Editor’s notice: Every month, we prefer to introduce one among our great Glamping Hub hosts and ask what impressed them to create a glamping website. This month, we’re showcasing Glamping Hub’s Host of the Month for June 2022, Samantha. This glorious host continued the work of her father and reworked their 200-acre land into an attractive wedding ceremony and occasion house, and glamping resort with unbelievable 5 distinctive glamping lodging. Samantha grew her enterprise shortly by including her first glamping models in 2018 and has huge plans for her glamping website sooner or later. She needs so as to add as much as 5 extra distinctive models, together with a airplane, a practice, a double-decker bus, and a ship home!
Inform us a bit about your self…
We’re a family-owned and operated enterprise that has expanded exponentially by including glamping to our website. We’ve a 200-acre property in St. Clair MO that has been in our household for over 50 years. We’ve hosted weddings since 2013 and added glamping in 2018 and have since added 5 models and plan so as to add one other 3-5 models within the subsequent 4 years.
Our land is the last word summer time camp expertise! We provide a 15-acre lake at our “seashore” space with complimentary canoes, kayaks, and paddle boards. It additionally has Meramec river entry, and mountain climbing trails, and is total a tremendous getaway in nature with all of the comforts of residence.
What attracted you to proudly owning a glamping property?
Earlier than including our number of glamping choices, company may solely expertise our land by means of formal occasions like weddings. It was necessary to us to supply in a single day lodging so folks may expertise this kind of trip. From this, we’ve now expanded from a household farm and wedding ceremony venue to a glamping resort that hosts weddings, elopements, events, glamping stays, retreats, festivals, and our annual Grove Of Lights Vacation Expertise.
Our land and nature, generally, are too particular and great to not share. We take into account it our privilege and our accountability to provide again to our neighborhood on this method.
Each glamping website has a particular story, may you inform us about yours?
Our story is particular as a result of it’s a continuation of an even bigger story. My father purchased this land within the mid-Nineteen Sixties together with his dad and mom. He labored to domesticate it for half a century, created our 15-acre lake, planted our walnut grove, developed mountain climbing trails, and maintained the fantastic thing about our farm for a lifetime.
I’m the center baby of all his youngsters and the one feminine – I noticed the love that went into our land and from a younger age, knew that I may proceed my father’s work and construct one thing that will fulfill its full potential. After I was 24 years previous, we developed a marriage venue enterprise and labored for years to boost this facet of the enterprise.
Our website attracts actually great folks with related values to us, so after we began rising at a fast tempo by including glamping to our enterprise, we needed to belief folks to come back in and assist us. We’re so grateful we did, as a result of they’ve continued to point out up, wow us, and have EPIC concepts of their very own. The staff we’ve constructed inside our enterprise is simply as particular because the land itself and we’re so grateful for them. Teamwork makes the dream work!
Are you able to inform us about your most memorable visitor expertise up to now?
Our most memorable company are those who wish to spend their particular occasions with us, like engagement events, and proposals. We as soon as hosted a shock engagement and helped to arrange the picture shoot -it was a extremely lovely second!
One other memorable visitor stayed in our classic VW campervan as an merchandise on their bucket listing for his or her anniversary. It was at all times their dream to remain in a “hippie van” and it was great for us to have the ability to fulfill that dream for them.
For those who may have anyone keep at your lodging, who wouldn’t it be and why?
We prefer to host the folks that want it essentially the most.
Whether or not that’s the solo traveler that’s seeking to unwind and desires some peace and quiet or the household that has kids who wish to play and play and play within the lake, on the “seashore”, making sand castles or on their bikes, who get misplaced within the second and don’t even suppose to the touch or ask about their cellphone or pill all weekend. Or, it’s the {couples} in search of a romantic journey with nights across the bonfires, speaking, and reconnecting with one another, or the buddies that chortle all weekend till their sides get sore. We’re blissful to host anybody and everybody.
What are a number of the challenges you face and what have you ever realized since opening?
Our greatest problem has been rising in such a short while. Constructing programs and including extra models to accommodate the expansion has been an enormous studying expertise for us.
We’ve realized a lot about what company need and likewise what they count on from their expertise, so this is the reason we attempt to provide thrilling add-on choices alongside our glamping models.
How was your first time internet hosting?
Our first time internet hosting was so nerve-racking but in addition so thrilling! We maintain ourselves to excessive requirements and set huge expectations for ourselves, however internet hosting for the primary time was completely different – hoping that the company love the lodging as a lot as we do, how cozy and cozy will they discover all the pieces, and did they’ve all the pieces they wanted or wished to take pleasure in their keep.
For sure, we did a fantastic job and now have 5 models! Two renovated faculty buses, one renovated 1972 VW transporter (hippie van), and two classic pop-up Apache hard-side campers. We all know how wonderful our house is and believe that our company may have enjoyable on-site. We’ve plans so as to add a houseboat, a airplane and a practice sooner or later, oh and possibly a double-decker bus if we are able to discover one!
What do you’re keen on essentially the most about operating a glamping website?
We love bringing folks to our property. Sharing this place with like-minded people who find themselves desirous about spending extra time within the open air with out the arduous work of conventional tenting.
The place is your ultimate vacation vacation spot? Aside from your glamping property in fact!
A property like ours, a water function, nature throughout, wonderful comforts and facilities, BUT with out the accountability of it being our place. HA. We will’t trip on our personal property!
What recommendation would you give to anybody seeking to begin or enhance their very own glamping enterprise?
Maintain your self to excessive requirements. What would you prefer to have while you’re on trip? Most individuals need related issues. Don’t be afraid to step outdoors the field and switch sudden issues into glamping models, folks crave distinctive experiences.
Our neighborhood of hosts means all the pieces to us right here at Glamping Hub, which is why we like to share their tales in our Host of the Month function. For those who’re in search of a romantic weekend excellent for Glamping in Missouri, a singular wedding ceremony venue, or a quiet enjoyable weekend getaway from St. Louis, try Samantha’s glamping resort in Missouri.
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