Glastonbury Festival yurt glampers ticketless as Yurtel goes bust

A number of Glastonbury glampers have been left ticketless and out of pocket weeks before the festival after a luxury yurt company went into liquidation.

Festival-goers had booked accommodation and event tickets through Yurtel, based in Corsham, Wiltshire, but have since been told by the company that their bookings will not be fulfilled after it ceased trading on 8 May.

Prices for hospitality tickets and accommodation packages offered by the company ranged from £10,000 up to £16,500.

The BBC has approached Yurtel for comment. Glastonbury Festival said while it was “disappointing”…