Students will take over £800 worth of valuables with them to music festivals this summer according to a new survey published by the number one student insurance provider Endsleigh.
The essential item for the festival goer is their mobile phone – every student Endsleigh surveyed said they will be taking one with them and over a third (37%) said they will be taking more than one. A digital camera (42%) and jewellery (38%) are also items festival goers can’t live without. Whilst the results showed that young people are exercising good sense by only taking approximately three items of high value, the average total cost of possessions still amounts to £817.
Over a fifth (22%) of students will be going to a music festival while hundreds more young people will decide to go at the last minute. The survey results show that young people like to attend both commercial (73%) and independent (63%) music events and many will go to more than one.
Leeds and Reading festival come out on top for students with a quarter (24%) of those planning on going to a mainstream festival attending one of the Festival Republic events. V and Glastonbury also remain popular; 23% will be going to either Chelmsford or Staffordshire and 20% enjoyed Somerset last weekend. In comparison, around 6% of students’ will head to Latitude – in Suffolk in July.
There are a wide variety of independent, boutique festivals on offer over the summer and students are making the most of them. The favourites are the Green Man (7%) and Camp Bestival (7%), followed by Beach Break Live (2%), Sonisphere (1%), Wireless (1%) and Bestival (1%).
To help students and those that are young at heart decide which music event to go to and how best to prepare for it, Endsleigh has launched a survival guide website, Guidefest. The new site, which is designed by students for students, includes an events calendar with information on all the commercial and independent music festivals happening across the UK, tips and advice on what to pack and wear, and information on how to stay safe whilst making the most out of the experience.
Vicki O’Connell, Communications Manager, Endsleigh Insurance said,
“It is great to see so many students embracing the different types of music festival over the summer. In recent years we have seen festivals diversify greatly; there are now hundreds of different types of event, both commercial and independent, that offer a lot more than just music. However with variety comes difficult choices, and when students spend so much time at University, it’s important they make the most of their free time. Our new survival guide website hopes to help them find the right festival, and plan what to do and how to do it when they are there.
However, it’s important to remember that with any festival, big or small, there is a risk of loss or theft. Although students will be travelling light, it all adds up, and their festival necessities will be expensive to replace. Therefore it’s important for festival goers to be just aware of their personal safety as they are line up.”
Source : Endsleigh
