VIP/Hospitality Event Tickets Survey

JoniFry89

What are your thoughts about VIP/Hospitality tickets for entertainment and sports events in the UK? 
I would be interested to hear what you think in the forum thread. Have you purchased these types of tickets before and do you feel they offer value for money?
I am currently undertaking PhD research at Aberystwyth University Business School and would be grateful if you could please take the time to complete an online survey based on these types of ticket packages.
Further details can be found on these links:
Entertainment Survey:https://aber.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/vip-hospitality-entertainment-event-2023
Sports Survey:https://aber.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/vip-hospitality-sports-event-survey

Thank you very much.

DullGreyGuy

The question is too broad...

There are "VIP" tickets offered by events themselves and third parties. These are not necessarily similar to each other at all. There are third parties that sell standard tickets as "VIP" because they are the best standard tickets available. 

In some places the venue itself will sell its best seats as "VIP" with hospitality included whereas for lesser seats the hospitality are an optional extra. 

How do you differentiate the price from being 10m closer to the stage from the bottle of sparkling wine you get included for having booked one of those tables?

JoniFry89

DullGreyGuy said:

The question is too broad...

There are "VIP" tickets offered by events themselves and third parties. These are not necessarily similar to each other at all. There are third parties that sell standard tickets as "VIP" because they are the best standard tickets available. 

In some places the venue itself will sell its best seats as "VIP" with hospitality included whereas for lesser seats the hospitality are an optional extra. 

How do you differentiate the price from being 10m closer to the stage from the bottle of sparkling wine you get included for having booked one of those tables?

Thank you for these comments. There are examples of packages included in the online survey and a focus on the different components. You are correct that the VIP, hospitality and ticket offerings available to purchase from organisers/promoters and venues do vary. One of the suggestions within the survey is that offering a customisable package to consumers e.g. premium ticket at £x and food and drink at £x instead of having the packages pre-slected would be one way to address this issue.

JoniFry89

The surveys are still open until the end of June. There are two prize draws for eaxh survey to win £50 of ticket vouchers.