[trip style = glamping]
{Editor's Note: I'm talking lean-to-luxe glamping options tomorrow on Global BC1's AM/BC with Jill Krop.}
It's been a while since glamping has made a grand entrance on the Trip Styler stage---'tis the season, right?
Glamping {glamorous camping} comes in all shapes, sizes and price points; think of it like a hybrid hotel stay under the stars. Most of the time, people glamp for the love of the trip style, versus a way to pinch pennies. And believe me, upscale glamping is often much more expensive than your average five-star stay.
Chic camping can be as simple as a yurt in the woods, as indie as an upscale trailer park hotel, or as fabulous as a full service tent set-up on a castaway isle. Here's a peek into the glamping gamut:
Lean Glamping
{You, a yurt, and the wild}
Rent a yurt from a provincial or state park, or a campground. Most are heated for year-round use. Case in point, I rented a Yurt in Oregon for a November surf trip a few years ago. The circular perma-tent came with a futon, bunk beds, a breakfast table and a heater. Above: Riverside campground yurts in Whistler, BC.
Milieu Glamping
{You, a cushy tent or trailer, and the effortless outdoors}
Top/ Hicksville Trailer Palace and Artist Retreat, Joshua Tree, CA
Left/ Ecopod Boutique Retreat, Scotland
Right/ Rolling Huts, WA
Luxe Glamping
{You, a chic shack with ALL the bells and whistles, and nature---the edited version}
Left/ Wilson Island, Australia
Right/ Fairmont Mara Safari Club, Kenya
Fact: Glamping is one of my favorite trip styles. Have you been glamping?
[photos via riverside, hicksville, ecopod, rest by @tripstyler]