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How to Secure Access to the World's Marquee Events — Monaco GP, Wimbledon, Cannes and the Olympics

How to Secure Access to the World's Marquee Events — Monaco GP, Wimbledon, Cannes and the Olympics

The hardest events to attend are never truly sold out — they are arranged. Here is how luxury travelers secure paddock, clubhouse and backstage access, how far ahead to begin, and what hospitality typically starts from.

By Juan David· Travel Agent, Forest Travel· Updated October 2026
Key takeaways
  • Begin nine to twelve months ahead for the Monaco Grand Prix, Wimbledon, the Super Bowl, Cannes and the Olympics — longer for an Olympic Games.
  • The value is the vantage point: F1 paddock access, the Wimbledon clubhouse, courtside and field-level seats, and private terraces over the action.
  • The Monaco Grand Prix is best from a private apartment over the circuit or a crewed superyacht on the start-finish straight.
  • We arrange the whole journey around the event — the suite, the table, the transfers and the doors backstage — and place you in the finest luxury hotels in the host city.
  • Indicative starting point: marquee-event hospitality typically starts from around US$10,000 per guest; full journeys are more.

Sold-out is not the same as unavailable

The events everyone wants — the Monaco Grand Prix, Wimbledon, the majors, the great fashion weeks, the Olympics — are rarely available to the public at the level luxury travelers expect. They are arranged. Through forty years of relationships we secure hospitality, suites and behind-the-scenes access that aren't on sale, and build the entire trip around them, staying in the finest luxury hotels in the host city.

How far ahead to begin

The earlier the better — nine to twelve months for marquee events, longer for an Olympic Games. A late request is not a lost cause, but early conversations secure the better vantage points and surrounding logistics on your terms.

Where the event truly happens

We place you where it matters: F1 paddock access and pit-lane walks, the Wimbledon clubhouse and Royal Box proximity, courtside and field-level seating, backstage at performances, and private terraces overlooking the action — as a guest, not a ticket holder.

Monaco, from a box or a yacht

The Grand Prix is in a class of its own — terraces and private apartments overlooking the circuit, hospitality suites at the chicane and harbour, and crewed superyachts moored along the start-finish straight, where you watch the race from the deck and host into the evening.

See also: Signature Events · A Celebration at La Scala

Planning a trip around a concert, festival or cultural season

Live events and entertainment are among the activities travelers are most likely to spend on in 2026, at 36 per cent, with sports at 24 per cent, according to Skift Research's State of Travel 2026. The planning order is the same for a stadium concert, an opera premiere or a festival week: the organiser fixes the date, so the trip is built backward from it. First the performance and the seats, then the hotel close to the venue, then the flights and the days either side.

The recurring cultural seasons worth building a 2027 trip around, with the dates their organisers have published:

  • Salzburg Festival: the Whitsun Festival runs from 14 to 17 May 2027 and the summer festival from 16 July to 29 August 2027.
  • Arena di Verona Opera Festival: open-air opera in the Arena from 11 June to 11 September 2027.
  • Bayreuth Festival: Richard Wagner's works, every summer, at the Festspielhaus on the Green Hill.
  • Teatro alla Scala, Milan: the opera season opens on 7 December, the feast of Sant'Ambrogio, and runs through July; see Milan in opera season.
  • Venice Biennale: the 2026 art exhibition is open until 22 November 2026, and 2027 is an architecture year; the preview days are covered in our guide to cultural immersion.

For the sporting calendar, the Masters in April, the Monaco Grand Prix in May and Wimbledon from late June into July, see Signature Events. For any of them, begin nine to twelve months ahead.

What it typically starts from

As an indicative guide, marquee-event hospitality typically starts from around US$10,000 per guest, with full journeys higher depending on the suite, the access and the yacht. We share a starting range early and never quote a final, all-in figure until the trip is designed.

Common Questions

Questions, answered.

Nine to twelve months for the Monaco GP, Wimbledon, the Super Bowl, Cannes or the Olympics — longer for an Olympic Games. Late requests aren't lost causes, but early conversations secure the best vantage points and logistics on your terms.

As an indicative guide, marquee-event hospitality typically starts from around US$10,000 per guest, with full journeys higher depending on the suite, the level of access and whether a yacht is involved. We share a starting range candidly and never quote a final price until the trip is designed.

The Monaco Grand Prix, the Masters, Wimbledon's finals, an Olympic Games and the World Cup final are among the hardest to attend at the level luxury travelers expect — because the best access isn't sold publicly. We open paddocks, clubhouses, royal-box proximity and private boxes through relationships.

We place you where the event truly happens: F1 paddock access and pit-lane walks, the Wimbledon clubhouse and Royal Box proximity, courtside and field-level seating, backstage at performances, and private terraces — credentials and hosting arranged through relationships.

Yes — terraces and apartments overlooking the circuit, hospitality suites at the chicane and harbour, and berthed superyachts on the start-finish straight with full crew and catering — the race from the deck, then hosting into the night.

Formula 1 Grands Prix, the tennis and golf majors, the great fashion weeks, film festivals like Cannes, the Olympics, the World Cup and private galas — with hospitality and behind-the-scenes access that aren't sold to the public, plus the finest luxury hotels in the host city.

Yes — because the access is brokered through relationships, not the public market. What looks sold out is often simply not on public sale; we open hospitality and credentials reserved for those who arrange privately.

The whole journey — the suite, the table, the private transfers and the doors backstage — coordinated as one seamless arrangement so the event is the centerpiece and nothing else is a concern.

At the Monaco Grand Prix, hospitality suites sit at the chicane and the harbour, while terraces and private apartments overlook the circuit from above. A crewed superyacht is moored along the start-finish straight, so you watch the race from the deck and then host guests into the evening. The choice comes down to whether you want a fixed vantage over a key corner or a private deck that becomes your own gathering after the race.

An Olympic Games calls for a longer lead time than other marquee events, where nine to twelve months is the usual starting point. Beginning early secures the better vantage points and the surrounding logistics on your terms. A late request for the Olympics, Monaco or Wimbledon is not a lost cause, but early conversations leave far more choice in where you sit and how the trip around the event is built.

For Wimbledon, Cannes, the Monaco Grand Prix and other marquee events, the entire trip is built around the access secured, with stays in the finest luxury hotels in the host city. The hospitality, suites and behind-the-scenes access come first, and the rest of the journey is arranged around them, so you attend as a guest rather than a ticket holder.

Plan it backward from the date. Secure the performance and the seats or hospitality first, then a hotel close to the venue, then the flights, with a spare day on each side so a delay never costs you the event. Start nine to twelve months ahead for marquee events, longer for an Olympic Games. Marquee-event hospitality starts from around US$10,000 per guest, and one advisor holds the tickets, transfers and dinners as a single plan.

The cultural events worth planning a 2027 trip around are the Salzburg Festival, at Whitsun from 14 to 17 May and in summer from 16 July to 29 August; the Arena di Verona Opera Festival, from 11 June to 11 September; the Bayreuth Festival every summer; and the opening of La Scala's opera season in Milan on 7 December. The Venice Biennale holds its architecture exhibition in 2027. The best seats go first, so begin nine to twelve months ahead.

Through hospitality arranged months ahead rather than a public ticket. At Wimbledon, from late June into July, that means Centre Court debenture seats; at the Monaco Grand Prix in May, a hospitality suite, a terrace over the circuit or a crewed yacht in the harbour; at the Masters in April, access to Augusta National and a private home for the week. Begin nine to twelve months out; hospitality starts from around US$10,000 per guest.

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