Have you ever gone glamping before and if so where?

[Buzz Rules]

Have you ever gone glamping before and if so, where and what kind of tent did you use?

 

[kdonnel]

Sorta, kinda, and we found out we are NOT tent people.

I guess many years ago at this point we wanted to try camping at Ft Wilderness. We cobbled together a combo trip. Three nights at Bay Lake Tower followed up by three nights at Ft. Wilderness.

First of all that is the wrong order, we should have done the tent part first.

The weather for the first part of the trip was amazing. For the second part it rained, alot.

We airconditioned our tent. Had a window unit and an attachment we had cobbled together so that was our glamping part. We were at least cool in our tent in Florida in July.

But it rained and rained and rained. You could see the water line on the outside of the tent where the water had got when the site flooded. It really put a damper on the camping activities.

 

[Stratman50th]

I don't know what this "glamping" is that you speak of. We have a motorhome but I don't consider it glamping. It's our rolling condo/home away from home.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I don't know what this "glamping" is that you speak of. We have a motorhome but I don't consider it glamping. It's our rolling condo/home away from home.
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From Google:

glamp·ing
/ˈɡlampiNG/
noun
a form of camping involving accommodation and facilities more luxurious than those associated with traditional camping.
"glamping is likely to satisfy any city slicker seeking a little refuge in nature—without foregoing any of life's luxuries".

 

[Stratman50th]

From Google:

glamp·ing
/ˈɡlampiNG/
noun
a form of camping involving accommodation and facilities more luxurious than those associated with traditional camping.
"glamping is likely to satisfy any city slicker seeking a little refuge in nature—without foregoing any of life's luxuries".

Yes, in the literal sense I know what people say is glamping. It's also a relatively new thing, new being less than 20 years or so. You can find any answer you like in Google, but I know that wasn't what you were asking. I've just never really liked the term. It always seemed kind of derogatory to me.
Anyway, I guess in the context of your question the answer is no, I've never been "glamping" in a fancy tent, or with a outdoor service/outfitter that provides such things.

 

[firefly_ris]

We have done this several times at Allegany State Park in Salamanca NY in their cabins -- which have central heat, full kitchen, full bathroom and 2 bedrooms. They have started to become outrageously priced though.

 

[amylevan]

We camp or “glamp” or whatever term you want to use to describe staying in our fifth wheel at fancy campgrounds on a regular basis. Love my a/c, electric fireplace, king size bed, home on wheels.

 

[TippyThomas]

I spend about half the year traveling in my RV and "glamping". Heck, most of the time I enjoy my life in the RV much more than I do at home. There are a few different reasons for that but it seems to be my happy place so it works out pretty good for me.

 

[Boopuff]

I consider anything beyond a tent glamming. Tented my entire childhoo, now I “glamp” in my rv. The only way to camp. We‘ve traveled all over in our Rv. Love it.

 

[Kitty 34]

We stayed on the beach with a beautiful bonfire lit and our hotel room and balcony right behind us. We did this a month ago.

 

[Rogue1677x]

I did in 2017 at Anegada. It was such a cool experience. There was a tent set up on a platform, a queen bed with netting around it, a small couch that our daughter slept on. The bathroom was connected via a walkway attached to the tent. There were two clawfoot tubs on the deck. It was a short walk on a private path to the beach.

This was about as far from roughing it as one could get.

 

[JLTraveling]

Nope. I lived in a travel trailer for 10 years, traipsing all over the country. But that was literally my house, it just happened to be on wheels. When I go camping, I like to go camping. In a tent and a sleeping bag, cooking over an open fire. Glamping just seems stupid to me (no offense to those who enjoy it). I don't get the point.

 

[GAN]

From Google:

glamp·ing
/ˈɡlampiNG/
noun
a form of camping involving accommodation and facilities more luxurious than those associated with traditional camping.
"glamping is likely to satisfy any city slicker seeking a little refuge in nature—without foregoing any of life's luxuries".

I'm not sure -I know a lot of people, including me, that would consider cruising in a 50+ foot motorhome the only form of glamping!

 

[NAB]

Yeah spend a month traveling around Nova Scotia. Dipping into the U.S to get there.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I REALLY enjoyed my stay here, the geyser was fun and all the animal footprints on pathways were lovely:

 

[tzolkin]

I guess I have a different definition of "glamping". I tend to think of more permanent structures that are off-grid like a cabin, tiny house, yurt, etc, not a tent that you would erect yourself. The point would be to have the experience of nature, but the feel of being in a house with a bed without having to set everything up yourself.

 

[Luv Bunnies]

Nope. I don’t camp. I don’t glamp. I don’t do any form of “amping.” An AirBnB with only one bathroom is about as rustic as I get!

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

GLAMPING is anything other than tenting or pop up campers or trailers w/o AC.

Nowadays you can get AC in a pop-up and if we ever go up that ladder I will fell like I'm glamping!!

 

[tarheelmjfan]

We've stayed in cabins several times, due to DH's job. All of them had full kitchens & a private bathroom. We've never tried a yurt. They look cute, but I don't know, if any of them have bathrooms in them. If not, we wouldn't stay in one. The coolest glamping option we've seen were covered wagons, but I don't think the ones we saw had bathrooms in them either.

 

[bcla]

I guess the definition is an important consideration. I personally don't believe I have.

However, in order to be "glamping" there has to be a tent. Not a cabin. Not a yurt. Not an RV. It could be a tent cabin, which would be a hard structure and some sort of fabric cover. I still wouldn't consider a basic tent cabin (like the ones at Yosemite) to be "glamping". There are experiences where someone else sets up and maintains the tent or tent-like structure. When I go tent camping, I need to take care of everything - putting it up, inflating the air mattress, cleaning up, and taking it down.