20 18 American fireman's day time+ticket price+accommodation

The Fireman's Day in America has been held for nearly 27 years, and it is still hard to get a ticket here. Many friends who want to go may not be able to go, and those who go will have to face various harsh environments in nature. It's really worth visiting here.

Travel mode is 1. A certain price 1.3 million RMB/person.

2. The quotation of some domestic travel agencies is about 30,000 RMB/person (RV).

3. Be self-sufficient, buy a ticket, rent a car and bring a tent, and come back as1.50,000/person.

At that time, from the perspective of economy and complete experience, I chose 3. Now, actually 2 is a good choice. Each has its own bias, which I will explain later.

Departure is the preparation stage, divided into several pieces.

1. fireman's day tickets

2. Transportation and accommodation for Fireman's Day.

Prepare for Fireman's Day

4. Air tickets, hotel visas

5. Preparation of camera system

Time: August 28th-September 5th.

Address: Blackstone Desert-Gaoyan Canyon National Service Area, Nevada, USA.

Tickets are first and foremost tickets, the starting point of the whole trip and the most important thing.

Legend has it that someone made a big float and drove 600 kilometers to Blackstone City.

Because there is no ticket at the door, I have to go home. Although I don't know whether it is true or not, it is true that the organizers strictly control ticket sales. The purpose of estimation is to control the number of people and facilitate management. After all, there are 70,000 to 80,000 people gathered together.

Specific ticket sales can refer to the online strategy of wild children, which is very detailed. The difference is that the ticket for 20 17 has risen to 425 yuan each. Prices are rising every year. . .

The process of grabbing tickets is actually very simple:

1. On Fireman's Day, official website created your BurnerProfiles account.

2. Register Ticketfly's account, which is a ticketing agent cooperating with Fireman's Day.

3. Keep in mind the registration time and billing time of the target ticket pool and calculate the time difference.

4. You will receive an official reminder email on the eve of registration and invoicing. You can click on the link in the email to go directly to the registration and ticketing page.

5. Register for the first time to grab the ticket. You need to queue up to buy tickets. You can't enter the ticket purchase page until the queue time is up. After choosing 6. You need to pay by credit card and fill in the delivery address for the tickets and quantity to be purchased.

7. After the payment is successful, you can wait for the ticket with peace of mind.

Basic information of tickets

1. All ticket buyers need to create burners in official website in advance.

Personal data is equivalent to an account, so you must ensure that your information is complete and up-to-date. Official website will send you all kinds of information and registration and ticket purchase links by email.

2. Each different ticket pool needs to be registered independently before invoicing.

3. Registering for tickets does not guarantee that you can buy tickets or vehicle passes.

If you buy a ticket with a price of $425 in any ticket sale, you can't buy a ticket with a price of $425 again in any subsequent ticket sale.

A person can only place an order with a credit card once. (But you can buy two or four tickets at a time, depending on the ticket pool type. )

6. You can't place many orders with the same credit card. (Say the important thing twice)

7. The name on the credit card you used to buy the ticket will become the name on your ticket order.

8. Only Master or Visa credit cards are accepted.

9. All tickets sold, including tickets and vehicle passes, are non-refundable. (But it can be resold through official website)

10. All tickets purchased online can be transferred or renamed.

1 1. Tickets and vehicle passes can only be resold at face value. Any resale above the face value may be disqualified without prior notice or refund.

Because I decided late, I can't take part in the ticket grab, so I can only watch the transfer ticket. Fortunately, I found a beautiful lady to transfer four tickets and two tickets online, and took two tickets and one ticket without hesitation. It is said that as the opening ceremony approaches, 10,000 tickets will be converted into RMB. So if you are interested in going, join the official ticket grab.

There are two ways to pick up the ticket: deliver it to you in advance and pick it up at home. I suggest that you choose to send them to you if you can, so that you can have a better idea. I measured it, and the ticket collection at the door was also very smooth. Take your ID card and ticket number, print out the mail, and line up at this place.

To participate in the transportation and accommodation of Fireman's Day, speaking Chinese means to be a camp or a solo gang, a caravan or a tent during Fireman's Day. There are several options:

Registered Camps: There are various camps available for registration on the official website of ePlaya. The camp will charge a fee and provide hardware conditions such as RV or tent area, which may include catering. Good food will be provided if you are lucky. I saw some old cooks mention that the catering in the camp was even more than usual.

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The food in the city is very good. Basically, each camp has its own theme, which may be building artworks or organizing some special activities. You can choose the camp you are interested in, which means you can meet like-minded people. There is a saying that an inappropriate camp will ruin your eight days, and vice versa. Most camps are registered six to three months before opening. We found the camp two months in advance, and most interested people are full.

Solo gang: It means you can enter Blackstone City by buying a ticket and driving.

. Then find an open space and ask the neighbors if they agree with you to camp here. Pick some vacancies and ask, and you are more likely to agree. Those orderly and well-equipped camps are basically organized. The possibility of joining is directly proportional to your luck and emotional intelligence.

Accommodation is specific to transportation. Accommodation conditions are divided into RV Vs ordinary vehicle plus tent.

RV:

Advantages are air conditioning, bathroom, shower, kitchen and refrigerator. And enough room for activities. In such a harsh environment as the Black Rock Desert, all these are necessary for rigidity. Disadvantages are expensive, unable to rent a car and complicated driving and maintenance.

Expensive means that the RV company charges an extra price for the order to participate in the Fireman's Day, and the total price is 5 to 6 times higher than the usual rent. The average daily cost is about 5000 RMB, with an average of four people 1300 RMB/person/day. More than four people will seriously affect the living experience. After all, the RV space is limited, and it's okay to sleep at night. A few people will still feel embarrassed sitting in the car during the day. Moreover, water supply and sewage discharge is a rigid problem that needs to be seriously faced on Fireman's Day. The water storage of an RV is enough for two and a half people to take a bath. Pollution discharge needs careful consideration, otherwise there will be overflow problems. . . In this experience, the sewage treatment cost of adding water at one time is about 1 100 RMB, which lasts for one and a half to two days, and the average person is about 150/ day. Extra food/water/oil.

It is estimated that four people will share the per capita RV consumption 1.3 million-1.5 million RMB during the Burning Man Festival. These efforts can make you not too hot (38 degrees) during the day and too cold (5 degrees) at night, and you don't have to spend five minutes walking to the public toilet in the scorching sun every day, and you don't have to spend time buying ice cubes to preserve food and frozen drinks. You can cook all kinds of dishes, even hot pot. There is enough space to store all kinds of things. Find everything from the bag every time you use it, and it won't waste a lot of memory and time.

During the Fireman's Day, the RV in the whole western United States is basically rented by Fireman's Day participants, so the rental time needs to be six months to three months in advance.

Generally, ClassC RVs are rented on Fireman's Day.

Domestic C-photo can be driven, but the body is 6-9 meters long, so parking in corners still needs some experience in driving a big car. Learn the operation of RV blowdown and water addition. During the Fireman's Day, the generator of the RV will stop for almost two or three hours during the day to cool down, clean up the soil and carry out simple maintenance. Otherwise, the result is that a group of Australian buddies next to me change people to repair the RV generator for half a day every day.

Ordinary vehicle tent: the advantage is cheap, but the disadvantage is that it has no advantages of RV and poor comfort. But friends who want to fully experience Fireman's Day are also a choice.

I feel that domestic friends who are considering attending Fireman's Day have two choices. One is to send an email in advance to participate in the registration camp. Then you can consider driving with a tent. Camps usually provide three meals or some basic facilities, which saves you a lot of living time and energy and gives you more time to rest or go surfing. The second is to participate in some RV tours. They generally provide caravans, tour guides, various supplies and hardware services. All you have to do is pay, eat, sleep and play. It is such a caravan tour team that accepted us to camp this time. Their living standard is the envy of people like us who come into the earth every day. The key is to save a lot of time and energy (time and energy are repeatedly mentioned because you have limited time and energy for activities in harsh environment and hot sun).

After seeing many choices, you can look at the "room and car" I prepared for Fireman's Day.

I chose ChevroletSuburban for several reasons. First of all, it is a very large SUV.

, there is enough storage space. Secondly, it is a car with three rows of seven people. The secret is that the last two rows can be completely flat, and a huge flat interior space can be obtained. The plan is to put an air cushion in this space, and then you can get the effect of an air-conditioned room. Finally, this car comes with 1 10V AC socket and multiple USB charging ports. Hot water and mobile phone/camera charging can all be done in the car. Look at the car and judge the car. At that time, the design concept was going beyond.

SUV moves closer to the basic function of RV.

There are three tents and one sun-proof tent, which can meet the requirement of staying out of the tent for heating until around 9: 00 in the morning. Large mountaineering tents can store things. The other was made into a simple bathroom. In this regard, some basic living conditions have been met.

Unfortunately, there is no sun screen this time, and foreigners are all tents inside. Can guarantee the sun protection of the tent. We can also chat and drink under the awning during the day, unlike we can only sit and eat breakfast and lunch in the scorching sun.

After solving the house and car, prepare some specific items. This is a complicated workload for me. In this process, I often predict what I will encounter in BRC, what needs I will have and what I need to prepare. Facts have proved that some people really think too much, bring it in and bring it out intact. . . In fact, it still stems from the understanding and psychological quality of Fireman's Day. When I saw some friends coming in with several bags of potato chips and others with tents and watermelons, I really admired them.

Necessary tents, sleeping bags and mattresses, as well as water bags, solar shower bags and a small toilet.

Solar charging board is very powerful. The efficiency of working under the scorching sun is full of dirt, which can't be wiped clean when you come back. This will also maintain the charging of the mobile phone /ipad, which is actually not very effective. Seeing foreigners' solar charging panels is estimated to directly support domestic electricity consumption.

Visa is signed once every ten years, and online registration is also acceptable. Hotel booking IHG hotel is time-saving and labor-saving, with high cost performance. The air ticket is the cheapest for me to fly to the United States, including tax of 3700, and the direct flight from Shanghai to San Jose.

Back and forth, take Air China's Airbus 330 wide-body plane. The plane is older and more comfortable, but it is cheaper to insist on direct flights. Landing San Jose Airport is a small airport, and customs clearance is simple and convenient, and the time will not be too long. Airport traffic is very convenient to San Jose.

In most areas, it only takes about 10 minutes. If you rent a car, it is more convenient to pick it up and return it. From San Jose

Starting from Fireman's Day, personal feeling is the most convenient landing route at the international airport. Students who go to China for Fireman's Day can consider landing in San Jose.

Preparation of photographic equipment: this time, I rented a three-lens camera with stable pan-tilt through the blue extension camera on Taobao to prepare for the big shooting in the past.

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