Formal Exchange

The one place Oxford, Cambridge and Durham Formal tickets actually change hands. Buy a spare seat, swap your college for another, or fill the place you can't use.

Every term, Formal places go empty. Someone spends weeks securing a seat, then a deadline moves or a train is cancelled — and because most colleges have no refund and no official resale, that place simply vanishes. Somewhere else, a friend of a friend would have taken it in a heartbeat.

Formal Exchange is where those two people find each other, across Oxford, Cambridge and Durham.

SWAP, DON'T JUST BUY Hold a ticket at your college and want to dine at another? Offer a straight exchange — one eligible ticket for another, no cash sale required. Any price difference stays a private decision between you. This is the part no group chat can do.

EVERY DETAIL BEFORE YOU COMMIT College, date, time, price, places left, dress code, entry requirements, guest-name deadlines and transfer rules are all on the listing. You know whether you are eligible before you send a single message.

ASK, DON'T WAIT Post what you are looking for and let sellers come to you. A spare place at any college, on any date, at your budget.

NOT ONLY FORMALS Coach and train seats with real departure and arrival times. Event places. Airport ride-shares when everyone is flying home the same week. College visit records with five-dimension ratings and comments from people who actually went.

WRITTEN ONCE, READ IN EITHER LANGUAGE Write in English or Chinese. Optional text is translated for readers using the other, with the original always one tap away.

BUILT TO BE SAFE Academic email verification, audience controls set by the seller, automatic expiry, reporting, moderation, user blocking and private in-app messaging. College and operator rules always come first: a ticket that cannot be transferred must not be listed.

Formal Exchange does not process payments, guarantee admission or provide refunds. Confirm eligibility and transfer arrangements yourself, never share passwords or verification codes, and report anything that looks wrong.

Questions: support@formal-exchange.co.uk