Financial Energetics — Polycamperous
Full camp dues bundle everything below into one number. If you are polycamperous — mainly camping with another camp, but spending enough time with us to use the kitchen, showers, power or gear — you pay for what you actually use instead, item by item. This is the same arrangement our hub-mates camp under.
Pick your items, then send one payment per item using the methods at the bottom of this page, saying in the note what each payment is for.
| Amenity | Price | Per | Good through | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A/C with power for use with Shiftpods, your personal hexayurt, some tents. | $500 | A/C unit | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership | |
| Bicycle rental | $200 | bike | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership | |
| Borrow a Hexayurt (standard A12, without A/C) - you assemble, disassemble, and return to storage. | $975 | hexayurt | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership | |
| Camp Contact Meal Plan | $375 | person | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership | Includes two prepared meals each day, Lunch and Dinner, as well as access to the kitchen to make your own breakfast and other meals throughout the day and night. We will need you to help with meal prep as part of a team for a lunch and a dinner. |
| Garden Hose Water (per gallon) listed by Dark Heart Camp at Burning Man 2026 | $1.75 | gallon | if paid by December 31, 2026 | |
| Mattress/Sleeping Bag/Pillow Rental | $75 | mattress | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership | |
| Power per peak running amp | $60 | amp | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership | |
| RV Pumpout Dump | $111 | Pumpout | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership | |
| Shiftpod rental with an A/C unit | $1,200–$1,350 | Shiftpod with A/C | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership | |
| Showers | $150 | shower access during the burn | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership | Up to 7 Four gallon showers during Burn week (Sunday to Monday) |
| Tent Rental - 1 person | $75 | tent | expired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership |
Anything not listed — a shift, a ticket, a container slot — is arranged separately; ask camp leadership.
Hexayurt – Includes Air Conditioning and Power, assistance with assembly required, tape, tarps, flooring, straps, $975
Air Conditioning Unit rental with Power – $450 - works well with Shift Pods and some tents or vehicles
Power $50 per peak running Amp for RVs
Tent - $75 for one person, $120 for two, $50 each additional person
Mattress Single - $75 - Full: $125
Dues cover the costs associated with providing:
- Shade for tent campers in our Himalayas Aluminet structure
- Chill dome with cool air provided by a massive swamp cooler
- Meal plan with prepared lunch & dinners. Breakfast & snack - prepare your own. Power for phone charging, ebike charging, lighting, cooling, cooking, etc
- Showers with water provided and greywater disposed of
- Drinking Water, Cooking Water, Shower Water, Dishwashing water
- Coffee, Tea, Sweetened, and Unsweetened electrolytes.
- Fridge space for your own food if you're bringing some
- Tools & Burner Supplies (Zip Ties, Duct Tape, etc)
- Lighting and Decor, Signage, Event Schedules, etc.
- Steam Bath (not 100% confirmed, but we'd love to get this going again at Burning Man this year)
- Propane for cooking & heating the steam bath
- Tools/parts/supplies
- Delivery of Moving Van Trailers to and from the Playa to Gerlach.
Two Pod Crew prepared meals a day (Lunch & Dinner) plus food for making your own breakfasts, midnight snacks, and sandwiches, etc to go
- Internet provided via Satellite (please use judiciously)
- Bike Repair Station with supplies
- Dance Space
- Workshop Dome
- Sound System in the Dance area and the dome
- First Aid Kit, supplies
Other overhead expenses over the year:
- LLC Registration & Filing
- Gear Storage for two moving vans and our 14' chill trailer in Gerlach, NV and other T railers in Virginia
- Travel/Transport from DC and Back for expensive gear that doesn't stay on Playa
- Website hosting and management
- Insurance
- Vehicle and Trailer maintenance, Infrastructure repair and upgrades (we sustained $6,000 worth of damage from 2025 Storms)
Thanks for paying your dues! Life in the Camp Contact kitchen.
Thank you for sending in your payment! We don't have a direct payment processor to accept payments, please initiate payments on your own through your account with the method of your choice listed below. If you're paying for two people to come, please send in separate payments for each of them. If you're paying for a ticket and for dues, please send funds for the ticket and for the dues in separate payments. Thanks!
| Payment Methods | Instructions | |
|---|---|---|
| Marked Paid (accounting pending) | ||
| Additional Fee for Amenities | ||
| Zelle - Camp Contact | Send payment using Zelle to [email protected] | |
| Venmo - Camp Contact | Send Venmo to @CampContact Last Four Digits of our phone number is 1082 for verification purposes | |
| PayPal | Send Paypal as a personal gift to [email protected] and ensure that you pay any fees. [PLEASE] ensure you send as Friends/Family to avoid fees. | |
| Revolut | Send payment to Revolut at @dduane | |
| Wise | Send Payment to [email protected] | |
| Crypto | Send Eth, USDC, DAI, etc to campcontact.eth on Mainnet, Polygon, Arbitrum, etc ,and send a bit more to cover fees. | |
| Check | Make Check out to Camp Contact, LLC and mail to: Camp Contact, GlowHouse, 3110 13th St NW, Washington, DC 20010-2408 USA, Earth |