I'm Nicole Lapin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand.

It's time for some money rehab. Picture a towering Ferris wheel in the middle of the desert surrounded by giant palm trees

and thousands of beautiful people in extravagant outfits dancing in the sun.

Welcome to Coachella, my friends, the mega music festival in Indio California where 250,000 fans flock every April to see the top musical

artists in the world. Coachella spans not one but two weekends every

year and its lineup boasts some of the biggest names in music.

Beyon, Prince, Harry Stiles, Kendrick Lamar and Billy Eilish have all graced the stages

of Coachella. Toe, Tupac even rose from the dead to perform at Coachella in 2012.

Okay, so maybe it was just a super realistic hologram, but legendary and over the top, classic Coachella behavior.

And not only is it tax season and financial literacy month, it is also Coachella season.

This year the festival starts on April 14th

and has Bad Bunny, Black, Pink, and Frank Ocean

headlining the festival, along with over 150 other A-Listers and up-and-coming artists. It all sounds almost too good to be true.

There must be a catch, Labin. Well, yes, there is. The price tag. So what would a glorious glitter-covered

Coachella experience cost you? Let's break it down. For attendees, festival passes range from 550 to 1100 bucks per weekend.

Then you've got to rest your head somewhere, right? Well, you can't sleep easy at those prices.

The average nightly rate for an Airbnb in Indio is $1,400. That's right, just for one night.

Then you've got your travel expenses with flights, shuttles, and ubers or lifts, tacking on hundreds of

dollars to get you to and from the glamorous Palm Springs Airport and back and forth between

your lodgings and the festival grounds in

indio. Oh and you're hungry? How about a $17 corn dog after 30 minutes of

waiting in line? And that is not an odd hypothetical. That is a real life

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