Thanks everyone for the detailed replies! We did go thru the survival guide and tried to follow few suggestions mentioned in this thread. The Aluminet and Tent combination worked perfectly fine - we were able to sleep in the tent even in the afternoon! Am sure it can be even better and this was a go...

Hello All! We are 3 virgin burners with no camping experience :( Have been researching on the tents / shade and I understand that Springbar / Kodiak is ideal. We are traveling by Burner Express bus which has 62" linear length luggage allowance and a 8-person Kodiak is big (& heavy & expensive). Not ...