2019-08-02-09-00-50937
If you have already paid for your camping drop the guys at Ard Rock an email and they will arrange a refund of the difference now that prices have been amended.
info@ardrockenduro.co.uk
“You must book camping in advance as space is limited, especially in the family camping area.”
Hmm, family/”quiet” camping last year had loads of space, but each pitch was spaced out a lot, so technically it was full. Got chucked into the overflow (spare field, not mowed) with virtually no one in it. I like a bit of quiet but this was a bit too quiet and remote being a long way from the main area.
Anyway, problem I can see is being stricter on numbers and advanced booking getting sold out. Previous years they likely kept squeezing people in as they arrived.
“Strictly no open fires, no BBQ’s and no naked flames”. Fair enough, these are farmers fields
“NO SPIRITS ARE ALLOWED ON SITE”. really? what’s that about?
These are the family camping rules if it's anything like last year. The camping info page quotes these rules but they apply to the family camping area as the owner of that field is more strict (they did patrol to check on BBQs also. A small camping stove with cut off isn't a problem though).
the spirits thing will be glass bottles i bet
“NO SPIRITS ARE ALLOWED ON SITE”. really? what’s that about?
I think Mr Claypole is banned.
No glass makes a lot of sense camping on farmer's fields but should be no glass of any sort (wine bottles, beer bottles).
The camping is expensive now. The facilities will need to be a lot better than they were last year for that price.