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I went to the V festival just recently… The camping experience was probably the worst experience of my life…I’m thinking about hotelling it next time. anyone else think the same?
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But that’s part of the experience!
no way! camping is the best thing to do at a festival!!!
haha, they got a hotel ‘on site’ ?
Camping is what its all about! its grotty but thats the whole experience.
What was so bad about the V fest camps? I enjoyed it!
You think V festival is bad you want to try camping some of the places I’ve been. Bloodstock, Reading/Leeds Festival, Download, Abergavenny, Glastonbury… V festival caters for families so they tend to make it ‘nicer’. hahaha
I actually used to toilet in what was just a tin shack with a hole about 8 foot down, can you imagine its that time of the month and all you have is that to go to in! Not to mention the fact that the box around you is only 5 ft high so the guy to your left, the guy behind you and the guy to your right can all see what you are doing as they stand up and ***!
No showers in the sweltering heat…! yummy.
I know its not exactly nice but all you do is you get really drunk, stoned out of your face and forget all about the fact that its raining and you only bought one tshirt.
I think its the social aspect as well, everything that happens in the campsite gets talked about for months and years to come
(it’d be like missing freshers week at Uni, you’ll never forget it and everyone will always talk about it)
I stayed in a hotel the first time I went to Reading and felt like I’d missed out on so much because of this. I’d say at the very least, get a campervan, you get a shower, clean toilet, avoid the rain, nice bed and you are still in the camp site.
i need my warm bed to stay sane
no way you have to camp! sometimes it can be the best. and if its bad at least we are all miserable together!
You wimp! The whole shitty camping thing is part of the experience. I’d stick to concert venues if I was you, sounds like you’re not cut out for festivals
you obviously didn’t drink enough to not care where you’re sleeping
Initially I think camping is the only way to experience a festival, but whenever I’ve been, I’ve been spoiled with gorgeous weather. I reckon that if I found myself freezing and sinking into 3 feet of squelchy mud at 4 in the morning, I might be more tempted to get a room in a hotel!
But i still think it’s part of the whole experience. Otherwise, it would just feel like going to separate gigs over 3 days, which you can do any time.
Plus, you wouldn’t be able to lie out under the stars, around a camp fire, soaking up the ambience, just chilling.
If you are thinking of camping/festivalling on a regular basis, I would recommend investing in something like a mini camper van. It makes sense, as you have the comfort and cleanliness and not worry about rain, cleaning yourself, having a poop, etc.
Alternatively, if you decide to sell/trade at festivals, you will be camping in the traders area which is a hell of a lot cleaner than the general public’s section. The trade area’s portaloo’s are usually cleaner as fewer people use it.
Just got back from reading and camp site was fun and good natured, though basic. until the Sunday when it turned into playing field for scum bags, wouldn’t camp on the sunday ever again.
What about hiring an RV/mobile home a sort of mix between both?
Never. I did the download festival this year and camped out. It was worth it. The campsite atmosphere is fantastic. Especially if you bring or make some friends there. You end up staying up half the night drinking and socialising.
The toilet facilities are dire, yes, but that’s something I could survive with for a few days. It’s the atmosphere that counts.
If you think that going back to a nice hotel room is good, as you get a shower etc, then imagine all of theose happy campers who haven’t washed for 4 days. They will be stinking (as I was) but oblivious to the fact, as everyone smells the same. You turn up, after having spent the night in a hotel and almost pass out from the stench!
Next year, I’ll be camping again. I recommend it to anyone.
The atmosphere is so fantastic, it’s not worth missing out on!
oooo dear!!! campin’s the nuts!! u obviously didnt take full advantage of it! hotels ****! next time, get drunk.. sleep in the wrong persons tent! thats the camping experience!
Done both just this year. Went to Download in June and camped, but have to say from a personal point of view that it wasn’t too bad an experience, if a little difficult at times. But on the other hand I’ve just come back from the Reading festival this weekend and we were staying in a nearby hotel and I’d say that it was preferable to camping. It’s so much more comfortable as you’ve got access to proper flushing toilets, showers and a roof over your head – not to mention a complete lack of the nocturnal noise associated with festival campsites!!!!
i went to V too, at Weston park, in the rain?! f u c k…was so damn uncomfortable, i think i’m too bloody old for it anymore…i LOVE the camping part, but this time was a total let down .purely the weather though…and the toilets *gag*
oh GOD the toilets…i had to re count my digits when i came out in case the fumes had dismembered me anywhere, can we say sanitisation people???
The hotel is looking mighty fine if that was the genral experience, but i have had good ones where the sun shone, the path was dry and the food was CHEAP…
when i was 18, 20.25.30 i coped. but this one done me in for three days after coming home
okay, stick a fork in me, i’m done
camping! you have to get sooo wasted that u dont give a s**t ur in a tent, then when u wake up and realise ur in a tent start getting wasted again. Hotels are for rich puseez!! If ur stuck in a tent with people off your mash, u will take that memory away with you and one day it will make u smile.
Gissa break Luv! The V festival is not a festival, it is a collection of bands playing in a small area over a weekend of corparate exploitation of music fans. I would not be surprised to hear it was sponsored by Halliburton. I am an old festival hand, the best way to get through them is to pick a peaceful one and get a good nights sleep while there. Get a good camping bed from an army surplus store, they are light and are very portable. Luvly! I am sorry you had a rough time, but from what I have heard about V festie, the needs and welfare of the “punters” are not as important to the organisers as the need to get as much money out of you as humanly possible.
The festie season has nearly finished now, only a few left, if I can reccomend one, The End of The Road on the Dorset/ Wiltshire borders 13-17th Sept. Or there is a beauty next year, so lovely, relaxed and fluffy, it is just like having a field full of instant best friends! It is Wychwood festival on the first weekend in June, Cheltenham Racecourse. I will see you there with your folding bed. Luv, Tim.