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03-06-2007, 07:48 PM #1
Ditch the smelly sleeping bag and go 'glamping'
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Did a bad experience turn you off camping? Maybe your tent leaked in a rainstorm or you shivered all night in a borrowed, smelly sleeping bag. Or that thin foam pad you were trying to sleep on didn't do much to protect your back from the rocky, uneven ground beneath your tent.
It doesn't have to be that way. Tour companies and resorts now offer luxury camping, and the term "glamping" -- shorthand for glamorous camping -- is starting to turn up in reports from the United Kingdom and Canada. The New York Post recently mentioned "glamping" in an article on a new Web site for luxury travel, http://www.globorati.comexternal link. (The story also referred to "jetrosexuals" as a globetrotting jetsetter who thinks nothing of hopping on a plane to Asia for a shopping spree.)
In British Columbia, Canada, the Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, a 30-minute boat ride from the town of Tofino, is offering "glamping" on a fjord on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Tents have Persian carpets, down duvets and even electricity. There's a sauna and hot tubs on site, and activities including fishing, horseback riding, kayaking, hikes and wildlife-watching.
But if you thought camping was a budget vacation option, you'll have to readjust your expectations for glamping. Three-night packages at the Clayoquot resort begin at $4,100 a person, double occupancy. Details at 888-333-5405 or http://www.wildretreat.comexternal link.
Other tour companies offer luxury tent accommodations as well. Abercrombie & Kent has several trips to Africa that include high-end camping, such as guided tours of Botswana that include game drives and accommodations in "walk-in tents with extra length beds, crisp sheets and warm blankets," plus a "mess tent" for what's described as "bush-style haute cuisine" served on china and linen tablecloths. Details at http://www.abercrombiekent.comexternal link or 800-554-7016.
Closer to home and a bit less upscale, but still a world away from the do-it-yourself leaky tent, Maine Family Adventures offers a deluxe guided camping trip to Acadia National Park; http://www.mainefamilyadventures.com...p.htmlexternal link. Meals prepared by the guides, camping equipment and activities are all included in the cost of about $1,000 a person.
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03-06-2007 07:48 PM # ADS
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03-06-2007, 08:14 PM #2
Re: Ditch the smelly sleeping bag and go 'glamping'
Originally Posted by Summit42signature
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03-07-2007, 12:05 AM #3
Not quite "glamping", but my in-laws took the kids to stay in these yurts, also on Vancouver Island (like Clayoquot), last summer:
Not a bad spot at all, for soft-walled accomodations.
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03-07-2007, 05:08 AM #4Originally Posted by Cirrus2000"My heart shall cry out for Moab..." Isaiah 15:5
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03-07-2007, 06:08 AM #5
Little to flashy for me
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03-07-2007, 06:25 AM #6
After reading a post like that, I want to go into The Maze with nothing but a knife.
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03-07-2007, 06:47 AM #7Three-night packages at the Clayoquot resort begin at $4,100 a person, double occupancyUtah is a very special and unique place. There is no where else like it on earth. Please take care of it and keep the remaining wild areas in pristine condition. The world will be a better place if you do.
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03-07-2007, 06:59 AM #8Originally Posted by Scott Patterson
Hella yeah.. even if I a had the money that still seems like a waste to me.
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03-07-2007, 07:16 AM #9Originally Posted by Summit42
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03-07-2007, 08:21 AM #10Originally Posted by shagster
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03-07-2007, 08:37 AM #11
I bought a book last year called: "Tom Brown's Survival Guide". It was a combination of his outdoor and domestic survival books. It was awesome! After reading it my wife and two of our friends did two different survival campouts where we did not bring anything with us and had to survive for 3 days. It was a lot of fun. It really is surprising how little you really need when it comes down to it.
"My heart shall cry out for Moab..." Isaiah 15:5
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03-07-2007, 12:11 PM #12
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Where to I call to have the set up in the Grand Canyon for 2 weeks! Yahoo!!! I am ready for endure those horrible nights on the hard ground now!
Does anyone have a credit card I can borrow.
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03-07-2007, 03:41 PM #13Originally Posted by kris247
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03-07-2007, 05:42 PM #14Originally Posted by Scott Patterson
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03-07-2007, 06:15 PM #15
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Originally Posted by DiscGolfDivers
I like it! After 2 weeks of camping out I bet I like it even more!
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03-07-2007, 09:00 PM #16Originally Posted by tanya
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03-07-2007, 09:04 PM #17
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Originally Posted by greyhair biker
Okay, but you get the floor.
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03-07-2007, 09:06 PM #18Originally Posted by tanya
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03-07-2007, 09:09 PM #19Originally Posted by tanya
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03-08-2007, 07:54 PM #20
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Originally Posted by accadacca
For you..... you can have the bed and I will sleep on the floor.
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