The time for the annual Burning Man Festival has been determined. Friends who want to participate in the event should not miss it. The editor below will introduce the guide to purchasing tickets during the event. After all, it’s hard to get tickets every year.

The 2008 Burning Man Festival will be held from August 25th to September 2nd in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, USA. Even if you are not sure whether you can arrive at that time, just grab your tickets first. With a ticket in hand, anything is possible.

Important websites

Burning Man official website:

Ticket purchase process

The process of grabbing tickets is actually very simple:

1. Create your Burner Profile account on the official Burning Man website.

2. Register an account with Ticketfly, which is the ticketing agent that cooperates with Burning Man.

3. Keep in mind the registration time and invoicing time of the target ticket pool, and be sure to calculate the time difference.

4. You will receive an official reminder email on the eve of registration and invoicing. You can click on the link in the email to go directly to the registration and ticketing page.

5. Register as soon as possible to grab tickets. You need to queue up to buy tickets. When the queuing time is up, you can enter the ticket purchase page. After selecting the tickets and quantity you want to purchase, you need to pay by credit card and fill in your mailing address.

6. After selecting the tickets and quantity you want to purchase, you need to pay with MasterCard or Visa and fill in the mailing address.

7. After the payment is successful, you can wait for the ticket collection with peace of mind.

: Basic ticket information

1. All ticket buyers need to create a Burner profile on the official website - Burning Man in advance, which is equivalent to an account. Make sure your information is complete and up to date. The official website will send you various information, registration, and ticket purchase links via email.

2. Each different ticket pool needs to be registered independently before issuing tickets.

3. Registering to buy tickets does not guarantee that you will be able to buy tickets or vehicle passes.

4. If you buy a ticket priced at US$425 in any ticket sale, you cannot buy another ticket priced at US$425 in any subsequent ticket sale.

5. One person can only place an order with one credit card. (But you can buy 2 to 4 tickets at a time, depending on the type of ticket pool)

6. You cannot use the same credit card to place multiple orders. (Repeat step 5)

7. The name on the credit card you used to purchase the ticket will be the name on your ticket order form.

8. Only Master or Visa credit cards are accepted.

9. All tickets sold, including bus tickets and vehicle passes, are non-refundable. (But it can be resold through the official website)

10. Tickets purchased online can be transferred or renamed.

11. Tickets and vehicle passes can only be resold at face value. Any resale above face value may be disqualified without further notice or refund.

Ticket purchase schedule

Then let’s take a look at this ticket sale schedule: (Note! The dates and times listed in the picture below are PST in the United States, not Beijing, China Time! This is not the time in other time zones in the United States! Please be sure to calculate the time difference when buying tickets)

Burning Man tickets are mainly divided into six types according to the target group, plus vehicle passes (can only be purchased after purchase). Enter, one ticket per car, but all passengers on the car must hold tickets). In order to get as many people as possible to buy tickets, the organizers have many restrictions on ticket purchases. Although the number of tickets in different ticket pools varies greatly, the treatment you enjoy after entering Black Rock City is exactly the same. There is no need to buy expensive tickets if you can buy cheap tickets. Of course, expensive tickets are much better than cheap tickets.

These six types of tickets are:

FOMO pre-sale tickets

(The pre-sale tickets were renamed a few years ago.) The most expensive kind of tickets, and This year, its price has increased, from US$990 to US$1,200 last year to US$1,400 this year, with a total of 4,000 tickets saved. Relatively speaking, it is easier to buy. Rich people who are not short of money can consider it. Each order is limited to 2 tickets and 1 vehicle pass.

Low-income tickets

The cheapest ticket specially prepared for low-income people is 210 US dollars, and there are 4,500 deposit tickets.

However, an application must be submitted and provide proof of low income, disability or unemployment

There are 32,000 $425 tickets and 15,000 $100 vehicle passes. This ticket is specifically available to groups that have partnered with Burning Man to ensure access to key themed camps, art installations, float crews and artists. Although the stock is large, individual customers basically cannot count on it.

So after excluding these three items, only main sales, STEP and OMG sales have the greatest opportunities for the general public. It is recommended that you focus on prevention.

Main Ticket Hall

The Main Sales is the largest ticket pool open to the public. This year's main sales are 23,000 general admission tickets priced at $425 and 10,000 vehicle passes priced at $100. Each person can only buy a maximum of two tickets and one vehicle pass. If you have already purchased tickets during the targeted group sales of designated group tickets or the FOMO pre-sale stage, you cannot register to purchase main-sale tickets. If you don't get a ticket in the main sale, there are two ticket pools later to make up for it, but because there are few tickets, the chance is even smaller.

STEP official ticket transfer system

Steps, secure ticket exchange procedures. If the ticket buyer is unable to attend for some reason after purchasing the ticket, he can transfer his ticket through this system, but he can only resell it at the face price. Buyers can log in to STEP (BM registration is required first) and then submit their ticket purchase application. After the application is submitted, they will receive an email telling you that if there is a ticket source, they will send you an email with a purchase link, which is valid for 72 hours. If you haven't purchased a $425 ticket before, you can do so here. But only when someone gives a ticket, the system will send the purchase link to the buyer in the order they were queued during registration.

The opening time of the STEP system has not yet been announced.

Gsale final ticket

Gsale, the last chance to buy tickets on the tube network, is a lucky draw. Tickets are $550 and there are only 3,000 reserved tickets and 1,500 $100 vehicle passes. Each person can only buy a maximum of two tickets and one vehicle pass. Tickets are also only available to those who don't purchase the $425 ticket, but vehicle passes can be purchased separately here.

In addition, there are tickets for children. Although I think Burning Man is a very unsuitable place for children (the living environment is harsh and full of alcohol, sexual symbols and soft drugs), this community is still open to children and families, and the people who bring their children to participate every year are particularly many. Children 12 years old and under can enter for free when accompanied by a ticket-holding guardian, but they must print out the free child ticket and bring it with them. If you want to bring more than one child aged 12 and under, you will need to bring a child ticket for each child. Children's tickets will be available for printing on May 15th.

VehiclePasses

In addition, there are 27,000 vehicle passes available for $100 each. Each ticket pool can be purchased, and it is not difficult to buy. However, at most every two tickets can be matched with one vehicle pass. You can only buy one vehicle pass with one order, and you cannot buy more. All vehicles entering Black Rock City during Burning Man must have their vehicle pass affixed to their car window in order to pass through ticket control. Motorcycles and trailers are free. A vehicle pass does not mean you can drive in Black Rock City. When you arrive at the campsite, the car must be parked in a fixed location. The only modes of transportation in Black Rock City are by foot, bike, or float.

Of course, the most important thing is to get the tickets. If you decide to rent a car and drive in, you can also buy a vehicle pass. But even if not, there are many ways to ride on other people's cars, or take the Burner Express provided by the organizer, it won't be a problem.

There are also scalpers. Although the organizers nominally prohibit everyone from reselling at a high price, in fact it is difficult to get a ticket for Burning Man. How come there is no such market? It is recommended that everyone actively join various Burning Man WeChat groups. Every time on the eve of Burning Man, there are always some people transferring tickets. However, since reselling at an increased price goes against the spirit of Burning Man, I won’t go into details here, and I also urge everyone to try to resell at a fair price.

For more detailed information about ticketing, you can also check the official website yourself.

Ticket delivery

Let’s talk about ticket delivery. All tickets will be mailed in mid-June, and the mailing address and method can be modified before 12 noon on June 6.

After buying the ticket, you can choose three ways to get it (

1. Friends living in the United States can choose USPS signature confirmation ($15) or UPS 2-day air shipping ( 22 US dollars), the latter is definitely faster

2. Friends who live in Canada use Canada Post ordinary parcel (29 US dollars) or Canada Ups Express (39 US dollars). .For those who live outside the United States and Canada, the most convenient way is to choose to reserve a ticket on call ($15), which means that the Burning Man organizer will reserve your ticket for you at Blackstone. On-site, go to the ticket office at the door with your passport or other documents recognized by the organizer. However, it is said that the organizer also provides international mailing services. If you are within the service range, you can come and ask if you choose international. Mail.

Of course, people living in the United States and Canada can also choose WillCall if you are worried about losing your ticket or no one is home when you arrive.

As a person who is desperate for the US postal system. Man, I strongly recommend you choose WillCall. I won't tell you how many emails I sent to the organizer after missing the damn express, asking about the whereabouts of the ticket. Eventually, the ticket was transferred to WillCall.

< p>Finally, after popularizing the useful information about ticket grabbing, the next serious question is: I know all the reasons, but how can I maximize the success rate of ticket grabbing?

I have summarized it for you. The following suggestions:

1. Register a BurnerProfile account and a Ticketfly account in advance

2. When the ticketing time comes (usually 12 noon PST), log in to the system as soon as possible and queue up, but There is no point in entering before the ticket opening time.

3. Instead of looking for an entrance on the website, it is better to receive a reminder email from the organizer and go directly to the ticket grabbing page through the link in the email. It's important to have an email address that doesn't work.

4. If the link doesn't work, or the website crashes, don't be discouraged, keep trying, especially if you see it's not available, sold out, or not available. You have to continue to click on the ticket purchase button on the page to have a chance to print out the ticket. (This is how I got the ticket. Others gave up when they saw it was sold out, but I knocked a few times and the ticket came out.)< /p>

5. Restart your computer before starting the invoicing, and do not open any other irrelevant windows to avoid technical obstacles.

6. You can try using different browsers such as Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc. InternetExplorer - It can be done.

7. Have a suitable credit card ready. The organizer only accepts Visa or Master, not PayPal.

8. Make sure you have enough credit card. of the amount, notify the bank in advance to ensure that the bank will not reject the transaction.

9. If you can choose, use a local credit card in the United States. Overseas ticket buyers have previously complained about problems using wildcards.

10. Internet speeds vary from place to place, and the probability is high. It’s best to ask friends from other places to help you grab tickets. The more the merrier. If the explanation is not clear, please pass this guide to them~

11. If asked during the ticket purchase process how many Burning Man festivals you have attended, answer 0 times. It is said that there is data to prove that virgin burners (people who attend Burning Man for the first time) are more likely to get the chance to buy tickets. I don't know if this is the algorithm in the system.