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To feel like I'm being fleeced - glamping

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SaffronYellow · 12/04/2024 21:29

£1,000 plus, to stay in a TENT for 1 week in Devon?
Some are £1,200 for 1 week.
Just seen one for £1,500 for 1 week.
This is to stay in a bell tent in a field.
To me, these are insane prices!!
AIBU to think over £1,000 to stay in a tent for a week is absurd?
I can't afford to stay in a holiday cottage.
Air BnB prices are out of my price range.
So I thought camping might be an affordable alternative.
I just want to go away for a week in this country in the school summer hols with my 2 DC, I want to give them a week away. Devon is my favourite place, used to go there as a child.
I'm not well enough to take my own tent and put it all up by myself, I've got ME and fibromyalgia and long Covid, so I really need a tent that's already erected and one that has a few more comforts to it than sleeping on an air mattress on the floor.
I thought a tent in a field would be a financially viable way to go away with my DC, who really deserve a week away, but the prices are eye watering and completely unaffordable.
I'm not asking to go abroad anywhere....just a week in my own country! But I'm priced out of this! I can't believe it, feel so sad for DC.😥

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WarshipRocinante · 12/04/2024 21:32

That’s glamping. That’s what is costs. They’ve got futon style beds usually, decently equipped. It’s luxury camping. If you want cheap then you have to just go camping, but that does require buying all the camping gear so it isn’t cheap the first year. And if you can’t physically manage it then it wouldn’t be a nice time.

Hoplittlebunnyhophophopandstop · 12/04/2024 21:30

Caravans are normally cheaper and have better amenities like heating.