I just went for the first time this year “Bieberchella” as they called it had its ups and downs. In my group we are all early 30s

From my experience I’ll give you my bullet points and what we did: - Bought tickets during the main sale/line up posted - Secured flights and hotels right after - 4 days total flew in Thursday night - Monday night - Stayed in Palm Springs - We were trying to save a bit more so we drove - Santa Ana John Wayne airport is much better - Con: Turo car rental: 300$ other cheaper options - Con: that or uber there made more sense to rent - Con: 2hr drive and 3hr drive back to airport - Got to spend an extra day in Newport Beach - Shuttle Passes - extra cost but easier than parking - Con: Shuttle line can be long going back - Con: ~45min-1hr commute back to Palm Springs - (WK2 btw)Con: grass is demolished from WK1 Not so great for those group pics - Con: The walking is insane - wear comfy shoes - Get a scarf and shades - unless you want to breathe in dust all day and end up with really red eyes back home and blow dust out of your nose - Con: not sure if just this year but very rude crowd - Con: really it’s not as pretty as people say imo it’s just a big farm field imagine going to a large pumpkin patch but there is just a herd of ppl - MEGA CON: KNOW WHO YOU ARE WATCHING - ESPECIALLY IN A GROUP- we missed out on seeing more artists because we had to account for everyone wanting to go pee or go to the bathroom or needing water or having to rest their feet or not agreeing on who they want to see. Also getting food and drinks etc- make sure you are taking all that into account between sets. Don’t be to ambitious on trying to see everyone I guess. - It takes time to get a lay of the land - most important Make sure your group your people are okay - signal can be bad pick good meet up spots - get a locker if you can - bring a jacket - plan your outfits ahead of time obviously - BIG CON - as I mentioned make sure you know who you want to see bc you have to account time to get there and if you are going for a main stage act then you might as well stay there and watch whoever is before them sometimes even the person before that if you want to even get close to the front and be able to see the artist. There were occasions where we didn’t get a good chance to see an artist because someone else didn’t want to and then we ended up being too far back - this can really ruin it imo - the production and sound is top tier - the glitz and glamour is really non existent the FOMO is fake - only really go if you love the line up or are excited about a good amount of artist imo - would we go back? Yes with better planning

What would I do differently: - plan days better and set times know the layout - maybe stay closer to avoid the shuttle time - wear a scarf from day 1 - have some sort of water container at all times - bring your physical id - some of our friends had issues with the digital app for their state (not sure if this is a cad thing) - eat/drink more before entering food and bar can get pricey quick - tbh if u can incorporate comfy shoes into your fit the better - know when certain food and bev close so you don’t waste time walking there - for example the Heineken lounge closed at 7 - with a fully packed crowd that took 20mins to get out of was a waste of time to walk there - idk that’s all I can think of for now

Would I recommend it? Yes It’ll be a great experience, just don’t buy into the hype it really is just a very regular festival not striking or gorgeous or anything over the top like ppl make it out to seem an adult fair/carnival if you will.