Taylor Swift fans compare $500 Eras Tour event to failed Fyre Festival after organizer bought 191 hotel rooms

After a Taylor Swift superfan went viral for booking 191 hotel rooms in New Orleans, Louisiana ahead of her Eras Tour stop, Swifties are speaking out about the experience, with some comparing it to the failed music festival Fyre Fest.

Rebecca Fox charged a $25 deposit on top of nearly $500 for hotel rooms when the Eras Tour concerts were held at the Caesars Superdome on October 25, 26 and 27.

She said she paid nearly $500 per booking for 191 rooms at the Holiday Inn on Loyola Avenue at the end of 2023 and didn’t want to pay too much but just spend time with “like-minded Swifties.”

Guests were promised a Taylor-themed goodie bag, as well as a pool party with a DJ and cocktails. treasure hunts, a talent show, a karaoke party, making friendship bracelets and a swamp tour. But Swifties were left furious, claiming she had failed to deliver and that they were in fact charging them for free hotel amenities.

Rebecca has since responded to critics of the event, admitting to DailyMail.com that ‘things did not go as planned, but there was no malicious intent.’

The Holiday Inn at Loyola costs $137 per night for the weekend of November 22 and is a three-star hotel near the Superdome, where the Shake It Off singer performed.

Rebecca led a private Facebook group of fans staying at the hotel, which was renamed Holiday House as an ode to the pop star’s Rhode Island mansion.

One content creator in the US, jump4js created a five-part series about her experiences under the username, explaining that she was one of the first 50 people in the Holiday House group after initially being waitlisted for one of the rooms.

Many commenters said they wanted to book a room with her, but could only do so if they spent extra money on the events she hosted, on top of the $500 to book the room.

“She would threaten to kick people out of the group, she would threaten to cancel their hotel room,” jump4js explained if people wanted to attend external events in the city.

She sent a friend of a friend in her place and Rebecca ended up getting upset.

The creator then shared a screenshot from the Facebook group where Rebecca said that if they were no longer able to attend, their room could only be refunded if they sold their concert ticket to her.

‘I don’t understand, how can an Eras ticket be worth the same as a hotel room?! There is no way! Who would trust that and give her the tickets?!” one woman asked, as Era’s tickets in New Orleans were selling for more than $1,200 for the least expensive seat, and the hotel rooms cost $500, leaving commenters deeply confused.

‘What do concert tickets have to do with the hotel room? Like, she thought people would just sell her their tickets? I’m so confused,” another asked.

One commenter said: “I believe she said at some point (fairly recently) that if she didn’t meet her quota she would have to sell the tickets to pay for the HH events. She had quite a few tickets for different departments.”

In a text message to news center Fox 8Rebecca said she hired a lawyer who was out of the country.

When Rebecca contacted DailyMail.com, she replied: ‘My lawyer has advised me not to make an official statement until he returns.

“But I think everyone can see that everyone has gotten their room and everyone is safe, and for me to have to say I have to kill myself or get help because of a missing DJ and an unfilled goody bag is absolutely unbelievable. It didn’t go as planned, but there was no malicious intent.’

According to Fox 8, she also posted on Facebook: “I know I failed. I have admitted that I have failed.”

Other makers also shared how dissatisfied they were with the events, which they paid for as an additional cost on top of the $500 room.

A TikTok creator posted texts saying that the $75 pool party, which was advertised as an “unforgettable” experience with passed appetizers, a cash bar and DJS, ended up only having two bartenders, no music, no towels and no place to hang out. to switch. .

“So basically she was charging people to use the FREE amenities at the hotel? and threw some snacks in,” one commenter responded to the photo of the empty pool.

Paige Bennett-Primkewho lives in New Orleans, discussed the immersive photo experience Rebecca hosted that she attended, and said she wanted to buy a ticket at the door to join friends.

Hotel guests who had already paid the $500 fee could pay a separate fee to attend the experience, where they could take photos and purchase items from vendors, and outsiders not staying in the room block could also pay for the experience .

When Paige went to the event at the hotel, she realized that no one was checking the tickets so anyone could walk in, which was disheartening for the people who had purchased tickets.

Paige called the photo experience “really disappointing” and said that while there were good vendors doing hair and glitter and selling jewelry, the photos “left a lot to be desired.”

One commenter wrote: ‘Unfortunately this has been building for weeks and now we are here. I hope she pays it all back and makes this right.”