What did you say? Camping? I had no interest AT ALL until a friend of mine said “you’re so fricken’ high maintenance, but I bet you would LOVE Glamping.”
Hmmm….It’s a possibility. I must admit that I’ve been thinking about it. I just need to find the time and figure out where to do this (if you have any recommendations, feel free to leave them in the comment section). I went searching on online to get some ideas and okay, I’m intrigued. The idea of sleeping under the stars in a beautiful destination is totally up my alley.
But what’s the difference between camping and glamping?
According to the website glamping.com it’s a global trend that offers outdoor enthusiasts an upgrade on rest and recreation. It’s easily defined as glamorous camping. Sure you can visit destinations that are already set up and you can show up. Like this…
I could totally do this! Clayoquot Wilderness Resort, Tofino, British Columbia
But I can just hear my hubby laughing SO HARD. There will be some “meet me in the middle” thinking on this whole idea to convince me to get outdoors into the great open country of ours. I definitely would want some items that would make camping an even better experience!
Which brings me to this…A CONTEST!
Summer is finally here! What better time to take a break from the screen and get some fresh air? Thanks to advances in camping technology, many of the stresses associated with camping are eliminated – tents can be set up in minutes, coolers are lighter and more efficient than ever before, and many other innovations allow you to take the comforts of home to the campground. And with hundreds of campgrounds across the country – many within a few hours’ drive – camping is a fun and affordable way to make the most of the summer.
ENTER for a chance to kick the season off right with a GO CAMPING PRIZE PACK courtesy of Canadian Tire (valued at $300). Prize includes a Coleman 60 qt Wheeled Cooler, Broadstone Camp Couch, Cadac Safari Chef Stove, and a Coleman Microburst Lantern!
All you have to do is give us your vote… GLAMPING OR CAMPING in the comment section below! GOOD LUCK!
One lucky entrant will selected at random to win the prize!
Contest closes Friday, July 19, 2013
BTW…I love this chart to determine what kind of Camper you are…can you guess what I am? haha!
Photo courtesy of Canadian Tire
The contest copy in my post is provided by Canadian Tire.
camping
I am team camping but a little bit of glam doesn’t hurt so I say bejewel your hiking boots!
I’m Torn! I guess I’m gonna have to be practical and pick camping but only cuz that’s all I can freaking afford….oh but if I had my way….sigh.
Now that my body hurts from sleeping on the ground, I am into comfort camping for sure!
glamping! 🙂
After all those years of “roughing it”, we’re comfort campers now!
glamping – all the way!
Definitely glamping!! 🙂
Glamping I am ready
I have only been camping once it was awful ..would like to give it another try
Camping with a dose of glamping thrown in! We’re in a tent trailer now so not as rough and tumble as a tent.
Love camping…..my teenage daughter doesn’t, glamping might be a way to get her there with me without the “roughing it” part of it
Camping the more austere the better.Seeping under a tipped canoe is wonderfu/
I’ve been camping my entire life, love it. This is the first I’ve heard of “Glamping”? I’m in. I would take Glamping over camping any day! But…The harsh reality is, due to budget I see camping in my future! Haha #Truth
Camping
Camping for us <3
glamping
Camping for my family, it makes such great memories ( but man does glamping sound good!)
Camping, for sure!
Glamping for me
Glamping!!! Love the outdoors but I’m so not ready to give up certain comforts!!
Glamping. On that chart I came up as a comfort camper.
Glamping – but I do go camping – my kids love it
I prefer glamping. I like comfort at my age!
camping-its my way of relaxation
Glamping, definitely. Camping is for the young, with kids, not old foggies like me.
camping
Camping – it’s too good to mess with.
Glamping – I’m in!
Camping
oohh glamping!
Glamping! (I’ve never done it before so I’d love to try!)
i love to camping to wake up in the morning to make a big breakfast on an open flame.. coffee 1st!.. lol yeahhh camping
camping 100%
I love both! But I am definitely more of a camper then a glamper, although being a glamper is required at times for sure!!
I’m a glamper for sure!
camping but with the Keurig 🙂
camping 😉
Glamping 100%
CAMPING 🙂
glamping
Camping! You don’t have to worry about showering. Or being clean at all.
Camping! Leave the comforts of home for a few days.
Glamping!!!
camping BUT i havent been where ive had to go without a toilet yet lol
camping all the way 😀
only Glamping for me…..
It would be great to win The GO CAMPING PRIZE PACK .
In response to your requirement to vote for GLAMPING OR CAMPING.
I vote for GLAMPING.
Thank you for having this great giveaway!
It would be great to win The GO CAMPING PRIZE PACK .
In response to your requirement to vote for GLAMPING OR CAMPING.
I vote for GLAMPING.
Thank you for having this great giveaway!!!!!!!!
Only Camping for us!!
CAMPING
Glamping all the way!
Camping!!!
I’m a comfort camper!!
Definitely glamping
Glamping is sounding so great right now lol. Would love 2 try it!
Definitely camping!
camping
I’ve never tried Glamping, but I’d LOVE to. Camping is so hard, it often doesn’t even feel like a vacation, with all the work and leaky tents and boiling hot weather! Glamping gets my vote.
Glamping 😉
kdemmans@hotmail.com
Glamping? Sillly….. some things don’t need new words, none acutally
Glamping all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glamping hahaha!
I am really Glamping lol but hubby and the kids are camping so I want to win this prize really much as they just asked me to do camping lol and we are not equipped at all 🙂
Plain old camping for me!! 🙂
Glamping all the way baby!
JE suis défénitivement camping, la liberté totale, le calme , la détente , loin de tout, relaxer , la nature, le bois, les ptits feux…..:)
Glamping for this gal!
Glamping!
Glamping looks like fun! But generally I’m a camper.
Glamping!
i have young kids so GLAMPING for sure!!
Glamping! Such a concept!
Glamping
definitely glamping
glamping
Glamping!
Camping!!
Glamping!
camping
Camping!
Glamping!
Glamping for me…. 🙂
Glamping
Camping
Camping!
I love CAMPING, can’t get enough of it – though I do hate those pesky mosquitoes!
I have tried Camping so would opt for a new experience in the Glamping
CAMPING but i don’t like camping in bear country have had a few close encounters , but i do love the outdoors close to water is the best
Glamping all the way
I would love glamping, but my husband would like to go camping instead.
Oh, Glamping without a doubt.
Glamping!
Glamping for sure!!!
glamping all the way
GLAMPING!
Definitely Glamping!
Camping all the way baby…why take it all with you…..
Oh, glamping for sure! How fun that would be!
Glamping for me
Glamping! : D
Glamping for me now–too spoiled for camping lately!
Glamping sounds so good but I love camping!
Glamping for sure. I like my creature comforts. Camped for many years & glamping sounds wonderful.
Glamping sounds pretty good to me
Camping! But only for a night or 2 – more than that and I think I may choose glamping.
Glamping all the way!
glamping looks great in my books !
I’d vote for camping first, followed by a few days of glamping, to alleviate the dirt and bug bites.
Glamping, for sure.
Camping! But I would have no problem “having” to glamp;lol
glamping
Glamping (but camping if it is a special place and reason)
meikleblog at gmail dot com
Camping!
I like camping but love glamping – otherwise known as princess camping!
I am going to say CAMPING! 😀 Love it! Thanks!
I opt for the old fashioned camping.
Glamping (with a butler, would be my ideal)
Glamping
Glamping!!
camping
camping!!
camping
glamping!
Camping!!!
camping for sure,camping right now
camping!!!
Camping for me.
Glamping!
camping for sure, you might as well go all out
Serious survivor…guess that makes me a camper!
Glamping!
Glamping 🙂
glamping!!
camping
oh since I have gotten a little older lol I would say glamping
camping by a nice lake
Either one. Never been glamping , would like to try.
glamping for sure!
Camping! 🙂
Love to go camping, but glamping looks like way more
fun!
camping! glamping! both are fun!
I love camping but I’d like to go glamping.
love camping
I go camping but I would love to go glamping instead.
Glamping all the way
Glamping…till I learn how to pack the car in moderation…LOL
Glamping!
I’d choose camping but if I wanted my family to join me I would have to choose Glamping!
Camping all the way 🙂
i love camping but haven’t been in year’s
Glamping! But I could try camping …. maybe! 🙂
glamping for sure
I have went camping once
Glamping would be my pick.
Comfort Camper!
I love roughing in the great outdoors…so…camping!
camping
I’m definitely a glamper
The glamping thing sounds like something I’m ready to do now.
Camping
Done it all. Jus’ sayin’.
I’ma serious survivor
I love Camping but of course I love my glamping!!
i really love camping
Camping with a bit of Glamping
comfort camper all the way!
My vote is for camping!
Love Camping 🙂
We love CAMPING ,We go as much as We can every summer
Think I fixed…try again…camping all the way!!! Love it…nothing like under the stars, fires at night,
camping
Camping for sure, absolute love it!!!!
Why is my name coming up like this…not it..Can anyone help me? My name is Theresa H
CAMPING!
CAMPING all the way!!!!
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camping
Camping!
Camping
Camping all the way!
luxury camping is what I grew up doing…game system, t.v, cable phone, the whole works
Prefer camping – by bicycle!
Prefer camping. It is half the fun.
GLAMPING
Definitely glamping.
Camped enough, would love to Glamp
It would be hard to say no to Glamping.
I’m all for camping but a little glam doesn’t hurt either
Once i retired I went to Glamping..
Camping
Camping is OK occasionally but I don’t do it regularly
I love camping with my family!
Glamping looks like fun.
I love camping.
camping
CAMPING +1
I’ve never been camping. I would try it if it was more glamping. My husband would love it if I enjoyed the outdoors more like he does.
Glamping +1, rather a hotel though.
camping 🙂
GLAMPING
Glamping for sure!
camping all the way!
camping is great!
Glamping for sure!
Camping for sure!
Glamping is fun
I’m camping. The best campsites at the Provincial Parks are usually the non-hydro waterfront sites suitable for tents. I love waking up early and taking twenty steps to the beach for a morning swim. I have a luxury Exped self-inflating air mattress with down fill, sleeping on the ground is no problem.
Glamping for sure
I am sure that I would much prefer glamping BUT my hubby and boys prefer camping and I’m such a Mom that I give in and we camp. I am sure that this prize pack would make it much more comfortable!!
i could do one night of camping – any longer, it would be glamping!
Glamping!
Glamping
I prefer a nice blend of both glamping and camping. Like Im not going to sleep in a tent but my kids will not be getting a tv… make sense?
Definitely a Comfort Camper – a great upgrade from a Serious Survivor when I started camping. I love to cook so there’s always awesome meals at camp. There’s nothing like breathing the night air while you’re snuggled in your sleeping bag and waking up to a serious sunrise (or hopefully a full pot of tea made by my husband!
Glamping all the way!! I’m afraid of bugs!
Glamping/Camping hybrid??… LOL.. I do choose Glamping! with my glitzy tank tops, wine & fabulous friends!!! I’m going for my birthday at the end of the month!! Yay!! Thanks for the chance to win some gear 🙂
Camping, I am 57 and still sleep in a tent in the summer in my backyard. The fireflies are amazing and the birds wake me up in the moring.
I’m aLL FOR THE GLAMPING. Nature is great but bug bites are so not fun.
i do not mind roughing it once in a while with a tent but i do prefer camping with the rv more.
Camping but there must be flush toilets at the campground!
Definitely glamping although my husband is camping
I would say I’m a comfort camper although I’ve roughed it before.
Glamping absolutely! Sure makes the camping experience look a lot cozier and definitely more appealing!
Glamping please! It doesnt even have to be that fancy – just warmer than a tent and better than a toliet in the bushes!
I vote Glamping – I didn’t know this existed!!
Glamping…for sure!
Glamping gets my vote!
I vote for glamping!
Would love to try Glamping.
Camping is my fave!
Glamping.
Glamping. Pick me, pick me! Your next
winner!!! Show me the money!!! It would be a dream come
true & means more to me than anyone else to win. Starving artist here
desperately needs the prize to have fun , feel alive & inspired again.
A life changing experience. Top of my bucket list. Thank you for the
awesomeness, the contest, & generousity.
Glamping!
Glamping…of course.
Glamper – my vote!
Rather be a glamper than a camper – been there and done that, too many bugs
Glamping – I just love that word. That’s me as a Camper.
Camping for sure! A great way to spend time with family and friends!
Camping! My fave spot is only accessible by boat and only has an outhouse (and I use that term loosely!) for amenities.
Glamping for me.
glamping is my way after doing the wild camping into bush 4 miles, it was great but bugs, awful sounds at night, never free of black from camp fire and worry about how to get out if accident. glamping pleaw
camping, I love it
I’ve spent many years camping and have always loved it; I think it’s time to try a little glamping 😉
Camping is best on the trail like the West Coast Trail or one of the many other trails that I have been on! 🙂
camping! 🙂
Glamping…although I did enjoy a camping trip this year!
we love camping but glamping could (REALLY) be nice too
Camping! We are hardcore campers!
Glamping!
Glamping it is! Although we are going camping this weekend!
Glamping for sure
Glamping seems to be the way I would go !
Glamping! We travel with our senior citizen kitty, and he likes the comfort of a cabin 🙂
I Love CAMPING ~ ( our Family of 4 ) + Dog and even cat last 2 seasons!
Early morning breaky sizzling on the skillet outside while we enjoy our first cup of coffee by a warming fire – cooler months while camping requires this 😉 Walks, swimming and star gazing at night = Perfect!!!!
Camping, camping, camping!!!! Great fun with the kids 🙂
I would vote for camping, but my husband is more of an urban person, so glamping sounds like a good compromise.
I love camping and this would be a dream prize to win! I really appreciate the idea of Glamping with just my husband or a few best girlfriends and a bottle of wine!
I love camping. I could be persuaded to try Glamping!
I’ve been camping for years. My vote’s definitely for that!
Glamping for sure!
i love camping…i also love the hilton! 🙂 i would love to try glamping sometime! i think i’ll vote glamping this time!
Glamping has considerably less mosquitoes, and although mosquitoes seem to love me, it’s not a mutual feeling… So Glamping it is!
glamping.. absolutely
Definitely glamping!
I have not done either.. glamping or camping.. But I would definitely pick Glamping to start off with. 🙂 Enjoy your summer.
Love comfort camping for now while my son is young… but ask me in another 5-8 years and I’m sure glamping will be my new choice!!!
I vote for Glamping.
Glamping looks more fun and more comfortable 😀
I’m all for glamping!!
Bring on the glamping!
Camping with a little glamping is good for us. 🙂
I’m a blend of glamper and camper. I don’t mind sleeping in a tent BUT there must must must be real toilets and running water 🙂
Although I’d love to *try* glamping as a different vacation, it’s not the same as camping! Camping!!! In the majestic BC mountains, at a secluded lake with the mournful sound of loons echoing from the the peaks, the sky creamy with stars… NOTHING is better!
My family and I are Serious Survivors!
Glamping for me!
glamping all the way!!!!
Love Sonya’s blog – I went there because of the contests, but it is a fun blog with lots of interesting items. As for camping vs glamping, I think glamping is DEFINITELY the way to go 😀 Have fun everyone, and good luck!
Both!! I did my first time camp two weeks ago. I am ready to try Luxury camping too!!
Camping! We love this activity as a family and look forward to it every year.
GLAMPING all the way!!!
I always end up bitten, burnt, sore and black and blue when I camp so I am definitely all for glamping!
Camping for sure, kids are so happy when outdoors 🙂
I’m such a glamper
Camping, I am a comfort camper though, according to the chart 🙂
Definitely Glamping- I don’t like to be down with the mice and bugs!
Glamping for sure, we love being outdoors on a family adventure, but need a nice comfy bed for sleeping in and the kids would go nuts without a tv!
Camping
Camping! Although glamping would be nice to try just once.
Camping! is a great family getaway
Camping, love everything about it
camping….open fire and spending time with my family…it does not get better than that!
Camping…..the more remote the better. Love cooking on an open fire and sleeping under the stars. Although I prefer not to get up close and personal with the wildlife!
Camping…the more dirt, the better. Though my arm would not have to be twisted to spend a night in the tofino glampsite above….I think I’d prefer to do so without kids (wink, wink)
I’m a comfort camper all the way, which by definition puts me into the galmping category.
As much as I love the great outdoors, there’s just something about a nice comfy bed and a/c that make glamping my preference!
Glamping!
Both… with the kids I would choose camping (since I feel like we rough it every day just going to the park). But alone/ with the husband/ girls Glamping all the way!
Glamping for me. I hate bugs!
Hmmm, I would think glamping. I have difficulty sleeping on the ground due to back problems but would love to still be able to camp. This sounds like a good solution for my problems.
Definitely glamping. My husband is the die hard out in the wilderness, survival mode! Me, i enjoy a firm mattress and air conditioning. I live in the country already, i get enough bugs.
Camping!
camping
camping, but I like some comforts. But I could get into Glamping.
I love camping, but the idea of glamping is definitely starting to grow on me. I would love to stay at that wilderness resort in Tofino!
Glamping ALL THE WAY!!!
Camping!! We love to rough it!
Glamping without a doubt! I need a bed and a flush toilet!
I dare say, I’d have to be a glamper – of course, only if that comes with indoor plumbing and mints on my pillows at night… *snort*
Camping everytime
I would glamp in Clayoquot Sound, but in real life, we are more of the roughing it in the bush types.
I’ll take glamping, thanks, preferably in a hotel. 😉
All for camping -actually canoe tripping! Anything we can pack in our canoe & paddle out to a quiet site where we don’t see anyone but our family for a few days. It may not be luxurious but it is so peaceful and beautiful!