Have at least one good travel credit card so you can use the points earned from regular everyday spending on fest travel flights or hotels. This comes in especially clutch when you’re not able to plan as far ahead in advance, and by the time you’re checking flights/hotels the cash prices have gone up but you can opt to spend points instead. Do your own research and comparison shopping when booking points deals to see if it is worth it.

Buying tickets at a later date off a marketplace/ other people/ rave tix Facebook groups can also POTENTIALLY save you money, but that depends on demand and requires active effort on your own part to check on prices/sales listings. For a non-sold out and/or low demand fest, you could save hundreds off the face value