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Tickets to Parliament - mostly sold out the minute dates are posted

Does anyone have advice on how to get Parliament tickets directly from the gov't website? Dates are posted 2 months at a time and I've been checking regularly. But it appears that by the time they post new dates, they've already been booked. Is there a trick to this, like with the Ann Frank house (log on Tues 1:00 am Pacific time/9:00 am Amsterdam time, when the next week's worth of tix goes on sale)?

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Thanks so much, ORDtraveler. Yes, I'm looking for a good live-guided tour. Sitting in on a Questions Time would be fantastic, as well!

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Yes, but you'll notice that March 8, for instance, has a total availability of 1 ticket each in 5 timeslots. The remaining 21 slots are booked out. Same with every other date that shows any availability. I'm thinking there's a secret to getting 2 tix before they're snapped up.

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I wonder if there’s something going on during March that means they’re not doing guided tours? Or if they just haven’t loaded the availability correctly.

It absolutely isn’t the kind of tourist attraction that sells out like crazy - nothing like Anne Frank House or Big Ben or Ceremony of the Keys.

Keep an eye on it and see if it changes nearer the time. February has loads of availability and March isn’t significantly busier than Feb. So either they’re not offering many guided tours in March or they just haven’t loaded all the tickets yet, is my thinking.

Or do a self-guided tour? There’s loads of availability in March.

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“ Is there a trick to this, like with the Ann Frank house (log on Tues 1:00 am Pacific time/9:00 am Amsterdam time, when the next week's worth of tix goes on sale)?”

Not exactly relevant to your question, but just to avoid confusion; tickets to the Anne Frank house go on sale at 10 am Amsterdam time, not 9 am. And the tickets that go on sale are for the week that starts 6 weeks later.

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Thanks, everyone. I'll take a deep breath and keep checking in at Parliament.uk in advance of my trip. And thanks for the Anne Frank house time correction, DutchTraveler. The Anne Frank House anchors a number of resistance-themed museums in Amsterdam that impacted us profoundly.