Financial Energetics — Polycamperous

Prices here are the same dues rows the regular financial-energetics page bills from — this page just unbundles them and adds the ones our hub-mates publish. Change a price by editing its Dues node, not this page.

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.

AmenityPricePerGood throughDetails
A/C with power for use with Shiftpods, your personal hexayurt, some tents.$500A/C unitexpired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership
Bicycle rental$200bikeexpired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership
Borrow a Hexayurt (standard A12, without A/C) - you assemble, disassemble, and return to storage.$975hexayurtexpired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership
Camp Contact Meal Plan$375personexpired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadershipIncludes 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
$1.75gallonif paid by December 31, 2026
Mattress/Sleeping Bag/Pillow Rental$75mattressexpired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership
Power per peak running amp$60ampexpired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership
RV Pumpout Dump$111Pumpoutexpired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership
Shiftpod rental with an A/C unit$1,200–$1,350Shiftpod with A/Cexpired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadership
Showers$150shower access during the burnexpired September 30, 2026 — ask camp leadershipUp to 7 Four gallon showers during Burn week (Sunday to Monday)
Tent Rental - 1 person$75tentexpired 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.

 

Payment methods below are ordered by preference of use.
  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

Full camp dues