having done both, I recommend camping! Staying in a five star hotel becomes a bit boring actually. After eating enough to stuff a moose, then hanging out in a hot tub, having people checking on you daily becomes annoying. Maids constantly checking to see if you need a new towel, or change of linens…gah. I’d rather be in the outdoors, cooking what I want when I want…wandering around through the woods, or hiking up a mountainside, slowly…I AM old after all. Sleeping when I am tired and having the noise of NATURE instead of knocking on doors. Waking up at dawn to make a fire for warmth…yea baby!
I agree… When I travel, I don’t see the point in having a super luxurious room. I spend so little time in it anyway 🙂 As long as I have a clean, comfortable bed to sleep in and can take a hot bath or shower at the end of the day, I am happy. Luxury is nice, but unnecessary. I’d rather spend my money visiting around. My parents took us camping a lot when we were young, and the whole experience was always such an adventure!
Hotel at night, for a luxurious sleep and leisurely breakfast, and then spend the day at museums and artsy spots, ending at a wonderful bookshop. Bliss!
I prefer a middle ground…I think it’s called ‘glamping’ or some other equally silly term. Air mattress, indoor plumbing (including showers with hot water please and indoor toilets…outhouses are wayyyyy overrated); privacy (a thing which I’ve discovered is in short supply if one camps out) and a beautiful mountain scene by a lake or a forest would be perfection to me. I don’t mind cast iron cooking over a campfire as long as someone else does it. I know I’d burn anything I tried to make doing that. I’d also need some way to physically STAND UP if I slept all night on an air mattress. My mobility is so poor that trying to get up off the ground is a joke. But I do love the scent of fresh mountain air and the peace of the forest. Nothing quite like that.
Hehehe that’s a cool way to compromise 🙂 I think it really has to do more about the experience, and less about the stay itself… Although a minimum of comfort is important to enjoy a vacation!
Well, I have a bit of chameleon in me, so I could fit in with 5-star treatment. But, not for long. My bare-bones sensibility always rests its head eventually. 😃
Oh, definitely chic hotel! I’ve been camping exactly twice and hated it both times–maybe something to do with my irrational/mostly rational fear of bears!
No I haven’t. But I want to. We have shared terrace here. So we don’t really own it. I hear stories from my parents of them sleeping on the roof during summers.
If it’s in a jungle, a tent from which I can sneak out would be cool. Sleeping with insects, animals and what not around isn’t safe 😂😂
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having done both, I recommend camping! Staying in a five star hotel becomes a bit boring actually. After eating enough to stuff a moose, then hanging out in a hot tub, having people checking on you daily becomes annoying. Maids constantly checking to see if you need a new towel, or change of linens…gah. I’d rather be in the outdoors, cooking what I want when I want…wandering around through the woods, or hiking up a mountainside, slowly…I AM old after all. Sleeping when I am tired and having the noise of NATURE instead of knocking on doors. Waking up at dawn to make a fire for warmth…yea baby!
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I agree… When I travel, I don’t see the point in having a super luxurious room. I spend so little time in it anyway 🙂 As long as I have a clean, comfortable bed to sleep in and can take a hot bath or shower at the end of the day, I am happy. Luxury is nice, but unnecessary. I’d rather spend my money visiting around. My parents took us camping a lot when we were young, and the whole experience was always such an adventure!
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Hotel at night, for a luxurious sleep and leisurely breakfast, and then spend the day at museums and artsy spots, ending at a wonderful bookshop. Bliss!
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Sounds like a day of fun! I must admit that one thing I do enjoy in a good hotel, is a nice room-delivered breakfast 😉
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I prefer a middle ground…I think it’s called ‘glamping’ or some other equally silly term. Air mattress, indoor plumbing (including showers with hot water please and indoor toilets…outhouses are wayyyyy overrated); privacy (a thing which I’ve discovered is in short supply if one camps out) and a beautiful mountain scene by a lake or a forest would be perfection to me. I don’t mind cast iron cooking over a campfire as long as someone else does it. I know I’d burn anything I tried to make doing that. I’d also need some way to physically STAND UP if I slept all night on an air mattress. My mobility is so poor that trying to get up off the ground is a joke. But I do love the scent of fresh mountain air and the peace of the forest. Nothing quite like that.
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Hehehe that’s a cool way to compromise 🙂 I think it really has to do more about the experience, and less about the stay itself… Although a minimum of comfort is important to enjoy a vacation!
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Both my dear, in other words, anywhere/☺️
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Hehehehe, I am still taking my weekly lottery ticket for The Cove… When luck turns our way, you’ll get to pick any place you wish to go 🙂
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Cool beans!
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Hotel, hands down! I love nature, but I don’t like sleeping outside or even in a tent. If there are no walls, forget it lol!
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It is definately not for everyone 😉 Would you be able to sleep in a camper? Or would that still be too close to wilderness for you?
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I could probably sleep in a camper now that I think about it!
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Camping. I’m nowhere near the 5-star chic type.
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I kind of expected that you would say that 😉 So… no mimosa morning, while wearing a white bathrobe for you, uh? 😛
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Well, I have a bit of chameleon in me, so I could fit in with 5-star treatment. But, not for long. My bare-bones sensibility always rests its head eventually. 😃
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Both.
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It is good to be flexible 🙂 I like both too, but I just don’t like to pay for luxury. But if anyone wants to treat me, I’m in! hehehehe
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Oh, definitely chic hotel! I’ve been camping exactly twice and hated it both times–maybe something to do with my irrational/mostly rational fear of bears!
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it is NEVER irrational to be afraid of bears! lol
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I know, right?!
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LOL I’m with Suze on this one… Fear of bears is a synonym of what they call ”common sense” if you ask me 😉
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Nature!
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I would have guessed this, Saumya 🙂 Have you ever slept under the stars? Or do you at least need a tent or a camper to feel safe for the night?
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No I haven’t. But I want to. We have shared terrace here. So we don’t really own it. I hear stories from my parents of them sleeping on the roof during summers.
If it’s in a jungle, a tent from which I can sneak out would be cool. Sleeping with insects, animals and what not around isn’t safe 😂😂
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I would take the hotel, but just so I could turn up and see how long it would take till they kicked me out for not being posh enough
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What are you talking about?? A classy lady like you? They would never dare!! 😛
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Depending on if I was trying I reckon I could do it in less than an hour
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