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skate Sat 18-Jul-26 15:16:54

Don't know if it helps but my local Picturehouse cinema will offer a refund if you find you can't go to a screening Easy to purchase a ticket online and then request a refund no less than 24 hours beforehand if need be. Also, when booking a hotel, always choose flexible rate which can be cancelled at short notice with full refund.

Time2 Sat 18-Jul-26 13:53:16

Yes, we have the same problem as my condition is VERY unpredictable, it even makes it difficult to book appointments of any sort, so I have to have dentist and optician visits at home. What really annoys me though, is that we have a camper van, which is the only way that I can manage to travel any distance, but with a lot of sites you have to book your over nights beforehand, which I refuse to do in case I can't go it ends up costing us a considerable sum of money. This leaves us often having to park up overnight somewhere, where hopefully we won't annoy anyone, but even then, we get 'boy racers' who think it's great fun when they see a camper parked up, to pull up beside us late at night and start playing their music at top volume, or they drive by with their hand on their horn, or in one case, pulled up beside us and then sped off spraying us with gravel. Why do people have to make life so difficult for others? Of course we appreciate that businesses can't afford to save tickets, on the off chance that we'll turn up, as it would cost them money, but on the other hand, it really can be very frustrating when you miss out on things. I really don't know what the answer is OP.

Lollin Thu 16-Jul-26 19:32:32

Yes me madeleine45
No ideas other than having a check on the day for some things, as there can still be tickets available. You probably do this already and it is limiting but it is at least something.
Of course this rarely works for things that are extremely popular and never works for things that need booking as soon as the tickets become available.

madeleine45 Thu 16-Jul-26 16:33:21

I can understand that prebooking helps people to organise and cater for occasions, and I used to be happy to book in advance for the Great Yorkshire Show or RHS garden shows or events, when you might get a couple of pounds off the price, but there was always the option to pay on the day.

However quite often these days there will be only prebooked tickets. If you have the kind of disability that you know what you are likely to be able to do on any given day, you are able to make choices. However these days I dont know what I will be like from day to day, so cant book for something in advance. If there is a limit to numbers I also would not like to take a ticket and not use it when someone else might have gone., and of course I am happy to pay to visit somewhere but wasting the money and not going doesnt help either!

This year I havent been able to go to any of the yellow book gardens so far, but live in hopes of going to later ones. Anyone else have similar problems and any good ideas ?