I'm in Martyn's group and had taken charge of the campsite etc, ACO proving to be spectacularly useless.
I emailed them this morning just to make sure of the allocation they gave us, and they have replied thus.
Dear Sir, Yes, it means when you ordered Karting Nord was fully booked. Best regards,
Why the hell they couldn’t have actually informed me of that when I ordered last year (not long after the 2006 race), is beyond me, because it has messed up quite a bit. In the future I shall not be wasting time with the ACO ticket service, I shall let my overdraft take care of things with just tickets good and early.
I have to say, 'Jimages', that you are being a bit unfair about the ACO.
If you look at the 'I have my confirmation....' thread, you will see that I was royally p*ssed off a week or so back because I didn't get what I had ordered. The ACO had lost my order, and by the time they found it, my preferred option had sold out. This is the first time for years that they have screwed me up.
However, the ACO do not start allocating the orders until late in the year, so they have absolutely no idea until then, certainly not shortly after the previous race, that any given facility will be sold out. The orders are allocated on a strictly 'first come, first served' basis. You also have to rember that this event is becoming ever more popular, so the earlier you order, the more chance you have of getting your choice. Having been ordering tickets for more years than I like to remember, I know I am now ordering months ahead of when I used to - and I was going before the ordering process started, ie you just turned up at the gate (we used to use Houx before it was re-vamped), paid your money to the homme at the gate, and drove in.
I have looked at Page & Moy, and whilst it is an option to get us on our preferred campsite, it doesn’t fit our plans at all well, and adds significantly to the cost for each person., which for many of us simply isn’t an option. With their self drive packages they take care of the ferry, but only with a 5 day return ticket. We plan on being there longer.
I personally would not part with a farthing to Messrs P & M or any similar outfit - I'd rather pay face value for BSJ than do that!!
So realistically our options at the moment to avoid Beausejour, are techno park or being lucky enough to buy of someone else.
All I would suggest is that you watch the 'Sell or Swap' board and see what comes up. For the past few years, there has been a flurry of available tickets nearer the time. Even tickets on E*ay last year were going for face value a couple of weeks before the race.
Del
