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Rural Diversification
Running a standard tent camp site
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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 4610704" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>As many of you know I have visited a lot of farm camp sites.</p><p></p><p><em>Most</em> people are fine. Try to deter bookings from large groups (unless you want a women's rugby team staying and going on the razz), have rules printed on a form you give to people, IE 11pm its quiet time.</p><p></p><p>You can hire folk firebowls and then flog them overpriced logs or recycled sawdust briquettes.</p><p></p><p>Don't just sell them eggs. Buy a half sensible fridge and stock it with milk, bacon and the like. One place we had even had a tuck-shop that sold all sorts and only opened for a couple of hours either side of lunchtime.</p><p></p><p>You definitely need a proper shower and loo block. The output of two dozen randoms and myself when I've been living on crisps and Groslch all weekend ain't gonna work in a composter loo. Dig a hole and put a septic tank in and pay a proper man to take it away. Likewise need hot water and a wash-up area.</p><p></p><p>If you are really nice you can offer kids play equipment. Proper built ones from a proper company will be easy to insure. One farm we visited even had geese, pigs and stuff running around in a kind of open-air petting zoo. The kids loved it.</p><p></p><p>I would not bother with glamping, I'd just have the biggest possible space for folk to pitch tents and let them at it, £10-15 a night per tent. Allow dogs but insist they are cleaned up after and kept on a lead.</p><p></p><p>Parking and waste disposal are also issues to consider. Easy money otherwise for an plain open field you run the mower over a few times a month.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 4610704, member: 54866"] As many of you know I have visited a lot of farm camp sites. [I]Most[/I] people are fine. Try to deter bookings from large groups (unless you want a women's rugby team staying and going on the razz), have rules printed on a form you give to people, IE 11pm its quiet time. You can hire folk firebowls and then flog them overpriced logs or recycled sawdust briquettes. Don't just sell them eggs. Buy a half sensible fridge and stock it with milk, bacon and the like. One place we had even had a tuck-shop that sold all sorts and only opened for a couple of hours either side of lunchtime. You definitely need a proper shower and loo block. The output of two dozen randoms and myself when I've been living on crisps and Groslch all weekend ain't gonna work in a composter loo. Dig a hole and put a septic tank in and pay a proper man to take it away. Likewise need hot water and a wash-up area. If you are really nice you can offer kids play equipment. Proper built ones from a proper company will be easy to insure. One farm we visited even had geese, pigs and stuff running around in a kind of open-air petting zoo. The kids loved it. I would not bother with glamping, I'd just have the biggest possible space for folk to pitch tents and let them at it, £10-15 a night per tent. Allow dogs but insist they are cleaned up after and kept on a lead. Parking and waste disposal are also issues to consider. Easy money otherwise for an plain open field you run the mower over a few times a month. [/QUOTE]
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