Has anyone been glamping? Is it worth it?

Get a tent yer big girls blouse

Does it involve immobilising you car, but with added diamante?

Whats Glamping?

Everyone wear pink and sparkly things and listen to Elton John and George Michael?

Just goes to prove that Dally is responsible for all our woes, he's a slicker.

glamping Pronunciation British informal
a form of camping involving accommodation and facilities more luxurious than those associated with traditional camping:
glamping is likely to satisfy any city slicker seeking a little refuge in nature—without foregoing any of life’s luxuries

Glamping - rugs and real furniture inside a tent.

Reality - stuff still gets damp, rugs get muddy, you're still camping, but you're paying three times what the pop-up tent next door paid.

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Glamper than a row of tents.

Just booked a few days in a tipi. It apparently has a proper bed and an electric heater. Although cooking equipment is provided, luckily there is an option to have a gourmet cooked breakfast delivered to the tent. Phew!

I preferred my thought, tbh

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We're doing River Cottage and Car Fest with them.

Are those rates per night? If so, I'd want something better.

500 quid a week in what is essentially a tent is a bit steep. If you're gonna go camping, you can't beat doing it the good old fashioned way, sleeping bags, gas lamps, luggable loos! That is until you get ill like me and then a 20 year old caravan works just as well.

If you park illegally in the campsite VIP car lot, will you be glamped?

I think it's more than £500 per week if I'm reading it right.

We did it for the last 2 years at Osbaston Farm. Brilliant experience and theres loads to do in the area for the kids.

Highly recommended - the "tents" are unbelievably comfortable and you really don't miss not having electrickery.

Depends what you can afford I guess.

It's a fad ... for the sort of people who drink spritzers or lager top.
You know, the sort of people who like banana smoothies and don't eat their crusts.
The type who skip starters to "save themselves for a dessert".

Pfft.

Starters are over-rated, desserts is where its at.
And the coffee course, with cake.

I take it you haven't been in a position to try it to make an informed opinion?

Pah.
Cake is for all day, at any non-mealtime, not for pudding.
Anyway, dessert is fruit and suchlike, after the pudding.

Of course not.
Do I look Southern or something?

There are members of my family who go camping with portable TVs, hair curlers and a variety of electrical and electronic devices.

When I say "members of my family" I mean every blood relation except me.

Just went on my first "proper" camping trip to the lakes over the weekend. just the basics and really enjoyed it. I wouldn't dream of taking tv's and microwaves camping.