Festival Survival Guide by A1 Coaches

Are you ready for Festival Season?? 

We have written this festival survival guide for your use this summer. All the do's and don't of attending a large festival can be found here.

Happy Festival Campers!

Arrive Early - No Messing Around! 
Get there in plenty of time, you can book on one of our coaches, the buses always arrive in time for the gates opening. If you are camping

Be ruthless with your packing! 
Dressing for the occasion is a necessity, in Scotland we can have 4 seasons in one day so although you are packing scarecly you should also make sure you have something to cover any weather scenario. Always remember when you are packing the arena/campsites are not only going to be a hop skip and a jump away. What you pack - you are going to have to carry.

Footwear that is already broken in is a must! 
Welly boots are the "In-thing" to wear to festivals but please remember to wear a pair that is already broken in, if you have new welly boots to wear, please make sure you wear them around the house for a while or take a stroll down the beach. Never go with new welly boots and be stuck with them the whole day or even weekend. Nothing worse than sore blistered heels/ankles.

Don't Carry Glass! 
The arena and campsite are always super busy, make sure you are reducing risk where ever possible. Not carrying glass is reducing the risk for yourself and the rest of the festival goers. Where possible fill plastic containers with your refreshments or any other item that may come in a glass packaging.

Pop up Tents! 
If you are camping, arriving early is a must as you may find you have the space of a postage stamp to pitch your tent. Why spend the time fixing pins and posts when you can purchase a tent that pops up in a few seconds. People tend to leave their tents after the festival too, you simply just have to drop the tent and pack away.... Bliss!!

Make sure you find yourself a partner in Crime!
If you are travelling in a group of people it is easy to become parted with them. Please make sure that you have a back up plan for anyone getting lost etc. It's always good to partner up with someone so you are never alone.

Love the mud!
It never fails we always get rain of some sort during festival time, the foot fall at the festival grounds is going to become muddy inevitably! Learn to love the mud, just make sure you are dressed for it. You can buy huge body wipes from Home Bargains stores and pack them in your back for cleaning yourself down. The mud all adds to the fun, Festivals are never clean... Let's face it your gonna be gettin dirty!!

Know the line up! 
Make sure you don't miss your favourite acts, normally there are different stages dotted around the location. Make sure you know where your favourites are and at what time. That would be a complete bummer to pay all that money for a ticket to miss your favourite act!! I would be sick as a dog!!.

Make sure you stash your cash! 
Split your cash around so not all your pennies are in the one place in case something goes wrong and you are left without a bolt. Just to be safe store your dosh in separate places so it's not all in the one place. Never leave your money in your tent!!

Keep in touch! 
Make sure you carry one or two fully charged power banks for your mobile phone. It is good to stay charged at all times in case you need to make a phone call. Sometimes there are places to charge your phone within the grounds of the festival but it is so expensive!

BE prepared to pay inflated prices for food and drink! 
Make sure you depart with a full belly!! It is always so expensive within the grounds. If you can have a drink before you go into the arena that would help keep your costs down. It's all money, money, money!

Don't forget to chill!!  
That's what festivals are all about, chilling out and enjoying the atmosphere, the acts and more importantly the company you choose to be with!!

Don't forget folks we are providing transport to most of the festivals this year. You can book and pay for your seat right here.

We aim to provide you with a safe, reliable and friendly service.

Call our office on 01592 713443 or email info@a1coaches.com if you need anymore information. You can also visit www.a1coaches.com to find out about any of the other transport services we provide.

Revving up!

Folks got a taste for our Night Out Trips with A1 this last winter season and so we’ve shuttled groups of partying Fifers and Hen and Stag nights to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and St Andrews  just to name a few of the most popular destinations. Fifers like partying so we are keen on taking them party all day, all night... La gente está muy loca!

Happy customers!

Kids were over the moon with the Spooky Bus in Halloween and with our mascots Carter and Izzy over the Christmas holiday.  The Christmas Pantomime Trip to Adam Smith Theatre delighted children and adults alike, while our Elders in the community had a fantastic day on a Day Trip for the Elderly, a bonding gesture with the community in which A1 Coaches is reaching out to elderly people and encouraging them to go out on a sightseeing tour adapted to their needs where they can socialize and enjoy the fresh air in a cordial environment.





University students, holiday makers and corporate groups found their way to the airport with A1 Coaches’ Airport Transfer Service to all major airports: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Glasgow Prestwick and Aberdeen.

Brides and Grooms laced their lives together and A1 Coaches provided comprehensive transport with our Wedding Packages comprising wedding car and guests transport...








Revving up for the good weather

Upcoming Concerts and Festivals are getting us all revved up for an exciting season of upcoming events and new places to be discovered, so we have organized Concert and Festival Transport  for major upcoming events of the summer and of course, the Highland Games Transport, facilitating transport to the internationally acclaimed  Highland Games.


A colourful month

Sahara Force India Formula 1 Team unveiled their new livery, they have changed to magenta, silver and... pink, causing a big stir in tweeter by the way:

We will be very thrilled to see Perez and Ocon in their new overalls and helmets in matching colours! The point here is that all the stir and humorous comments stem from pink being a girly colour, although men these days also wear pink sometimes and it doesn’t look that bad...

James performing maintenance in his trendy overalls.

This month of March we had the International Women’s Day and Mother’s day, two important dates that we ‘celebrate’ daily, because -leading the way-, here at A1 Coaches women are everywhere!

Jakie

Karen

Morag

Ashley

Left to right: Colleen, Karen and  Debbie

Ray

Katrina

Laura

Cheryll    

Women driving plus women at the helm and the boys at A1 are perfectly alright with it. Well, it is true we don’t have any coach with a pink livery... yet!

Uh...

Also in March this year, a Sweetheart’s 100th Birthday!

Out of respect and admiration I wanted to share that today,  the 20th March, ultra-famous war time singer Dame Vera Lynn reaches 100 year old. She was the troops’ sweetheart during World War II. Vera Lynn was born on March 20, 1917.  She is releasing a “birthday celebration” album with an orchestrated version of her biggest hits. I’m sure somebody’s grand will love to reminisce listening “We’ll meet again”, a lovely nostalgic tune by the way.

 

Dame Vera Lynn

Service Truck

We are very excited about all the amazing events happening this upcoming season and A1 Coaches is going the extra mile to make it all happen for you!

Do you have any ideas we haven’t thought of?  Give us a shout and we’ll take you anywhere you want to be!

Call 01592 713443 or e-mail info@a1coaches.com or visit www.a1coaches.com

Transport to 80's Rewind Festival at Scone Palace 2017

Transport to 80's Rewind Festival @ Scone Palace

Getting to and from any event can be stressful, we are providing transport to Scotland's biggest and best festivals this year including 80's Rewind Festival.