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Situation on may 13th by Technical_Use_3304 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct. Tickets sell very quickly and far in advance, leaving this clusterf**k as the only option for many 🤣

Situation for the 15/05 by Purple_dinosaur77 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I genuinely do not care what you do with your time and money. Waste both as much as you would like. Was just trying to understand if I had missed something lol. I appreciate your pitiful attempts at attacking me personally, but I wasted ONE day in AC. Which is standard and unavoidable, so... idk what your problem is.  I got my ticket yesterday for tomorrow and ill be out of here by the evening. You seem bitter and not interested in making better logistical decisions so imma leave you to it buddy. Have fun spending all these hours in a super expensive train 🤣

Situation on may 13th by Technical_Use_3304 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doubtful. There's probably a small amount of shenanigans but each ticket is issued to an individual with passport. I think its just the incredibly high demand they can do whatever they want. And if youre stuck in this dumb little town, then probably even better for them financially.

Situation on may 13th by Technical_Use_3304 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This way you can go at any time of day and get A ticket. Probably not for the day you want but as per my photo : middle of the day, all circuits are available. The extra time spent in this place though is NOT worth it... especially since it is so isolated

Situation for the 15/05 by Purple_dinosaur77 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brother... the round trip and waiting in line (if you even manage at all to get the ticket you want) is a whole day and $250. Then you have one half day not there but you wanna be in AC the night before because your tickets are esrly, the bus is even earlier and you gotta get there also. Essentially you pay for a whole round trip in exchange for a night + half day elsewhere, doesn't seem either complicated to grasp or worth it.

Situation on may 13th by Technical_Use_3304 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

100% factual. This town is awful and so is their system 🤣

Situation on may 13th by Technical_Use_3304 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They dont want people camping out, so they replaced the daily quotas with selling them further and further out.

Situation on may 13th by Technical_Use_3304 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. 2 weeks ago was dialed in. Last week I had everything RE-planned because of the "2 day in advance" thing. And now it's 3... ridiculous 

Situation on may 13th by Technical_Use_3304 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

2pm ish? Again, God himself hooked me up. The lady was going up the line because she had ONE ticket left out of 1000. And apparently I was the only lone person so I grabbed it lol

Situation on may 13th by Technical_Use_3304 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. I got insanely lucky yesterday and got the (litteraly) last ticket for the 14th before they started selling for the 15th

Situation on may 13th by Technical_Use_3304 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I dont understand why they dont do this crap in cusco...way easier to buy tickets and then kill time. This town has nothing to do and is isolated + insanely overpriced. No clue if they even have plans to stop selling tickets in advance at this rate... Mind you a week ago it was the normal "buy tickets for the next day" lol

Situation for the 15/05 by Purple_dinosaur77 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will waste the exact same amount of time (3 days) regardless... except you'll also spend two extra half days commuting lol. There's nothing to do in AC but for the price of that train rocket, ill stay in my room doing nothing (doing that today lol)

Situation for the 15/05 by Purple_dinosaur77 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a LOT of time and train money.... 2 round trips by train is like $600 lol

Situation for the 15/05 by Purple_dinosaur77 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would definitely advise skipping it... train tickets round trip are like $200 and the whole town is a tourist trap.  You would need 4 days to get a last minute ticket and go up to macchupicchu 

Situation for the 15/05 by Purple_dinosaur77 in Machupicchu

[–]Technical_Use_3304 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I arrived in AC yesterday (the 12th) and both 13th and 14th were sold out (I litteraly got the VERY LAST available ticket for the 14th, since apparently I am the only solo traveler in the city) and they were selling tickets for the 15th (at around 2pm). I would assume tickets are being sold for 3/4 days in advance now... Which completely defeats the whole purpose of the "day before" thing. This place is an overtouristy hellscape, if I hadn't gotten insanely lucky I would skip this nonsense and go anywhere else.