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10 Fun Tips for Glamping with the Family

What Is Glamping?

When you were a youngster, you probably had that great experience, where you spent a great deal of time outside making new friends and toasting marshmallows late at night. But – the idea of walking across a field in mid night to go to the outhouse, and feeding on baked beans for several nights might have put you off of camping. Yet you know your kids want to go. So what on earth can you do?

Well, glamping – or “glamorous camping” – is the ideal option. It allows you and your youngsters to enjoy all the pleasures and happy moments of camping with comfortable beds, excellent cooking and good restrooms.

Here are a few tips to help make luxury camping with the family great.

  1. Decide on a great location

The number one thing you must decide is the place you want to glamp. You don’t want to drive to your glamping site to discover it’s in the middle of nowhere and there’s almost nothing fascinating for the children to do. Ensure your preferred destination has beautiful beaches, water parks and zoos and that are a short drive off from your glamping site.

  1. Pack plenty of clothes

Regardless of the season of year, you’re surely going to require lots of clothes for your glamping trip. The kids will be running around outside nearly all day, so they’re surely going to get soggy, muddy and dusty. The climate can sometimes be unpredictable; so you must make sure you’ve got clothing to accommodate all eventualities.

  1. If you’re planning to cook, stick to one pot

Several glamping tents have great cooking facilities, which mean you can cook more than baked beans on toast! While you can take advantage of your wood-burning stove, do not forget that you are having a vacation, therefore you shouldn’t concentrate too much on meals throughout the day.

  1. Take friends as well as family

Glamping needn’t have to be just a family affair! If you’re best friends with the parents of your children’s closest school mate, you may want to invite them? The kids can sometimes keep each other busy in the evenings, and you’ll have a buddy to share a glass of wine with. You don’t really need to stay in the same tent or maybe even take part in the same daily routines, but a shared meal later in the day would really be a great thing for both you and your children.

  1. Enjoy your tent/glamping site

Some days, you probably will not want to go to the beach or into town, and that’s fine. Delight in your glampsite’s facilities or stick around in your lovely, fully-furnished tent. If it’s a wet day, you could sit by the warm stove and have fun playing Monopoly, or if the sun’s out, you could host a Barbecue while the kids play tennis.

  1. Be as creative as possible

Glamping is one of the best chances to get creative. While you’re out and about in the great outdoors you can actually allow your creativity to loose itself. Your kids will love to work out their own fun and games. They can use natural materials that surround them to build dens and secret camps. Most parents might enjoy participating too.

  1. Get back to nature

It easy and exciting to go back to nature while you’re amongst it. From your tent you can explore the serene environment and woodlands – marveling at the simpler things in life. Let children get inspired by the natural colors in the trees. You can show them how to make something from all the wonderful things they find.

  1. Don’t forget the marshmallows!

Finally, marshmallows are important for a fruitful glamping trip – that fire pit isn’t exclusively for telling scary stories or singing songs. Glamping is a great way for your children to feel the great outdoors with all the creature comforts of home. Plus you won’t need to worry about getting a bad back, or strolling half a mile to find the toilet in the dark.

 

A Basic Guide to Spring Glamping

A lot of people agree to the fact that our warmest months, with prolonged sun-drenched evenings and lush green foliage, exotic flowers and milder weather, are the most desired times for weddings. Because of this, most of Ireland’s intending summer brides get the girls together in springtime and delight in their special weekend of freedom before they are joined to their spouse forever.

Teapot Lane has long been hosting these kinds of weekends for many years now and it’s the first ever Glamping spot in Ireland. They have perfected the Hen weekend and offer the best weekends in Ireland. When booking a Glamping weekend earlier in the season, be aware of the following facts on Glamping before selecting your venue:

Find out what the rate is and the differences involved.

Yurt – This is a sizable round tent which you could walk around in; they generally have a wooden floor, good beds, insulation and many layers of canvas. They usually have a wood burning stove so it’s possible to have them really warm throughout the chillier months in spring. Yurts are native to Mongolia where people stay in them during freezing temperatures in winter; hence they are like a mobile house rather than just a simple tent.

Bell Tent– This is often a round one skin light canvas tent; it might be on decking or grass. Bell tents could have a small stove inside and camp beds, you typically can’t walk inside and sleeping is on the floor. Bell tents are great in the warm summer months but could be extremely cold in Spring/autumn.

Lodging in a bell tent can seem very cool particularly when you fall asleep and the small stove designed for the tents goes out.  You must be mindful so you don’t   get up feeling cold and damp.

Facilities – Ask about any communal facilities

As soon as you have established what accommodation is available for your Glamping weekend it is advisable to take a look at the facilities, are there secure space for the Gang to chill out if the weather isn’t so great? Are there well equipped kitchen facilities? Does the kitchen have everything you require? Is there entertainment or catering offered?

Teapot Lane have caterers that prepare tasty buffet BBQ style and a live DJ to play tunes to dance the Buffet off under the stars or cool dining shelter if the weathers is great.

Is there a Campfire? This is considered one of the loveliest aspects of any Camping/Glamping trip, sitting by the campfire towards the end of the day, chatting, swapping stories, sipping a great vino or a hot chocolate and scoffing toasted marshmallows. Make sure you inquire if your Glamping site has a campfire and if fuel is made available.

Lastly, ensure and you bring your warm clothes and all your favorite food and drinks. Loosen up and have a laugh; make it a weekend to remember for a long time.