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For the flight in

Ship your Burning Man gear to Reno.

You are flying in, from another country or from another state, and the suitcase is not a camp. Order on Amazon from home. Have the box waiting at a Reno locker, a Hub counter, or the hotel, then pick it up when you land.

Amazon buttons on this page are affiliate links, using our tag. Your price does not change. We do not ship the carton, and we do not meet you at the locker.

We are an independent outfitter. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Burning Man Project. The event name is used so you know which week this is for.

Before you fly

Timing your delivery

Order from home, on Amazon.com, two to four weeks before you fly. Aim for the box to arrive one or two days before you land. This page does not know your flight date, so we are not printing a calendar day. Count back from the day you fly. The trip planner uses that same window.

  1. 1

    2 to 4 weeks before

    Place the order from home. The box ships inside the United States to Reno. It does not ride in the suitcase.

  2. 2

    1 to 2 days before you land

    That is the arrival we would aim for. Early enough to be there, late enough that a short hold still covers you.

  3. 3

    A few days of holding

    A locker or a Hub counter is not a storage unit for the week you are still at home.

Plan on a few days, not a week. Amazon's pickup page says a locker holds a package for three days, and a staffed counter for seven. The same page says pickup times vary by location, and it tells you to read the confirmation email. Amazon's locker help is the other place that window is printed. If you will land more than a few days after the delivery, ship to the hotel or the Airbnb instead, and confirm they will hold it until check-in.

Some Amazon items let you choose a delivery date at checkout. Not all of them do. If that choice is missing, time the order so the usual delivery lands a day or two before you do.

Lockers have a size limit. Amazon's eligibility page is that rule. If checkout will not offer a locker, the item does not fit one. A shade structure, a stack of water jugs, or a long cot goes to the hotel, or to a carrier hold, for a piece you ordered through our links.

Which address

Pick your option

Three cases. The order is still the Amazon one. We are not sending you to a store we cannot track.

  • You land on the delivery day, or within a couple of days

    An Amazon Locker or Amazon Hub counter in Reno. Choose it at amazon.com checkout.

  • You land more than a few days after the delivery

    Your hotel or Airbnb. Call first, and ask them to hold it until check-in.

  • The piece is bulky

    The hotel, or a FedEx or UPS hold. A shade structure, water jugs, or a long cot. Not a locker.

The week, in order

  1. 1

    2 to 4 weeks before you fly

    Order from home

    Use the lists below. Each piece is its own Amazon listing. We do not pack one carton for you.

  2. 2

    1 to 2 days before you land

    Have it arrive before you do

    Aim for that. If the listing offers a delivery date, use it. If it does not, place the order early enough that the usual transit still lands in that window.

  3. 3

    The day you land

    Pick it up

    A locker or a Hub counter if you are inside the hold window. The hotel desk if you asked them to keep it until check-in.

  4. 4

    Still in Reno

    Do the shop run

    Food and drinking water are still a supermarket in Reno or Sparks. The box does not replace that. Gerlach is the last services, not the grocery store.

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    Then the drive

    Leave town with it in the rig

    The parcel, the water, and the food go in the vehicle. There is not a shop in Black Rock City you should count on.

Where the box waits

Lead with a locker or a Hub counter when the timing fits. The hotel is the other address we would actually use. Both are chosen on the Amazon order.

Amazon Locker or Hub counter

At amazon.com checkout, choose an Amazon Locker or an Amazon Hub counter in Reno. Amazon's pickup page is the finder. We are not naming a street, an hour, or a size we have not read there. The week before the event is the busy week for lockers. Order before that week. Amazon's pickup page says there is no added charge to use a locker or a counter. That sentence is theirs.

Hotel or Airbnb

Ship to the place you are sleeping in Reno. Call before you order and ask if they will hold a box until you check in. Put your name and your arrival date on the address line. We are not quoting a hotel's policy. Their front desk is the one that says yes.

A carrier hold, for a bulky piece

FedEx or UPS can hold a bulky box that a locker will not take, when that box was ordered through our links. Bring the ID the counter asks for. A passport is the usual one when the name on the order is yours. We are not linking a locator for those carriers.

Other options. A shop counter in town is another way people collect a parcel. We don't have a tracked link for those stores, so we don't send you there. Some foreign cards are declined at a US register. A backup card, or PayPal, is worth having if you still shop in person.

Worth knowing before you pay

  • The week before the event is the busy week for lockers and for the shops in Reno. Order before that week.
  • Prices on the listings are in US dollars. Check your card's foreign transaction fee. We don't know your bank's number.
  • A bike for the week is a rental or a purchase in Reno, not a line in this box. Lights and a lock are in the box.
  • We don't ship one carton, and we don't meet you at the locker. You order. Amazon delivers. You pick it up.

The order

The Reno box

Dust, shade, light, water, a bike lock and lights, and the camp basics. Best is the list we would ship. Better is the working list. Good is the shorter one. A usual range on a card is a typical price, not today's.

Pick one list. They are three ways to spend, not three boxes you add together.

Each card opens the shop. Amazon links are affiliate links. Your price does not change. How the links work.

Best

The box we'd ship

A shade frame, cloth, water you can carry and haul, a quiet power station, bike lights and a lock, dust gear, a cot, and a bag. The frame, the jugs, and the cot are bulky. Send those to the hotel or a carrier hold. If checkout will not offer a locker, that piece does not fit one.

Bulky. Hotel or a carrier hold. Impact Canopy 10 by 10, straight leg, Reliance Aqua-Tainer, 7 gallon, two pack, TETON Outfitter XXL camp cot.

Better

The working list

Cloth and lags if the frame is already solved, a pack, lights, a lock, dust gear, a bag, and a phone bank. Still one Amazon order per piece.

Good

The shorter list

Goggles, a respirator, a wrap, shade cloth and lags, a bladder, electrolytes, bike lights, a lock, and a headlamp. It is not a shade structure. If checkout will not offer a locker for the cloth, send that piece to the hotel.

The list, to copy or print

The names open the same Amazon listings as the buttons above, with our tag on the link. Copy it, or print this page.

Send me this list

Email the packing list.

The email is the packing list already on this site. The Reno box on this page can be copied or printed now, with the shop links in it. Leave an address if you want the packing list sent later.

Jump to the Reno list

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Questions

Can I order Burning Man gear from home and have it waiting in Reno?
Yes. Order on Amazon.com, through the links on this page, and ship it to a locker, a Hub counter, or your hotel in Reno. The box ships inside the United States. It does not ride in the suitcase, and it does not ship from your country unless that listing says so.
What if I can't pick the package up right away?
Plan on a few days. Amazon's pickup page says a locker holds a package for three days and a staffed counter for seven, and it also says the window varies by location. Read the confirmation email, and read Amazon's locker help for the current window. If you will land more than a few days after the delivery, ship to the hotel or Airbnb and confirm they will hold it until check-in.
How early should I order for a Reno pickup?
Two to four weeks before you fly, aimed at a delivery one or two days before you land. We don't have your flight date, so we don't print a calendar day. The week before the event is the busy week for lockers. Order before that week.
Will an Amazon locker in Reno take a shade structure?
Lockers have a size limit, and Amazon's eligibility page is that rule. If checkout will not offer a locker, the item does not fit one. Send a shade structure, a stack of jugs, or a long cot to the hotel, or hold it at FedEx or UPS. A bike is a Reno rental or purchase, not a line in this box.
Can I pick the delivery date?
Some Amazon items let you choose a delivery date at checkout. Not all of them do. If the date is not offered, time the order so the usual delivery lands a day or two before you do.
Are you affiliated with Burning Man, and are these affiliate links?
No, we are not affiliated with Burning Man Project. Amazon links on this page are affiliate links. Your price does not change. Prices are in US dollars. Your bank's foreign transaction fee is yours to check. We don't know it, and we don't call a price the lowest.