what is "glamping'?

Different meanings to different people. Some purists might say, if you camp in anything but a tent and use an extension cord for any purpose, that is considered glamping.

I have your basic 26'TT that some might think its glamping, which is fine with me. But when it rains all night and their sleeping bags turn into a big sponge, and everything is soaked, I know a lot of them wish they had a trailer/PUP

We have done all those things from shelter halves to our Winni too. We raised two girls who love to be outdoors, and we have two DGKs who don't care what it's called just as long as they can do it. Whether it's a long week end at the beach or ten weeks seeing this unbelievable Country in the RV, two weeks at Havasu Falls on Havasupai Creek, a week in a thatch roofed hut in Amazonia, when we're out seeing the outdoors and living with it(meeting new folks, getting bit up by all sort of bugs, trying to find a dry spot below a bush for a latrine, you know what I mean), it's Glamping for us. What could be more glamorous than seeing M42 just below Orion's belt, a pair of Redtails falling at about 100 mph in a mating ritual, maybe even leaf cutting ants hauling green bits home.

Think of all the people who have never seen anything more wild than a house finch or someone's pet gone feral. Our hobby is glamorous and I happy with that.

Oh yeah, we're in our mid seventies and our working years total 33 for me and including raising the girls, more than forty for the DW, we're willing to pay for it because we deserve it.

I guess I live in the slum area of glamping. 8 foot popup slide in camper, no TV, no oven, no microwave, no stereo, no AC. We do have a ports poty, a gas frig, two 12v batteries, a two burner stove and a sink with 20 gallons of water. Only a 4 gallon removable jug in the wheelwell for a gray tank.

But then we don't consider ourselves campers, we are travelers that like sleeping in our own bed. We go to events and don't have to leave to go back to the motel because we drove our bedroom. We almost never stay more than one night in the same place unless it is a multi day event that allows onsite camping.

myredracer wrote:
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Got pulled over once at the border for a random inspection going into the US. CBP guy inside asks where I am going and with chest puffed out, I point to our TT outside and say "we're going camping and that's our travel trailer". Looking like he is about to handcuff me, he raises his voice and says "NO, you are NOT going camping!! Camping is when you set up a tent on the ground and sleep in it." He repeats the question and I tell him "I'm going to an RV park with our RV." He accepts that and goes onto the next question. Geesh...

The person with the badge is ALWAYS right:B.

Glamping is not when you're in a CG that has low water pressure, low voltage close to your EMS cutoff, you couldn't snag one of the small handful of sewer hookup sites, you can't get a cell phone signal, their wifi is cr*p, there's no OTA or cable TV, you can't get a sat. signal and every vehicle that goes by kicks up a huge cloud of dust. Now that is "camping"!

Glamping is when they screen your RV for eligibility for entry to their RV "park", the sites and roads are all paved, each site has a token patch of manicured green grass, campfires of any kind are forbidden at all times, they have individual washrooms complete with shower that are cleaner than a 5 star hotel, and there are none of the above issues. We stayed in one of those once and OMG, never again.

Got pulled over once at the border for a random inspection going into the US. CBP guy inside asks where I am going and with chest puffed out, I point to our TT outside and say "we're going camping and that's our travel trailer". Looking like he is about to handcuff me, he raises his voice and says "NO, you are NOT going camping!! Camping is when you set up a tent on the ground and sleep in it." He repeats the question and I tell him "I'm going to an RV park with our RV." He accepts that and goes onto the next question. Geesh...

I can't afford Cayo Espanto, Belize at $1,600 to $3,400 per night (minimum 4 night stay) for 2 (all food & drinks included).

Wow! Srsly? Nearly 50 responses to this question. Must be we all need more to do.

:)

-Speak

Let me guess, it's ONE more thing that I can't afford?

Difference between camping and glamping is like the difference between a room at the best western and a villa on a private island resort (like Cayo Espanto, Belize). It's not in my budget.

When people say im not "camping" in my 5er....I ask them how they fly on vacations. If they say Air Canada, Delta, or United....I tell them that's not flying, flying is in an open cockpit biplane with the wind in your hair. Honestly I don't care what others think of my weekend hobby or what they call it as I LOVE IT

Daryll