InTents Glamping® Strategies

Glamping and InTents Glamping® is all about making each aspect of the camping experience more fun, enjoyable and even glamorous. And to do that you must be able to get more function, more features, more benefits out your tent, equipment, gear, gadgets, furniture, and tools.

So how do you achieve an amazing InTents Glamping experience without loading a tracker trailer, not bringing a half dozen coolers and don’t spend the whole day setting up your camp?

My experience from doing this for years and trying and testing new ideas, equipment and strategies at every campout to glamping event, has proven there are four main strategies to InTents Glamping. Those core strategies are making sure almost everything is inflatable, foldable, collapsible, and versatile. From tents, to gear, from equipment to clothes, following these strategies can really make the experience easier, more fun and above all comfortable.

Let’s look at each different strategy:

1. INFLATABLE

Our (what we own and recommend) tents, shelters (kitchen), couches, chairs, stools, and mattresses are all inflatable. Our tents and shelters are all air bean no poles: Tents:

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INFLATABLE TENTS and FURNISHINGS

Looking inside one of our tents you can see the beams which are covered with fabric. These air beams can be inflated by a bicycle pump or electric inflator. One person can put this three-zone tent up in about 20 minutes. The couch is inflatable and can seat three or sleep three. The wood stools that can be used for seating or relaxing are also inflatable

AIR BEAM SHELTER/KITCHEN

This shelter/kitchen or storage hub has three air beams and can go up in a matter of minutes. And when done it can collapse down to the size of a regular ice cooler.

INFLATABLE FURNITURE

This couch can seat 3-4 and fold out to sleep three adults. The wood looking stools are also inflatable and can be used for foot rests or chairs. The couch and all stools deflate to be about the size of one stool.

2. FOLDABLE

Besides inflatable, try to find (use our links) equipment is foldable such as tables, chairs and stands. Foldable means these items can almost become flat. That’s great for handling, storage and maximizing space.

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3. COLLAPSIBLE

Collapsible can mean two things. The first is the item can collapse down to completely flat. For example, a 38” cupboard with three shelves can collapse down and fit into a case no bigger than four inches. Collapse can also mean “nest” inside of each other before use or after emptying. For example, clear storage containers – that might not fold or collapse per se – can “nest” inside one another. As supplies such as food are used the containers can fit inside each other making breaking camp and packing the car that much faster and easier. In addition, a hot trend is cooking pots and pans, including bowls and cups can also collapse down to a fraction of their size. That’s really nice for storage, packing, and usage.

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4. VERSATILE

Besides inflatable, foldable and collapsible another important strategy is finding items that are highly versatile – having many different features or functions. The versatile strategy can be used when buying and using tools, equipment, and even versatile or so-called “convertible” clothing. Long pants that zipper to shorts and long sleeve shirts that convert to short sleeve. Here is a steel hammer, mallet and two type tent stake remover all in one. In the middle picture is a 12 in 1 scissors. And if you don’t have a combination knife and tool you are not even camping, let alone InTents Glamping®.

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By using all four InTents Glamping strategies you can not only carry a lot of gear but also not have to carry a lot of gear. Using these strategies will allow you to take large bulky items such as couches or tables and collapse them down to less than 1 10th their size. In addition, equipment such as scissors that have twelve functions or clothing that can convert from cold to hot temperatures allows you to bring fewer things.

In InTents Glamping there are no rewards for bringing a lot of rewards for bringing a little. It’s all about balancing the space you have with what will make your camping trip enjoyable.

I am always looking for, buying and testing out new items to see how I can get “more from less”. It’s one of the same core principles I use to help companies scale and generate more revenue with fewer resources.

Apply all four Intents Glamping strategies to get “more from less”.
More glamping experience from fewer items.

FINAL THOUGHTS

However, like anything people can overdo or overthink things to where they miss the main point of something. For example, I have seen many videos and read many websites where people have taken the ideas of glamping and actually made it more burdensome. They end up taking the fun out while trying too hard to put the fun of camping in.

Too much stuff:

  • Tents so big and heavy with so many poles that it takes several people and too much time to put them together
  • Dragging large trailers of gear behind their cars to bring everything in their home to the campsite
  • Bringing suitcases of clothes for every situation possible
  • Carrying gear and equipment that’s heavy, large and wastes space

Too little stuff:

On the opposite end of the spectrum, some people think their glamping when just bring a large tent or chairs.

  • They still sleep on minimalist air mattresses almost on the ground
  • They make regular campfire food like hot dogs and hamburgers (yes, I like those too but not as the main meal every night)
  • Bring a flashlight or headlamp and think their campsite is bright enough. You do need those items but glamping is about creating an environment – and different forms of lighting set the tone