If you're an 18 yo kiwi or aussie looking to get completely annihilated everyday, welcome to paradise. If you're over...
Hi Carissa,
Thanks for your review and the constructive criticism. Let us clarify some of your points.
At Stoke Travel we're proud to create environments where people can party, or chill out, in whichever manner that befits their mood, or stage of festivities. Yes, we do provide dancefloors, DJs and live music -- all absolutely free of charge -- but we also have undercover shaded areas with padded seating to chill out and chat in (granted, we bought the padded seats from an out-of-business strip club, but that history is about as hedonistic as these chill out zones gets). There's absolutely no pressure for anyone to drink too much beer, or sangria, despite having an open bar. We just want to provide an economic alternative for travellers who would rather pay €10 per day for all the drinks they can consume, rather than €2.50 per beer in the onsite vending machines. That said, having beer vending machines is pretty cool.
For sure, some revellers party hard, BUT this is a beer festival, and so reasonably unsurprising. We do make sure that travellers don't drink too much, and have cut many guests off from the bar for being too drunk, or acting like fools. We do, however, like to let people enjoy themselves in whichever way they want to. Every traveller is different and we like to accommodate as many of their varying needs as we physically can. That is why since our inception we've bent over backwards to provide more entertainment than anybody else operating in Munich -- the aforementioned live music and DJs, burlesque shows, carnival games in our campsite, stand-up comedians and our famous radio show that's broadcast over the event.
The tents are... tents. They are triple share, but we use them to accommodate two people. There is a glamping option, or a single tent option, if the accommodations aren't up to a traveller's standards. These cost a little more, but we obviously cannot provide individual tepees for the thousands of partiers we host over the event (last year 7,500 and this year will be even bigger!). We do provide mattresses and sleeping bags, where nobody else offering similar accommodations does, and if these aren't up to standard then we will replace them with new sets. If you were given torn and dirty gear we simply would have replaced it, just like we would have replaced the air mattress if it was faulty. Yes, you have to pay for hot water, but that's the campsite's stipulation and not ours. In 10 years of operating at this campsite we've never known the hot water to be lacking.
Yes, it is a 20 minute ride on public transport to the beer halls, but that's because it's incredibly poor use of city space to have campsites in the city centre. We're just outside the centre, on the main metro (U-Bahn) line, surrounded by trees and pumpkin fields, and we think that's pretty nice.
Your claim that Stoke Travel is bad value for money is incorrect.A brief search for dorm accommodation in Munich over Oktoberfest sees the cheapest shared rooms coming in at €50-60 per night for a bed. Stoke Travel includes a shared tent, cooked breakfast and dinner, all the entertainment listed above, the opportunity to take advantage of the open bar, and a group of thousands of potentially like-minded travellers to party with and get to know, a mere stone's throw from downtown Munich. We're in this business to provide travellers with more value for less money, as well as spaces where they can meet people from all over the world, party with them, and be whoever they want to be. Last year we hosted people from over 80 countries, of all ages, and we hope that they all found they could truly enjoy not just Oktoberfest, but Stoke Travel's installations at that famous festival. It's disappointing that you didn't find what you were looking for, and we sincerely hope that you'll give us another chance in the future.
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