What is a luxury tent?

Luxury tents are more what they have not than what really they have.

What do we expect when we think about a luxury tent?

First of all, surely we can agree that we want free space without any obstacle to move freely inside, without any concern... more luxury implies less tent existing where we want to have space enough, i.e., we expect not to find any piece or any element of the tent where we want to find free space. 

We do not refer only to obstacles like poles or guy-ropes but also the tent fabric itself all we like to stand freely without touching with our head the inner ceiling of the tent. Not only in the middle of the tent, but also at the outermost sides of the tent. We like to walk comfortably not to bow more and more as we approach to the tent sides... once again the luxury is not to find the inner fabric of the tent touching our head or obliging us to bow in order to avoid that uncomfortable touch.

The same happens for the outer space of the tent. When we think about free space we want to have a free space without any obstacle. Nothing to disturb our free walk around the tent... again more luxury means less tent elements in our path.






What about the light?

For me, this is the second luxurious feature. We want to be able to see easily inside the tent. Many of them are as dark as a coal mine and it is not possible to see anything inside without a lamp even at the middle of the most sunny day. To have luminosity inside, again, the tent need not to be. Not to have thick fabrics that don't allow light inside. Best tent is the one that disturb less the daylight coming inside at the same time that avoids sun blinding.

And then, have you thought about odor?

Of course!, if I am inside a luxury tent I want not any annoying smell, I really want this another "not have" in my tent. But unfortunately the majority of the tents are very badly ventilated so they keep inside the body odor of the users mixed with the reheated synthetic fabrics odor or with the wet fabrics odor. Something that for sure is going to disturb our stay in that tent.

This is for me the third important feature of the luxury.

I could continue with a lot of characteristic aspects of a luxury tent, but I will finish with a fourth feature. The thermal isolation, something very rare to find in a tent. Again something we expect a tent not to have, we do consider a luxury tent that one that has not a good thermal transmission because that means the heat outside is coming inside as hot as it is and the same happens for the cold.

To summarize, what we expect for a luxury tent not to have:

- obstacles inside, in front of our path or above us neither obstacles outside
- obstacles for the outer daylight coming in
- odors
- good thermal transmission

If we say that in positive we expect for a luxury tent to be:

- spacious inside and able to be standing up without the need of guy ropes
- fabrics that allow the daylight inside
- well ventilated
- thermally isolated

and we expect all that features to be found together!!

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Ricardo Benítez Robredo

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How to select the right tent for Glamping?

When trying to choose a tent for Glamping (glamorous camping) one should first think on his or her clients.

What will they be expecting to find in our Glamping site?

Any person who is willing to spend some days at a Glamping site has mainly two expectations: 1) to be near nature but under nice comfort standards; 2) to feel free of obstacles around, but protected against annoying situations like insects, reptiles, spiders, dust or water coming into the temporary housing

First of them can be solved if you offer your clients a place where they can enter into like in their own home, without bowing as they cross the door, where they can be standing up and be able to walk around inside as they usually do. After centuries of having conquered the erect position, a glamper doesn’t want to resign to this goal!

Then, you need space enough, a Glamping tent should be some kind of “luxury inside nature”. The main characteristic for a luxury housing is the inner space, one should feel himself as being in a hotel suite, with a wide bedroom, a nice place to sit around, some furniture to keep the clothes and valuables safe and clean, and a table where to have some meals, while having a covered space outside to prepare a nice barbecue or having a refreshing drink.

The second question is very important, but frequently forgotten, it is quite common to find not well solved Glamping sites, where after being inside your tent you want to go for a walk and then you must to walk several meters apart the tent just to avoid the guy ropes that many Glamping tents of Romans’ age  are still using, then your surrounding become a messy labyrinth of crossing ropes that have to be jumped over, bringing your glamorous feeling to an annoying reality not relaxing at all.

Then the protective issue, It is quite disgusting to be having a good time with your couple or family and then to be upset by an unexpected visitor, so it is important for a tent to have their holes covered by mosquito nets, and to be isolated from outside in such a way that there are no uncovered holes at floor level, in order to there is no space for the small alive visitors to come into or for the water to break our mood.

There are of course some other features you should expect at a comfortable Glamping tent, one is the thermal isolation. To be sure that you have a warmer temperature when outside is cold or a cooler one when outside is hot, you need some useful isolation not just a nominal one. The best way, as in your windows or walls at home, is an air chamber that can guarantee the inner comfort conditions.

None of these attributes are enough if when it rains and you are inside the tent you can get wet, leakage is reported to be one of the most common problems of tents. Only a tent which avoids that fabrics can create pockets of water can avoid water to penetrate inside the tent and is safer enough against humid situations. Be sure your Glamping tent always keeps the fabrics tight.

Finally, you do not want to have to stretch the fabrics every day or every time the wind blows a bit, you really expect a tent that do not need to be stretched and that is able to keep its shape as it was when you first put it up.

If you are able to have a Glamping tent that joins all those features together, then you are ready to have a really relaxing nice Glamping stay!!!


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