A Guide to Glamping

Kathleen Corrigan | October 15, 2018

What is glamping?

The word “glamping” is a portmanteau of “glamorous” and “camping” and while the term might be relatively new, the attitude that comes with it has been around for centuries. The nomadic tribes of Mongolia camped out in circular shelters known as yurts and would take their semi-permanent homes with them as they traveled across Central Asia as far back as 600 BC. In the 1900s when African safaris came into fashion, wealthy Europeans and Americans were known to stay in luxurious canvas tents decked out with wooden furniture, Persian rugs, and whatever home luxuries they could bring with them.

The modern day obsession with glamping is thought to have emerged out of the United Kingdom around 2005 and since then it has exploded into a huge tourism industry. Today “glampsites” can be rented just about anywhere in the world and usually feature a sleeping structure like a tent, cabin, trailer or hut, amenities like beds, linens, décor, and even electricity and plumbing, depending on how much or how little you want to rough it.

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