Following Your Favourite Artist on Tour: How to Plan Concert Travel Without the Chaos
There’s a particular kind of devotion that drives fans to follow an artist across multiple cities — sometimes across multiple countries — for a single tour. It’s one of the most rewarding experiences in music fandom. It’s also one of the most logistically complex trips a person can plan on their own.
From scoring tickets in different markets to finding accommodation in cities you’ve never visited, concert travel requires a different kind of preparation than a standard holiday. Here’s how to do it properly.
Map the tour before you map the route
Before booking anything, get the full tour schedule in front of you. Identify which dates you want to attend, then look at the geography. If you’re targeting multiple shows, the order and proximity of cities matters enormously for travel efficiency and cost.
Some fans make the mistake of booking shows they love and then figuring out how to string the travel together. The smarter approach is to decide on your tour dates as a package — which cities, which nights — and then plan transport and accommodation as a coherent route.
City-specific fan knowledge is undervalued
Every major venue sits in a different kind of neighbourhood. The O2 in London, the Kaseya Center in Miami, the Accor Arena in Paris — each has its own surrounding area with different transport options, accommodation price points, and post-show atmosphere.
The smarter approach is to use a platform built specifically for event travellers — one where hotels, flights, transportation, experiences, and car rentals all live under one roof, organised around the event you’re attending. That’s exactly what Fanatrips was built for. Created by fans who lived the chaos of planning these trips the hard way, it pulls together every layer of the journey — from the flight in to the ride home — so you’re not stitching together a trip from disconnected bookings.
Tickets first, everything else second
This sounds obvious but it’s frequently reversed. Fans sometimes book non-refundable flights and hotels to a show before securing tickets, then find themselves scrambling — or paying heavily inflated resale prices — to complete the package. Always have your tickets confirmed (and ideally in your account, not just “pending”) before committing to accommodation and transport.
For international tours, be aware of different market sale structures. Some territories use pre-sale codes, others use verified fan queues, and some smaller markets have limited capacity that sells out faster than major cities. Research each date’s ticketing situation individually.
Budget realistically for a multi-city trip
Concert travel costs add up quickly. Beyond the ticket itself, factor in:
- Flights or trains between cities
- Accommodation (at least the night of the show, ideally arriving the night before)
- Local transport to and from the venue
- Food and drinks
- Merchandise (if that’s part of your experience)
- Any pre-show fan events or meet-ups
A realistic budget drawn up in advance is far better than discovering you’ve overspent halfway through a tour leg.
Make the city part of the experience
The best concert trips aren’t just about the show. The hours before a performance — exploring a new city, finding the fan meeting points, experiencing local food — are part of what makes touring alongside an artist so memorable.
Give yourself time to arrive, settle in, and enjoy the city before the show. A rushed arrival straight to the venue is survivable, but it misses the point of what concert travel is really about.
Services like Fanatrips help fans plan not just the logistics but the full event travel experience — turning a single concert into a properly crafted trip worth remembering long after the tour ends.