When you board the bus they give you two bags, one is for recyclables and one is for landfill garbage. When you come back to take the bus out there are dumpsters available to take these bags which will haul your trash for you. Bags are decent size and should be plenty for a week but follow general L...

Got my tickets last night and really happy about the water option this year- it sucked when one of your two pieces of luggage was your water, that put a definite cramp on what you could bring in. I think this is a big help in making this a more reasonable option for people...not to mention reducing ...

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Seconding Jazz Cafe as a recommendation...very chill place and great music. Also, if you like dancing, find the Contradance camp! Live music and dancing, and they have great people who will partner up with a newcomer and get you dancing and having fun right away. In 2015 they were just around the be...

E-mail sent- volunteering at the airport was on my wish list for this year, had a great time out there last year! Hope we can connect!

Got my ticket and vehicle pass today!

I did *not* get an e-mail ahead of time telling me they were coming- just showed up in the mailbox. Pleasant surprise in any case!!

There are plans for a container heading from Chicago to BRC, they may be able to help out. Check out the Official Chicago Burning Man Facebook page and you can get updates when available I believe.

I got 6/17 as well "Tickets are scheduled to be sent on Wed, June 17, 2015."

Holy crap, this is getting real! Time to get organized for real!

Awesome stuff! I am a crocheter too, actually working on some crocheted costume pieces right now to while away the winter and get ready for the burn.

I am definitely going to have to come check out your stuff, very impressive work.

I'm not sure whether Burning Man would be considered an acceptable non-profit for donation by some employers. I know for my matching program, there are restrictions on the activities of the organizations that you can donate to- things like organizations providing services to the disabled, homeless, ...

I got mine...first year and I did not want to chance it. I was in within the first minute and pre-logged into Ticketfly refreshing direct from there and the entire transaction took probably 20 seconds. Glad thats in the books so I can start planning now!!

HI there! I am also from Chicago and looking to make 2015 my first burn (ticket gods willing). My thought at the moment is that I will not try join up with a theme camp and will camp solo, but of course everything is open to change. I've never been to the playa but I am an experienced backcountry ca...

Thanks for the warm welcome all! Look forward to chatting online over the coming months, I have already been enjoying some of the great old gear chatter threads. and those threads with folks homemade costumes--- the creativity and resourcefulness is super inspiring. I'm enough of a camping geek that...

Hi all! I'm Liz from Chicago and I am hoping very much for 2015 to be my first burn. I have wanted to attend for years but now I am finally taking the leap and preparing to make this happen- hence lurking around here reading posts and absorbing advice like a sponge, figured it was more neighborly to...