That whole “recession thing” may be taking a toll on the horrible pastime of ‘glamping‘ — the glamorous resort camping trend that was all the rage last year — but it looks like gadget manufacturers are still hard at work helping our car-camping friends have an easier time when they venture into the Great Outdoors … that’s a few feet off the asphalt of their campground’s parking lot.
The Gear Junkie just wrapped up a two-part round-up on luxury camping equipment. Ten Essentials they ain’t — we’re talking things like a ten-person tent with three electrical outlets and a blender that runs on a 4 cylinder Honda engine.
Check out the write-ups for a list of things you’ll probably never, ever buy. Except maybe that water heater. And maybe the solar charger. And those pink flamingo tent poles …
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Haha! I say that article yesterday - holy cow, he’s scraping the bottom of the barrel with that list (Camp Chef aside, of course).
Roy
Glamping came into the limelight about a year ago, but it has been growing exponentially. There is definitely not a slowdown, in fact prices are going up to slow down the pace of wealthy glampers looking for something new and different.
Check out the blog at http://www.wildretreatblog.com to see exactly what glamping is all about from Clayoquot Wilderness Resort- who have been in business since 2000 and have almost doubled business every year since opening.
Glamping is here to stay. What we are seeing is the widespread acceptance of the idea of glamping from consumers. Consumers are buying luxury items to take with them on their camping excursions in order to ‘glamp them up’. And I’m all for it. But I have to agree with Roy, that is a pretty sad list- I’d still call that camping- or maybe Samping- ’sad camping’.