We had to postpone our trip with Rick Steves after I bought 4 Vatican Museum tickets. We can't use them now and they are non-refundable or changeable. Any suggestions on how I can I can re-sell them? The date is Nov 12 at 9am.
Posted by
Massachusetts
1160 posts
I am sorry your trip got postponed. My understanding is that the Vatican Museum tickets require the buyer to enter names of attendees during the purchase process. When entering the museum, you must present ID that matches the names on the tickets. Therefore, you cannot re-sell your tickets because the buyer will not be able to enter without their IDs matching the names on your tickets.
Posted by
OP
8 posts
Oh gosh I think I remember that now. I had the 4 tickets in my name, but I guess it doesn't matter. Geesh. okay thanks of the heads up.
Posted by
1024 posts
Those are just the kinds of costs you have to eat. We had two extra Anne Frank tickets for Amsterdam. I couldn’t figure out how to give them away (it was a day we wouldn’t be there to just offer a person hoping to get tickets.) and the box office didn’t want them just to pass along to someone else.
In reality we should all be grateful these special sites are extra cautious against resale and second hand and allowing ticketing bots to buy and resell at scalper prices, making it all inaccessible to us mere mortals.
Posted by
OP
8 posts
Yes I have to agree, this is part of the travel "experience". I will wait to buy any future tickets after I pay my tour package, then I know for sure I'm going LOL.