Feel free to buy tickets for parks, museums and performances via the internet, but pay attention to where and with whom.
Online ticket sales
Who still buys their tickets at the box office of a location or event these days? Online ticket sales for a theatre, cinema, concert hall or zoo are always open. Unfortunately, all kinds of touts are also targeting online ticket sales. A lively intermediary trade has developed. Legal and sometimes less legal, with tickets being resold at extremely high prices. So pay close attention to where you buy the tickets. Preferably do this via the site of the place you want to visit.
Trustworthy sites
The theatre, the concert hall, the zoo: they all sell tickets through their own website. The first step is therefore to find the site of the place you want to go to. Some larger events outsource ticket sales. They will also communicate this on their own site and refer them to the official ticket seller.
Well-known ticket sellers are:
Never search for tickets via Google. Chances are, you’ll end up on a site from an agency that charges a lot more than the original sale price.
Buy second-hand tickets
There is a lively intermediary trade in all kinds of entrance tickets. Popular pop concerts sell out in seconds. A few minutes later, the first offers appear on Marktplaats. Of course for a price way above the original. Resistance comes from the site Ticketswap. Tickets may not be more than 20 percent above the purchase price.
Buying second-hand via Marktplaats or other sites is not recommended. People often ask a bizarre amount of money for a ticket. Moreover, there is no guarantee that the purchased ticket is genuine.
Attraction tickets through offer sites
Sites like Holiday Auctions, Social Deal, Discount outings and groupon sometimes offer tickets at attractive prices. Pay close attention to the conditions on those sites. The tickets are often limited in validity and usually only at clearly defined times. Check whether the offer is really that good. Also pay attention to any service costs. Holiday Auctions, for example, charges a so-called ‘fixed surcharge’ for every auction won. You pay these extra costs on top of the auction price.