What is Camp Mustache Midwest?Camp Mustache Midwest (or CM*MW) is three days of fun, friends, and finances, held outside Cincinnati, OH, from April 22nd-24th, 2022! Two nights’ accommodations and all meals, presentations, and activities are included in the $150 registration fee!
Camp Mustache events are community-run, not-for-profit, not-for-prophet, inclusive, and nature-conscious. Our attendees come from across the globe and from every corner of the FIRE internet. All attendees including the organizing committee and all speakers pay the same price and participate as equals in the discussion.
What will we do all day? Will Mr. Money Mustache speak at CM*MW?There will be both financial and non-financial sessions for all experience levels. All presentations and sessions are led by community members - including you, dear reader! The CM*MW organizing committee is currently planning the sessions. We would love to have you on the agenda! Please reach out if you would like to lead a session or have a request for a topic.
The purpose of Camp Mustache events is to interact with the Mustachian community, not just Mr. Money Mustache. Mr. Money Mustache is busy doing squats, carpentering, and living a brilliant retired life thousands of miles away.
Why come to CM*MW?Don’t know a Roth from a wrench? Come to CM*MW and learn how to put the building blocks of FIRE in place in your life from other people who are doing it today.
Are your friends really tired of hearing you rant about Rule 72(t)? Come to camp and make new friends who understand the FIRE way of life.
Have you put in many steps on the FIRE path? Come to camp and share your knowledge with your fellow FIRE folk, and deepen your connection to the FI community.
How is CM*MW dealing with COVID? What happens if the pandemic worsens?We request that all attendees are fully vaccinated before attending camp, but will not verify vaccination status. If you are not vaccinated we request that you look after the health of your fellow attendees by exercising extreme diligence in wearing a mask, washing your hands, and physically distancing yourself whenever possible.
If we are
unable to hold Camp Mustache, at your choice you may either 1) push your registration to the following year or 2) receive a
partial refund of the fee you pay, offset by your share of the costs already incurred for the event.
If we are
able to hold Camp Mustache, we will be unable to offer refunds for any reason. If you are unable or unwilling to come to camp whether due to inability to enter the US, because you are sick, or because you do not feel comfortable, we would suggest you attempt to resell your ticket to a prospective attendee on our waitlist.
Where is CM*MW held?Camp Mustache Midwest is held in a rustic outdoor camp setting. For security reasons, the venue name and address will be released only to ticket holders.
Camp Mustache Midwest is physically located in southwest Ohio, outside Cincinnati. You can drive there with your car, or if you’re flying in from further away the camp is 50 minutes from DAY, 60 minutes from CVG, and 105 minutes from CMH. Please carpool if you are able! For confirmed attendees, the CM*MW subforum has threads to organize carpools from nearby cities and airports.
What will staying at CM*MW be like?Our venue provides cabins and common buildings surrounded by sports fields, a scenic river, woods, and hiking trails. Our camp will feed and house us, and will also provide us with opportunities for badass fitness and naturey enrichment like looking at plants, high ropes, and canoeing (weather permitting). As part of registration you will be asked for any dietary needs that our venue will need to accommodate.
We will be taking over a set of four climate controlled bunkhouses. Each bunkhouse has a common room and two bunkrooms with a dozen beds each in them. There will be 10 people per bunkroom, and we will have both mixed-gender and single-gender bunkrooms. As part of registration you can indicate friends (of any gender) you would like to room with. If you do not express a preference, you will be assigned to a single-gender bunkroom.
Can I bring my family?We encourage you to bring your partner if you are both interested in learning more about the FIRE world. Just make sure to select the correct number of tickets when you pre-register (see below). Because there is no child-specific programming planned and we will be staying in large communal bunkrooms, CM*MW is not recommended for children or teens.
How does registration work?We are targeting 75 attendees for CM*MW 2021. The pre-registration list opens on Friday 8/20 at noon EST. It will stay open until Aug 30th or until it reaches 150 people. When you pre-register, you will indicate food and room preferences as well as whether you would like to lead a session.
We will contact 75 provisional attendees on August 31st. These provisional attendees have until September 5th to pay the $150 per person registration fee to claim their spots at camp. We would prefer payment in USD but can likely make other currencies work. Provisional attendees who do not pay by September 5th will have their spots offered to someone else.
If you are not selected off the pre-registration list, or would like to attend but don’t get on the list in time, you can try to buy an unneeded ticket at face value here in the Camp Mustache subforum. We will lock down attendance one month before camp; after that time, if you buy a secondhand ticket, you may not be able to change dietary or rooming preferences.
Please note that other Camp Mustache events generally fill soon after registration opens.
What should I bring? Can I bring food, alcohol, and my dog?We will provide confirmed attendees with a complete packing list.
Nut-free outside food is allowed. However, please be very careful to ensure any outside food you bring is nut-free so that our venue can offer a safe experience to those with nut allergies.
Alcohol is not allowed at our venue. Alcohol has been permitted by other Camp Mustache events but our venue is unable to accommodate this.
Do not bring or consume any alcoholic beverages at CM*MW.
Pets are not allowed. Can I be on the organizing committee?Yes, we would love your help. Send us an email at
CampMustacheMW@gmail.com!
More questions? Ask away! You can contact us at
CampMustacheMW@gmail.com or leave a comment right here in this thread!