What is Glamping?
Glamping combines the freedom of camping with the comfort of a hotel — you get real beds, private bathrooms and often a hot tub or wood-burning stove, all set in the middle of open countryside, woodland or coastline. It’s the easiest way to spend a night under canvas (or in a shepherd’s hut, pod, yurt, treehouse or safari tent) without giving up a proper night’s sleep.
If you’re weighing up glamping, camping and treehouse holidays, glamping sits in the middle: you still get the birdsong instead of alarm clocks, the wide-open views, and a morning coffee brewed with hills rolling out in every direction — but without pitching a tent, inflating an airbed, or queuing for a shared shower block.
What Makes Glamping Different from Camping
Traditional camping asks you to bring and set up your own equipment, and to make do with basic, often shared facilities. Glamping sites do the setting up for you: your accommodation is ready and waiting when you arrive, usually with proper bedding, heating, and either an en-suite or private bathroom clos
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