ACO Membership
Discussion
Like all things, it depends....
The ACO membership costs €105 at the moment. You get a discount off the price of tickets so financially it depends on how many tickets you want.
ACO membership also gets you:
One thing that is clear is that if you do not want a seat in any grandstands and only want GE tickets, and you're OK with the public facilities at the circuit, then ACO membership is probably not worthwhile.
I am an ACO member simply because I get priority access to the tickets for the grandstand that I prefer (and it's not T18...been there twice and I think that there are better grandstands). I can access T18 bars, loos and showers which is a nice facility compared to those generally available at the circuit. As ACO membership includes supplementary membership for one's wife/husband, that partner gets access to T18 too which may be important if the missus is going too (mine does not come but my son does, but he's not covered by the supplementary membership).
R.
The ACO membership costs €105 at the moment. You get a discount off the price of tickets so financially it depends on how many tickets you want.
ACO membership also gets you:
- Access to their website to choose and buy tickets ahead on non members so this will give you early access to the tickets that you want rather than have to select from what's left.
- A chance of getting seats in T18, the ACO members grandstand. T18 has bars, loos and good showers too. If you are an ACO member without seats in T18 you get access to everything else.
- Access to the other ACO locations eg the area inside the circuit towards the Dunlop Bridge.
- Various publications which are fine if you like and want that kind of thing.
One thing that is clear is that if you do not want a seat in any grandstands and only want GE tickets, and you're OK with the public facilities at the circuit, then ACO membership is probably not worthwhile.
I am an ACO member simply because I get priority access to the tickets for the grandstand that I prefer (and it's not T18...been there twice and I think that there are better grandstands). I can access T18 bars, loos and showers which is a nice facility compared to those generally available at the circuit. As ACO membership includes supplementary membership for one's wife/husband, that partner gets access to T18 too which may be important if the missus is going too (mine does not come but my son does, but he's not covered by the supplementary membership).
R.
Difficult one for me,
OK being a member you get the option of up to 6 discounted GE Tickets, and cheaper prices if booking any of the tribunes.
You also have use of the toilets in the ACO building and showers.
But showers and toilets have much improved around all the campsites so having membership for that reason is not really worth it.
Come the end of the year they send you the official program / poster and driver / team results but I would rather have the bloody program before the race.
If your a group of six and one of you joins the ACO, you might just be able to claw back enough of your membership cost buying the general entrance / camping and tribune tickets.
But if you are not getting the tribune tickets then I'm not sure its worth it.
OK being a member you get the option of up to 6 discounted GE Tickets, and cheaper prices if booking any of the tribunes.
You also have use of the toilets in the ACO building and showers.
But showers and toilets have much improved around all the campsites so having membership for that reason is not really worth it.
Come the end of the year they send you the official program / poster and driver / team results but I would rather have the bloody program before the race.
If your a group of six and one of you joins the ACO, you might just be able to claw back enough of your membership cost buying the general entrance / camping and tribune tickets.
But if you are not getting the tribune tickets then I'm not sure its worth it.
Good to see FB and I agree!
One or two other things:
Some grandstands are covered which can be good if it's hot or wet, or both even!.
A grandstand seat gives you a fixed refuge and for an old geezer like me a seat is needed; I would not go without this although many do.
If this is your first year, maybe ignore ACO membership for now and use your GE ticket to see as much of the circuit and racing as possible, check out everything, then plan what you might do for future trips and whether ACO membership is worthwhile.
If you are going 2015, ACO membership will have limited benefits, especially tickets-wise: you can get the GE tickets any time but they will not have any grandstand seats left now.
R.
One or two other things:
Some grandstands are covered which can be good if it's hot or wet, or both even!.
A grandstand seat gives you a fixed refuge and for an old geezer like me a seat is needed; I would not go without this although many do.
If this is your first year, maybe ignore ACO membership for now and use your GE ticket to see as much of the circuit and racing as possible, check out everything, then plan what you might do for future trips and whether ACO membership is worthwhile.
If you are going 2015, ACO membership will have limited benefits, especially tickets-wise: you can get the GE tickets any time but they will not have any grandstand seats left now.
R.
As an ACO member you have also been able to register up to three others that may also enjoy ACO facilities. There is a one off payment for this.(15 euros per person, IIRC).
You can actually collect your membership package at the circuit so that you do have your programme for the race.
Discounted prices also apply in ACO areas for drink and food.
Been a bit of a cock up this year though over some campsite allocations,so as OP says try it this year and see whether you might gain from being a member in the future.
You can actually collect your membership package at the circuit so that you do have your programme for the race.
Discounted prices also apply in ACO areas for drink and food.
Been a bit of a cock up this year though over some campsite allocations,so as OP says try it this year and see whether you might gain from being a member in the future.
I'd been paying >€100/year and my mates got discounted GA tickets, access to ACO showers/bogs and to the - then - single members' enclosure where they only had to pay €15 ea. We buy our camping via Team Langoustine as we usually want 5 or 6 pitches in a block, so it's no use there with the ACO.
But I've been paying this €100+ for years for, let's face it, many others to benefit. I didn't renew post 2014, and I probably won't this year before LM.
Does that make me tight? Ah, well....
But I've been paying this €100+ for years for, let's face it, many others to benefit. I didn't renew post 2014, and I probably won't this year before LM.
Does that make me tight? Ah, well....
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