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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Rupert Jones

Festival finance: five days in a cold, muddy field for £25,000?

Glamping interior of a space-age style dome tent.
An interior of a space-age style dome tent. Some festivals offer an array of upmarket accommodation. Photograph: SolStock/Getty Images

Well-heeled punters are shelling out up to £25,000 for luxury glamping packages at UK music festivals this summer.

If you have plenty of cash, you don’t have to worry about digging out that shabby two-person tent from under the stairs. At some festivals there are an array of upmarket accommodation options available ranging from yurts, tipis and Bedouin-style tents to “Gypsy caravans”, wooden cabins and railway carriages – although quite a few are already fully booked.

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