If you are the kind of person that wants to enjoy the great outdoors, but not really get your hands dirty and sleep in uncomfortable tents and eat food cooked poorly over an open fire, there is a fabulous new alternative for you now…
Glamping — bring me the fancy camping experience.
Glamping is a new trend that actually isn’t that new, in reality. Tourism outfits began offering glamping trips a few years ago, but it seems to be a trend that has really just taken off more fully in the last year or so.
Though dismissed by hard-core leave-no-trace campers, glamping can still be an environmentally sound outdoor experience, even if it does include creature comforts more akin to a typical high-end hotel stay.
Though it is a relatively new trend in the United States and Europe, with its origins harking back to Africa and even Thailand, glamping sites are starting to pop up everywhere, with prepitched tents, tepees and yurts rising out of the landscape as far as the eye can see.
Making the kids sleep in a plain old tent is so 2010. What you need is a yurt, the tent’s more glamorous cousin and perfect for all those who are allergic to soggy sleeping bags and torchlit trots to the toilet block. After one of my recent flights to Cyprus, I enjoyed a glamping spot there — it was amazing.
These yurts are spacious, waterproof and come complete with carpets, comfy beds and coffee tables. You’ll find en-suite facilities and even the odd Jacuzzi, and they’re springing up all over the place this year. Those are just a few of the luxury items available on a typical glamping experience.
Rates for weekends run from about $100 or so to up to almost a thousand dollars, all depending on the type of luxury you require. In the coming weeks and months, I will be going over many more of the options available in this form of travel.
The new future of outdoors sleeping… for those with the means to enjoy it. For those with good luck and those used to 3 star dining.
Um, awesome. That yurt looks nicer than our old apartment.
I located a great Glamping site in Costa Rica. Its has Four warm thermal pools, luxurious Chozas or teepees and excellent service. Its located in La Fortuna de Bagaces and its a better than all the surrounding motels.
If you get to Costa Rica, this is one of the best experiences you will find.