Camp EDC vs. Hotels: Which is Better for EDC Las Vegas?
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- Stuck between camping or doing a hotel for EDC Las Vegas? In this video, I'm going to be sharing my pros and cons list for each option0 based on my prior experience doing both for this festival!
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0:00 Intro
1:02 Hotel overview
2:37 Hotel Pro #1: Comfort
3:05 Hotel Pro #2: Extended Stay
3:42 Hotel Pro #3: EDC Week
4:15 Hotel Pro #4: Nightclubs
4:36 Hotel Pro #5: Transportation Options
5:04 Hotel Con #1: Traffic
5:32 Hotel Con #2: Not as immersed
6:02 Hotel Con #3: Additional Expenses
6:38 Camp EDC Overview
8:23 Camping Pro #1: Convenience
8:53 Camping Pro #2: Pre-party
10:12 Camping Pro #3: On-site Activities
11:19 Camping Con #1: The Noise
12:30 Camping Con #2: The Heat
12:50 Camping Con #3: The Food
13:18 Closing Thoughts
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What do you guys think: Camping or Hotels?
I prefer hotel but I also haven't even tried to camp. Camping would just be a struggle with flying in and having to bring all stuff for camping. Went in 19 and 21 took premier shuttles both times. Even with the traffic on the highway, I don't think I was ever on the bus for more than an hour. Also I'll say its very entertaining walking past people in the hotel lobbies and hearing the different things they say to each other about all the outfits and what not lol.
@@mattuc1995 aha that's funny! What an interesting experience to be surrounded by "normal" people in rave gear xD
literally a vegas local. CAMP ALL THE WAY.
I just returned from EDC 2022, and we stayed on strip at Mandaly Bay because I had a comp from Mlife. I wanted to camp, but did not obtain passes in beginning, and then they were sold out. We opted to drive 9 hours to Las Vegas. We had our car, so we took turns with being designated driver and drove ourselves the first 2 days. On the 3rd day, we shared an uber with another couple, so we all could 'party' at our leisure and not worry about the transportation. First day, we left really early and parking line was a little frustrating but not too terrible. The parking lot seemed far away at the time, and poorly organized. We were walking through what felt like a construction zone, dusty, rocky and definitely uphill. The last part is steep and you go up into the stadium to enter the festival. The outdoor bathrooms, near the stadium are Not open. You then have to walk all the way down to enter the actual festival. If you drive, you can't really stay to the end of the festival, because you will get trapped. We literally had a car right stopped right behind us blocking us in for hours, that was in line to get out. Day 2 we drove, but arrived later because we stopped for dinner. The line was so bad to get in, that it took us about 90 minutes to go like 3 miles. We were parked so far out in the green zone, that it literally was over a mile away, by our map. I developed a blister so bad (WORST I've ever had) that I could not wear any shoe with a back for over a week. The 3rd last day we took the uber. They must can access a different zone, because they dropped us not terribly far away, but still, not curbside. Leaving was not horrible, because we left early. Taxis/Uber/Lyft can run $100 each way and more. -----There are some services like oneNonly that have a hotel/shuttle combo and possibly transportation to and from limited cities as well. I have not tried the official EDC SHUTTLES because I heard some negative reviews. Unless, you can go in a group on like a party bus, I can't see getting too and from event being as anything but painful. There were helicopter rides being provided by some company for $500 per round trip for 1 day, for those people that have ridiculous amounts of money to burn. I will camp next year for sure if I can manage to secure passes for 2023. Over all, with the way transportion costs have risen, along with congestion, I think I will always opt to camp, from now on.
Camp EDC, no-brainer with me.
Camp EDC coupled with EDC just feels like a complete, cohesive experience. the lone year I stayed at a hotel during EDC 2022, it just felt painfully awkward having to leave the speedway via the shuttle each morning which takes about 75 minutes one-way, walk through the entire Rio, continue down Flamingo Road over to Palms where I was staying and then dwell in "real life" for a while in-between festival hours. It just isn't the same, you know? I just like the feeling of my entire EDC experience being 24/7, non-stop from beginning to end. 😊
On top of that, I always like to stay on the Strip a little before EDC as well as after EDC, so I'm definitely not missing out on the Vegas experience, as well as avoiding that ugly jet-lagging feeling of hurrying to the airport right after the festival grounds close. Before EDC 2023 I actually stayed at the Sahara for two nights before Camp EDC opened, and it gave me more than enough time to breathe everything in, take care of some last-minute errands including getting a spray tan and waxing treatments, as well as soak in some poolside action. Then right after EDC I stayed at the Horseshoe for a singular night and then Encore for three nights and my trip essentially shifted from festival mode to luxury mode: which made the trip as a whole feel full and vibrant. 😇
The biggest PRO for Camping is hand down the fact that you can go IN AND OUT of the festival! You can go in when it starts, party and dance and go back to your camping site to nap or freshen up or even call it a night. You can go back into Edc at midnight or later if you wanted which I loved so much!
Hands down, camp EDC. A whole additional experience for similar cost of hotel. See y'all soon
Happy I was able to get two units for my group 🙌🏽 can’t wait
Idk man. If you like to eat at nice fancy places and have options I would go with the hotel. Plus there’s clubs if you wanna attend pool parties at different clubs. But if you camp you don’t have to worry about Uber or getting over to the venue. You also have pre parties and after parties at the camp grounds… but food sucks. So it’s a give or take
Showers at EDC: WAKE UP EARLIER AND BEAT THE CROWDS. Incredibly worth getting up earlier walking into a clean shower with very little people.
Also, bring an inflatable mattress if you can. It’s so worth it. I brought a queen sized air mattress and the three of us in our tent (6’2” 350lbs friend, 5’10 160lbs friend, 6’0 220lbs me) we all had plenty of space on the mattress since we slept sideways.
Camp EDC all the way!! My neighbors became my besties for life! I also thoroughly enjoyed walking back to my tent mid-festival to take a catnap before going back out to see Kaskade at midnight. :)
One more pro for staying on the strip and also only if you drive there, is entering the festival from the bleacher side!! I cannot express enough the energy and excitement that jolts through your whole body as you slowly come out and see the whole festival from this viewpoint and hearing the thunderous cheer all around you. Truly a surreal way to start an epic weekend 😍 Would highly recommend, especially for first timers!!
Camp EDC in October last year was also my first time camping! The pre-party on Thursday was so much fun and it made me so happy and excited to get it all started.
I’ve always stayed in hotels before last year and I would always drive and park at the event. The walking can be very long but understandable. Over 100,000 people go to this event every day so it’s expected to be in traffic and walk a lot and far and wait in long lines but it’s a part of the experience in my opinion.
I’ll be staying in a hotel again this year and I’m as excited as if it were my first time going (I’ve gone to edc maybe 4 or 5 times)
I'm so glad your going this year, this is going to be my first edc and I've been following your content for awhile since I go to other festivals and now I'll get to hear about your experience co hosting knowing i was at that edc..💚💚
Another awesome video! You're the best 💛💛🐛 all your videos are sooo helpful
Awesome video with tips for all the new ravers and everyone debating for edc weekend. Me personally I'm a hotel person like you mentioned, big comfy bed, my own shower, but most importantly peace and quiet. This will be my 9th EDCLV and can't wait!!! Hopefully this year I can finally meet you in person and I finally joined lunchbox fam and bought my hydration backpack.
Thank you Emma! My wife and I are coming to EDC and Camp for the first time this year mostly based on your videos. We did EDCO last year (first EDM fest) and loved it. Your videos made the experience so much better. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and advice!!
I will be going to my first EDC this year and I will be camping also. I can't wait!
Done the hotels + shuttles 2 times, so I am SO excited to switch it up & try camping this year!! This video only added to my excitement :)
You’re right… really comes down to personal preference… I myself love the hotels! I just love being able to go somewhere private where I lay my head at… my own room own bathroom own shower own bed… maybe one day I’ll leave the comfort zone and try camp for the experience
the heat is something else. i think i’ll stay in a hotel just for that alone! I hope to try Camp EDC next year tho! thanks for the video
I went to EDC in 2021 and stayed at a Airbnb that was only $400 for the week and was about a 20 min drive from the festival. And was pretty close to the EDC shuttle service that we didn’t bother to use. What we didn’t calculate was traffic, that alone is the reason to stay at camp.getting ubers/ lyft was so hard. Especially if you’re under the influence trying to correspond with the drivers that also are having a hard time finding you was not fun for us. They have numbers and markers in the parking lot for rideshare but with so many people it wasn’t worth it.
On the first day of EDC I wound up not feeling good and tried my hardest but left maybe 3 hours in and to have to wait for an Airbnb for 30mins instead of just going straight to camp sucked.
Traffic on the last day was so bad, we couldn’t find the shuttle parking lot, the drivers were locked in traffic we eventually decided to walk about 2 miles down to the highway that wasn’t moving to try to see if any of the drivers we called were in the traffic for us to be picked up. There were other festival goers that fell asleep outside in the sun at the corners near the highway waiting too. We eventually got picked up by a bootleg Uber guy ( he had other festies in so we felt comfortable doing it) ( don’t recommend though) we were desperate. Took us 5 hours to get home that Monday morning.
TLDR
Just spend the money on camp EDC! No traffic and you can party longer!
First time going! So excited and can't wait to experience this May!
Will the shuttle passes be sold on the edc website or will where/when will they be available generally?
This is going to be my first ever EDC LAS VEGAS and Im doing Camp EDC for the first time! I’m so exciteeeeed!!!!
This will be my 14th EDC since 2008 and doing camp edc the past 2 years, camp edc is definitely the way to go!
I will say, if you get the premiere parking pass, you can skip the traffic that builds up to exit for the festival with its own designated exit.. Soo worth the money. I’ve done shuttle, and driving sitting in traffic for normal festival parking. But premiere parking was a game changer, as someone that prefers staying on the strip 😊
Means my group would need a DD though 😭
I really want to camp one year! Can't wait to see some of you beautiful people in May💖
AHHHHHH SO EXCITED!
I'm doing my first edc and first vegas trip this may 😬 I'm staying at the excalibur. Very excited and nervous. I hope the shuttles aren't a shit show
We are staying at Excalibur as well this year! Stayed at the MGM Grand in October for EDC. The strip is a lot of fun when we weren't at the festival with plenty of things to do. We are checking out one of the pool parties this year though.
Shuttle prices increasing too! 2021 was my first edc and I camped and I can’t imagine any other way! I will be getting to vegas on that wednesday 5/18 to get one night on the strip.
edc is going to be my first ever festival & doing camp too, im so excited!
omg you're going to LOVE it!
All your camping experiences were the same as mine when i camped in 2019 but we had the opposite with the temperature we had an AC but it was a frigid cold weekend in may like there was snow on the peaks nearby.....so it was bad but id love to give it another try with all the info i have now.
I took Premier Shuttles on 2019 and it was lovely… in less than 45 minutes I was back to my hotel 🥰 totally worth it to spend a little more for Premier instead of standard shuttles
Where was your hotel at?
@@FoamBear I stayed at the Strat
Earplugs are a MUST! I didn't have any the first night and it was torture. Next time I camp at a festival I think I'll probably bring melatonin as well
SO helpful, we ended up doing hotel!
I’ve done both and it really depends on you. For my I like the camping a lot more than the hotel. My advice to people who are doing either one. Try to bulk up on Vegas meal prep restaurants, especially if you are camping.
This year I’m doing a hotel of camping because we got a free place to stay at. If I didn’t I would bring a Rv/camper and split it with 8 people.
They had ac's when I went in 2018. They probably more than likely assumed it would be cold since it was moved to October last year. I'm going bk this May been had my tickets payed off since 2019. I'm excited!!
Camp is whole new experience, but I think its a preference for people. I prefer hotels than camp I don't like sleeping on the floor and I like my bed and shower and privacy. I've done hotel since edc2015 back then there was no camp cus of heat wave when it was held in June. I've stayed in Tropicana, luxor and treasure island.
I literally thought camping would ruin EDC, especially with all of the club parties, but I was very wrong.... I've RV 30amp camped every year since it started and camping blows away anything going on on the strip. Between actual EDC and Camp EDC, the party literally goes on for 3.5 days straight. Also being able to leave EDC with a separate entrance and go back to your camp and then get back in, is worth it by itself
Thank you!!!
I drove to EDC this year each day and had a fantastic experience! We got there early each day and only encountered traffic on Friday night going in. Would totally recommend driving if you time it right!
What time did you drive out to the speedway each day?
@@stephanienguyen6238 we were staying in an air BnB in north Vegas, so we left around 5pm each day. If you get there earlier than everyone, which we tried our best to do, you’ll get parked closer to the venue and have an easier time leaving. We left around 4:30am each day (we were tired) except stayed until the end on the last day. We barely hit traffic leaving, even on the last day.
LOL the jets in camping though, i dont miss those
So my biggest question is we’re doing camp, but we’re trying to go the clubs that Thursday night but we have to leave our car, can you leave the camp area and come back per say.
Definitely camping , last year we slept 4 hours a night in our hotel cause you gotta leave 2 hours ahead of the time that you wanna get there due to traffic 🙄
Big Facts. So much time spent traveling back and forth.
Shuttle? Don’t they have designated routes?
see ya there emma!
CAMP wins hands down, solely because of the time saved and lack of parking/commuting stress. Come prepared, and you will never even need to move your car or leave the campgrounds.
Does it get cold at night? The rainy/muddy situation in TomorrowWorld 2015 makes me not wanna try camping lol a nice hotel bed with air conditioning and peace & quiet sounds so nice, plus the Vegas experience is a bonus. Generally, how long is the the traffic usually?
In the past in May, it's been comfortable! Except for 2019, that was freak cold weather so just pay attention to the forecast and bring layers!
Depending on when you leave, I'd say on avg. it can take an hour to get to the festival, but I've also sat for 2 hours.
Do they sell liquor bottles at the camp store or were you talking about beers/seltzers?
Waited too long for shuttles and it ended up being cheaper to just buy a camping pass last night. Still a lot of money but I’m hoping it’s worth it.
We doing hotel edc first timers gonna be so dope. Been making Hella candy and perlers . We going vip too. 🤪 let's get PLUR ❤️
Are we allow to bring extra power surge protectors so we can have additional plugs to hook up charging phones/electric fans/etc.
Do they have bathrooms on the shuttles?? That's always been my biggest concern hearing about the traffic
Most of them are locked. Probably for the best considering what the porta potties end up looking like lol
Let’s hope they have A/C’s in camp this time 🥴
They confirmed that they will
Thank you for this info. I'm just concerned and worried when shuttle purchase will start.
don't be nervous! they'll post updates and just set a reminder to get a pass
Welp , stoked I got a camp edc pass for me n the squads first time this may. Question , can you bring in your own food such as snacks and stuff into camp? Trying to avoid expensive food that’s not worth it as much as possible
Yes!
@@EmmaKapotes It has be unopened correct? Freshly sealed?
@@alexisbrown9941 typically yea but they don’t check that close
I prefer the hotels - however, I have not seen any shuttle passes for sale, yet.....
I would love the reentry at camp edc but I’m also 37 and I can’t hang lol
You didn’t cover this fully but how do prices compare when doing camp or hotel+shuttle? Is one cheaper over the other?
So for camping in moonglow I believe our tent (and we split it by 4) was around $1350ish. + flight, festival ticket, Uber to and from airport and then food.
Cost of hotel varies so much depending on where you book! We’ve done some places that we’re only like $250 each for 5 nights so that was a little cheaper than the camp, but we spent $99 on the shuttle pass OR when we did Ubers it varies every day and we split that.
Assuming you have all the camping equipment, what’s the general cost comparison between camping vs. hotels? Do you feel like you overall spent more money as a result of camping or less?
Camping in Moon Glow was around $350-375ish a person for a 4 person tent. You can definitely find a hotel for a little bit less than that, but that's pretty good for the convenience.
I saved anywhere from $100-150 on transportation by just being at camp and not having to do uber or shuttles. Also didn't have to spend extra on any nightclub or pool party entry.
So probably saved a little by being at camp!
See y’all under the electric sky !❤️
How do you make a hair braid appointment 😮😭💖💖?
HOTEL ALL THE WAY. and only going to the party after 1:00 in the morning to avoid traffic. and only spend a couple hours each night at the festival. it gets tiring fast...
wait what lol
If me and my friends bought two tents is it possible to get them next to each other ? Or are they give out randomly ?
Yes, you just need to arrive at the same time and you can go up to the counter together and ask. We did that with our group and we got tents across from one another.
Luxor is not mid strip lol.
Also, way up Las Vegas blvd near the speedway, there is hotels that could have been recommended to avoid majority of traffic
I misspoke!
How much was the braiding...debating on getting them before I go or just getting them there
The braiding was complimentary but be warned I waited in line for so long. There was a line already when it opened at 10am and I stood in line until 3pm to get them done. So just try to get in line before 10.
@@vk7891 😮 oh wow!! Thank you for that.
@@Inn0centlyBad it was not complimentary as far as I know! It cost me $120 ish for the two French braids. More complicated styles cost more!
@@EmmaKapotes ohhh.....I wonder what line she got in 🤔😅 but I might just get them done before I go then. half the price
How was the WiFi at the campsite?
Need a shuttle announcement. Hope to hear about it soon. We're 2 months out.
THIS! I keep Doing them and nothing from them, also they took it down from their website for last year maybe getting ready to post it soon.
see u at camp friend
I go for camps hotel's are like an hour away plus camps are part of it
Camp EDC is expensive when it comes to food. Just be super prepared!
Have you done premier shuttles?
Just GA!
i just cant get pass how the guy at 56 sec is dragging his bag
I'm going for the first time and I'm scared about the transportation
i stayed at a hotel for edc 2021 and i do not recommend it. TRAFFIC AND UBER PRICES! unfortunately not attending edc 2022 but going to lost lands 2022!
Hey Emma, what’s a good time to shower?
I showered one day right when I came back from the festival so like 530ish and it was empty. I also did like 10-11 one day and there was a little bit more of a line. Mid day when people wake up is probably the most crowded
Always shower when you get back from the festival before you go to sleep. The showers were always empty at 4-7am. Once it hits 9-10am the lines are wild. I would also not shower from 2-4 just because everyone is getting ready for the event. We would sometimes shower at 6-8 and never had a line.
Those jets were the worst 😩
It was my first EDC. I camped and there was no Ac for 2021. I'd say hotels. But camping is fun if you like to meet people and just do drugs and drink together.
the 15 min walk to and from camp was the ideal situation!
Hotel = Some sleep
Camp = No Sleep
In other words stay in a hotel, got it. :)
Your camping cons were too accurate lol
The heat part kind of irrelevant since they ac's will be back
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Camping is better
Hotels if you want to sleep, Camp if sleep isn't important 😂
It felt Like camp? Really 🤔
Good feedback you left alot out tho
Camp EDC and its not even close
Hotels and airbnbs. Because, gas stoves are annoying.