Pros & Cons of Running Glamping Business
Have You Ever Heard of “Glamping”?
Glamping is a mixture of words; Glamourous + camping. This means that glamping is luxurious and fancy outdoor activities with high privacy and convenience. Glampers (People who join glamping) are looking for escaping through “fairy tale”.
The Future of Glamping Business
The future of Glamping Business is bright. The market size is supposed to be expanded. Because of pandemic, the popularity of glamping has been increasing as well. It doesn’t say too much to say that glamping business is one of the most promising and lucrative business models.
Pros & Cons of Running Glamping Business
<Pros>
- A healthy environment to live and work in
In most days, you will spend your days walking and running errands for your business.
- A great place to bring up a family
Glamping resorts are surrounded with lots of nature. It isn’t difficult imagine how healthy growing your kids in such an environment.
- A quiet and relaxing environment, a lot of natural space
- Opportunity to work from home and you’re your own boss
- Relatively profitable business
Because of high demand for nature tourism and low investment cost, it is said that you can get quick ROI compared with other hospitality industry
- Stronger connection to local community
Your glamping resort might sell products produced by local farmers. On the contrary, you might sell you products at craft shows. You will have lots of opportunities to get involved with local people.
- Lots of opportunities to get discount and perks
You would have lots of opportunities to get industry perks and discounts.
- Face to face interaction with your guests and employees
<Cons>
- Seasonal work, mainly from spring to summer.
You can open your glamping site in winter. However, the demands are so low. You will need to drop your prices remarkably during low-season. During winter, finances might be difficult. Therefore you might need to find out other jobs, However, glamping resorts are usually located in remote areas. It would be challenging to find out other jobs close by.
- Taxes
You will need to pay self-employment taxes, which can be very expensive and might tighten your budget.
- Blur boundaries between your work and private lives.
Your staffs and guests might visit you anytime. You need to make a distinction between work and private.
There are lots of benefits of running your own glamping business. However, winter is the most challenging for glamping business. Excelite Glamping Domes can solve this problem.
Why Is Excelite Glamping Domes Perfect For Winter?
Our Glamping Dome is made of T4mm Polycarbonate sheet. This material can be used for many occasions in your daily lives such as a pool enclosure, a pergola, a roofing system and a greenhouse.
As one of the strengths of polycarbonate sheet, they have a great thermal insulation system. The temperature inside of Excelite Glamping Domes are several degrees higher than a temperature outside. This means your guests will still enjoy cozy and warm environment in our glamping dome and it can save your energy cost.
Also, it is said that glamping dome’s cooling and heating efficiency is approximately 30% higher than traditional type of glamping accommodations according to research. In short, glamping domes are superior to air circulation and ventilation. You can expect our Glamping Domes are 2-4 times as energy efficient as other type of glamping accommodations.
You can attract your guests even in winter and save electricity bill at the same time!
Features of Excelite Glamping Dome
- Impact resistant, UV and water proof & all weather type
- A variety of size
Our glamping dome’s size is 2.1M, 3.5M, 4.5M, 5.3M and 8.8M. You can also combine one dome with the others (Combo Domes). If you’re a landowner and run a holiday parks, campsites, hotels and resorts, Excelite Glamping Domes are just perfect for you.
- Easy installation & disassemble
It takes only a couple of hours to install a 3.5M dome and takes only half an hour to disassemble it.
- 100% transparent and 360 degrees view
Your guests can enjoy beautiful scenery anytime and it is very unique and would attract lots of potential guests.
- High security & privacy
Our glamping dome includes an automatic ceiling curtain and manual side curtain. Also, it has a security door, which can be opened and closed through a swipe card.
- Good air circulation
As mentioned above, thermal insulation is good. You might be worried about hot summer. No worries. Each glamping dome has a couple of windows and one of them has fly mesh. In addition, it has a ventilation fan as well. You can electrify inside our glamping domes. Therefore, you can set up an air conditioner as well. It is easy for your guests to control temperature inside our domes.
For more information, contact us today! We’re looking forward to working with you!
