Camp Mustache

File Camp Mustache under the creator economy's strangest and most wholesome product: the fan sleepaway camp. It is run by Mr. Money Mustache (Pete Adeney), mrmoneymustache.com, flagship FIRE-movement blog with millions of readers. The format is a weekend-length sleepaway in Washington, and the draw is less the archery than the chance to spend real time inside a community that normally only exists in a comment section.

A woodsy Washington-state lodge weekend where about 50 devotees of the Mr. Money Mustache early-retirement blog talk index funds around the campfire, with blogger Pete Adeney himself attending for Q&A sessions. Note: it's organized by superfan readers rather than Adeney directly, making it a fan-run camp anchored to a creator. It has run nearly every Memorial Day weekend since 2014 and spawned regional spinoffs.

The experience

Practical picture: the format is 3-night weekend sleepaway, ~50 campers, Memorial Day weekend; spinoffs incl. Camp Mustache Toronto. Because it runs as a short sleepaway rather than a full week, it works as a first adult camp: long enough to drop your guard, short enough to risk on a hunch. Campers are adults only, so expect the particular energy of grown-ups given permission to play without an audience of children.

Cost

Published pricing: $200-400 USD (all-inclusive, non-profit). That puts it at the affordable end of the adult camp market, where most all-inclusive weekends land between $400 and $1,000. Check exactly what the ticket bundles before comparing prices; here, lodging and meals are wrapped in, which makes the sticker price more honest than it first looks.

Where and when

The venue is in Pacific Northwest lodge, Washington. On timing, the operator's own line is the one to trust: Annual since 2014; 2024 and 2025 editions confirmed.