Frequently Asked Questions

Some nights may have extra tickets on the door, however we cannot guarantee there will be tickets available. These will be available from The Taf from 19:30 (second floor of the Students’ Union) or on entry to the night club after 22:00.

We advise that you have your student ID card/number and your booking reference number to collect your tickets.

Unfortunately you cannot.  Unless stated, alcohol will be available at all the events and we have a strict 18+ policy.  Please visit cardiffstudents.com/whatson/giveitago/?button  for details about all the non-alcoholic events during Freshers’

Please visit cardiff.ac.uk/new-students/enrolment for details about enrolment and how to collect your Student ID card.

Once you have completed your purchase online, you will receive an e-ticket that you need to bring with you to pick up your tickets and merchandise.

Collection begins on the 20^th of September until the 30^th of September. 10:00 – 15:00. You will be able to purchase tickets at the Freshers’ Box Office too.

Yes. Collection will be open between 20^th of September to 30^th of September between 10:00-15:00  at the Freshers’ Box Office in Y Plas.

You can purchase tickets online at cardiffstudents.com/freshers or at the Freshers’ Box Office in Y Plas

The Freshers’ Box Office is located in Y Plas on the second floor of the Students’ Union (Park Place)

You can find out here: cardiffstudents.com/whatson/

Our non-alcoholic events include:

Laser tag & all Give it a Go Events

Your ticket guarantees you entry to the night club via the fast lane until 23:00. After 23:00 you will need to queue in the main queue. This is subject to capacity.

Tickets to all events are subject to availability. To ensure you don’t miss out on any Freshers’ events we strongly recommend you purchase tickets to the events you would like to attend in advance rather than on arrival.

You can purchase tickets on arrival at the Freshers’ Box office. These are subject to availability.

Yes, if you would like to attend more events, you can purchase them online or at the Freshers’ Box Office. One ticket per person per event.

For any urgent queries, please contact us at SUCustomerService@cardiff.ac.uk or call 029 2078 1474.

Freshers’ tickets are subject to availability. Once they are sold out there will be no additional tickets available.  We don’t want you to miss out.  We strongly recommend that you purchase your Freshers’ tickets in advance.

No. Students from any year of study are welcome to attend Freshers’ events!

Unfortunately all ticket sales are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Hoodie collection is at the Freshers’ Box Office.

We will be able to swap your hoodie. This is subject to availability.

The Give It A Go Box Office is located next to the main Freshers’ Box Office in Y Plas (2nd floor, Students’ Union).

Please visit cardiffstudents.com/terms/ for full terms and conditions.

You go to the Freshers’ website where you can pick your events. If you pay for 5 events we discount what you’ve bought by 10%. If you pay for 8 events, we discount you 20%.

All GIAG event tickets will be e-tickets. Just bring your email receipt with you on the day either printed out or on your phone. We’ll also have lists of who has signed up to which trip.

Multi-buy eligible events are:

Cardiff Bay Trips including the Barrage Walk and Senedd Tour

Big Red Bus Tours

Barry Island Trip

St. Fagans Trip

Castell Coch Travel (not entry)

IKEA Trips

Welsh Cake Making

Welsh Lessons

An excellent question! The dates and times of all GIAG Freshers activities are online at cardiffstudent.com/giveitago or can be found in the fabulous turquoise and yellow booklets we’ve been handing out to everyone

No, while we will take you to Cardiff Castle and the Principality Stadium, these are not included in the multi-buy offer so you will have to pay for entry on the day for Cardiff Castle and online separately for your Principality Stadium ticket.
Travel to Castell Coch is included in the multi-buy offer but entry isn’t, and is £4.20 with a valid student card so not bank busting!

Yes you do! If you have bought events and got you e-receipt you’re all sorted. If you were thinking of attending a free event you must still get the free ticket online. Because we only have a certain number of spaces we do need to know you’re attending, if you don’t, we may have to turn you away, and we really don’t want to have to do that!

The front of the Students’ Union building (Park Place), there will be Give It A Go volunteers in bright t-shirts there to help guide students.

If you’re attending a Cardiff Bay Walk or Tour then yes, this is a guided trip. If you’re just attending the Cardiff Bay standard trip, this is free time for you to spend however you’d like before catching the Big Red Bus back to the Students’ Union.

There is limited space on the Big Red Bus back from IKEA, we’d say that if you’re buying more than can easily be placed on your lap or in front of your feet on the bus, you’ve bought too much. Don’t go buying huge flat packs!

Unfortunately due to the schedule of the Big Red Bus during Freshers’, if students are late back to the bus, we will have to leave without you, so do try to be on time!

Our walking tours are twice a day every day of Freshers’ – times can be found on the www.cardiffstudents.com/giveitago page

Again, this is the front of the Students’ Union building (Park Place).

Yes please do! This is so we know that you are coming and have an idea of numbers. If you don’t sign up, and we have too many people attend, we may have to turn away those who have not signed up online and you’ll have to sign up for a different tour.

All our walking and Big Red Bus tours are 1 hour long. Tours at attractions may be slightly longer than this. We don’t anticipate any tour being longer than 2 hours.

The GIAG booklet comprises of all the student activities happening in the Students’ Union (that we know of!) allowing new and current students to be able to pick and choose what they’d like to try and experience easily!

All club and society events will have online sign-ups and it allows you to try before you buy a membership.

GIAG is also running a Freshers’ calendar of events and day trips all the way up until Christmas, so it’s worth every student having a cheeky look.

The Freshers’ Day Trips to Rhossili Bay and Caerphilly are not guided by our trip leaders, so whilst you’ll have a friendly face on the day, they aren’t there to take you round the destination, that’s up to you!