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<blockquote data-quote="warksfarmer" data-source="post: 539573" data-attributes="member: 192"><p>I know somebody that looked into this seriously and went to see 5 sites already up and running. Listening to those people then even though these are 'luxury tents' you get next to no winter trade and in all cases the sites we went to worked on a season of April to the end of September. Although the core months are July, August and September. You will also be busy in spring and early summer school holidays. They wanted to know how many weeks per year this equated to and the average across the 5 sites was 20 weeks per year. On all counts each site did do winter business but they all said it was counted as a nice extra and only budget on what you think is guaranteed if you market correctly, have decent facilities and in a nice part of the country.</p><p></p><p>Average weekly price was £450/week so each tent was turning over £9k/year.</p><p></p><p>5 tents was manageable easily for one person to look after and service so £45k/year was achievable with any other let weeks being a nice bit on top.</p><p></p><p>Setup costs for 5 tents was quoted at £100k although this was only 1 quote so clearly there are many more options but it literally was 'turn key' so included the wood burner and electricity/water installed, bathroom, furniture, linen, cutlery, carpets, televisions etc etc.</p><p>Other setup costs would include the area to site the tents, roadways, getting elec/water to it, car parking area. Then you need to think about bike hire and walks so grassing some margins down so people can access existing footpaths etc. All in it ended up at £150k for 5 tents (yurts I think they were called actually) including some contingency funds.</p><p></p><p>The local planners said planning was not required for siting the tents but as it was a business then a change of use was required which would also look at traffic and how many days per year it could be open - it never went any further so no idea if it would of been easy or not.</p><p></p><p>They were informed marketing would cost around £5k/year</p><p></p><p>So it was looking like income of £45k less marketing £5k less about £20k for the initial purchase costs written down over 5 years leaving around £20k to fund the person cleaning the tents as required and fund any repairs required. </p><p></p><p>What about the durability of the tents in severe weather? </p><p></p><p>Anyway the friend who looked into it decided he needed to have 10 tents to make it worthwhile and then employ somebody part time to look after it for him. At that point he thought it could bring in around £30k per year after all costs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="warksfarmer, post: 539573, member: 192"] I know somebody that looked into this seriously and went to see 5 sites already up and running. Listening to those people then even though these are 'luxury tents' you get next to no winter trade and in all cases the sites we went to worked on a season of April to the end of September. Although the core months are July, August and September. You will also be busy in spring and early summer school holidays. They wanted to know how many weeks per year this equated to and the average across the 5 sites was 20 weeks per year. On all counts each site did do winter business but they all said it was counted as a nice extra and only budget on what you think is guaranteed if you market correctly, have decent facilities and in a nice part of the country. Average weekly price was £450/week so each tent was turning over £9k/year. 5 tents was manageable easily for one person to look after and service so £45k/year was achievable with any other let weeks being a nice bit on top. Setup costs for 5 tents was quoted at £100k although this was only 1 quote so clearly there are many more options but it literally was 'turn key' so included the wood burner and electricity/water installed, bathroom, furniture, linen, cutlery, carpets, televisions etc etc. Other setup costs would include the area to site the tents, roadways, getting elec/water to it, car parking area. Then you need to think about bike hire and walks so grassing some margins down so people can access existing footpaths etc. All in it ended up at £150k for 5 tents (yurts I think they were called actually) including some contingency funds. The local planners said planning was not required for siting the tents but as it was a business then a change of use was required which would also look at traffic and how many days per year it could be open - it never went any further so no idea if it would of been easy or not. They were informed marketing would cost around £5k/year So it was looking like income of £45k less marketing £5k less about £20k for the initial purchase costs written down over 5 years leaving around £20k to fund the person cleaning the tents as required and fund any repairs required. What about the durability of the tents in severe weather? Anyway the friend who looked into it decided he needed to have 10 tents to make it worthwhile and then employ somebody part time to look after it for him. At that point he thought it could bring in around £30k per year after all costs. [/QUOTE]
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