I spent $340 seeing Taylor Swift within the US twice, now I'm dropping over $1,700 to see her in Europe 2 extra occasions

• I grew up listening to Taylor Swift, and I used to be capable of see her Eras Tour twice within the US.
• After loving these unbelievable exhibits, I will be attending two extra in Paris and Milan.
• I’ve already spent over $1,700 on tickets and lodging, and I feel it is going to be price it.

I have been a Taylor Swift fan for a very long time, so when she introduced her Eras Tour within the US, I did every part I may to seize tickets. 

I dwell in New York Metropolis, however I registered as a Ticketmaster “verified fan” for the Massachusetts present at Gillette Stadium as a result of I assumed I would have a greater shot at scoring tickets in a smaller metropolis. My dad lives within the Boston space, so I used to be prepared to take the Amtrak.

On the day of the sale, I waited within the Ticketmaster queue for hours. After I lastly obtained via, my pc display froze — the tickets bought out proper earlier than my eyes. Three hours later, I logged on in desperation and snagged two obstructed-view nosebleed seats for the Friday present for $50 every.

Fortunately, one among my mates had an additional ticket in a greater part for the Sunday present, and I paid her about $200 for that club-level seat.

With my $90 round-trip prepare ticket, my complete for the two-show weekend got here to $340, and it was completely price it.

I jumped on the probability to see Swift once more

After seeing the Eras Tour twice in Massachusetts, I knew I needed to expertise it once more with my mother and my boyfriend. However the US resale market was upselling tickets for 1000’s of {dollars}. 

I made a decision it will be extra economical — and enjoyable — to hitch the European leg of the tour. The face-value tickets had been cheaper, so I figured I may use the remainder of the cash I’d’ve spent on resale tickets to get flights and lodging.

I registered for all of the European presale dates and acquired codes for each Milan and Paris. 

The Milan present tickets had been bought via TicketOne, a web site I registered for upfront. On the day of the sale, I joined the queue when it opened at 6 a.m. ET. I used to be via checkout in lower than an hour with two tickets for $147 complete.

As soon as I secured the tickets, I booked an Airbnb in Milan for 2 nights for $324. My boyfriend and I haven’t got flights but because the live performance is not till July 2024, however I am anticipating to spend round or underneath $800 for my round-trip ticket.

The Paris present used Ticketmaster. I would already had plenty of issues with the positioning, and the sale time was 9 a.m. native time, which is 3 a.m. ET.

I joined the queue with over 1,000,000 individuals regardless of tickets solely being accessible to verified followers with a code. This triggered the positioning to crash, and Ticketmaster ended up pausing the queue and rescheduling the sale.

The brand new sale was unfold out over 4 days, one for every night time of the Paris tour in Might 2024.

I wakened once more at 3 a.m. for the first-night sale. That point, I made it to the checkout solely to have my card declined on account of potential fraud since I am primarily based within the US. I known as my financial institution so I may override any fraud-protection measures for worldwide purchases for the following few days.

For the second sale, I set one other 3 a.m. alarm. Fortunately, I obtained via the queue with two unobstructed tickets for $267 complete. 

My mother and I are planning on spending 5 days in Paris, so I booked an Airbnb for $1,000. We have not booked flights however are hoping to make use of racked-up airline miles for many of the journey. 

I feel all of the hecticness that got here with shopping for tickets can be price it

The Eras Tour was an unbelievable expertise that I am going to keep in mind without end. And now I’ve the chance to see it once more with two of a very powerful individuals in my life.

I am so excited to look at Swift carry out once more and discover two lovely international locations.