Stupid Question

[Dancingcrone]

I'm planning to come to Burning Man next year from the UK and what I need to know is - last year it started on the Monday and finished on the Monday. When do people pack up and leave? Monday or Tuesday? Is Monday the last full day? I want to get all I can from my trip and have to try to plan things out somehow although at the moment it's doing my head in. Help please

[theCryptofishist]

There are no more events after the burns on Sunday night. (Or maybe it's just the temple that burns Sunday. I don't know.)
People leave Saturday after the burn, they leave Sunday, they leave Monday, Some even leave Tuesday or later.

It depends on your own time and circumstances and preferences. The event is geared towards using the the holiday (Monday) as the day to drive home. Be prepared to be flexible. Last year it took people 8 hours or more on Monday to get to the interstate. This year, a lot of people seemed to leave earlier, and then Monday was not such a nightmare.

[Savannah]

The American holiday called Labor Day is always the last day of Burning Man. The greatest number of people leave that Monday, and the day before.

If the Burn follows its usual pattern, the 2013 Burn will be from August 26th - September 2nd.

One may stay on the playa a day late (until Tuesday) without being bothered by anyone about it, and subsequently find it very easy to leave without waiting in line. However, almost any other time on Labor Day (Monday) or the day before, there may be a long line to get out . . . although people were so shocked by last year's wait that there was a natural city-wide effort this year to spread out departure times . . . for some, as early as the day before the Burn. (People who left that early were mostly seasoned Burners who arrived early with special permission.) This year, I know of barely anyone who waited more than an hour or three to get out--if that.

[junglesmacks]

She means "Labour Day"..

[theCryptofishist]

Bank Holiday Monday

[Savannah]

She means "Labour Day"..

. . . . YOU'RE RIGHT. I should have done that. How did I miss a chance to put a "u" where it doesn't belong?

I love the word "favourite". It's like eating candy.

[Lonesomebri]

Labor Day.........ya see, here in Yankville, we celebrate May Day in the fall.......

[Bob]

I'm planning to come to Burning Man next year from the UK and what I need to know is - last year it started on the Monday and finished on the Monday. When do people pack up and leave? Monday or Tuesday? Is Monday the last full day? I want to get all I can from my trip and have to try to plan things out somehow although at the moment it's doing my head in. Help please

Read your ticket and Survival Guide, follow all signs, and obey the scruffy person in the Volare reminding you over the megaphone that Burning Man is over and go the fuck home.

[graidawg]

Hi this year i got home on the Wednesday before and left on the Tuesday after. (yay me!) However it was with EA passes and determination. you may have to find a theme camp to stay with and do various chores to get in early and 2 weeks in the desert is a hell of a stay, even if you don't want to leave after 7 day you almost certainly will after 9.

Overall i spent the best part of 5 weeks over the pond, by making plans to do other stuff, Misa seems to have been over there for about a year now (jealous) and i know of others who got a 6 month visa and traveled around seeing more of America before coming back to blighty. Its a question of how much money have you got and who do you know.

me I'm working on staying over (someone offer me a job please) (really please please please) so i can go every bloody year and have a life outside of seeing my friends at ttitd

[pink]

You could move into my backyard and work on my house for rent. Can't pay much though. But I have access to one of those wands you were so intrigued with!

[9ah]

Monday is when most folks that stayed for the temple burn leave. I left on Tuesday (or Wednesday) morning. The playa was down to about 5-7k at that point so there was no wait to get off the playa.

[graidawg]

You could move into my backyard and work on my house for rent. Can't pay much though. But I have access to one of those wands you were so intrigued with!

How did i miss this? its the best offer i have had so far. And tempting. lets talk about this pink.