Do any of you have any experience of/thoughts on this?
We have a full set of camping gear. However we're moving to a flat where we won't have space to store it. We could store it at BILs but he lives a long way away, and it would be a bit pesky if we wanted to go camping somewhere that was the opposite direction to his house IYSWIM.
So I had an idea - I wondered if I might be able to find a family who want to go camping, don't have the gear, but have some storage space and live near us. And then we would share the gear on a timeshare basis. I'm thinking we wouldn't share sleeping bags as that's a bit icky, but everything else - tent, stove, mattresses, camping kettle, etc.
I'm a bit nervous about the idea (what if they don't look after the gear? What if they just nick it and we never see it again?) but at the same time I like the idea of shared ownership and collaborative consumption - from this TED talk www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_case_for_collaborative_consumption.html
Is it a totally unrealistic idea? I was thinking I'd just ask my friends to ask their friends until we found someone - so it was someone we had a connection with... Do any of you do this? And if so, does it work?
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Our UK Camping forum has all the information you need on finding the right equipment for your tent or caravan.
Camping
Thoughts on shared ownership camping gear?
9 replies
becstarlightstarbright · 05/02/2013 13:45
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.