Editor’s word: Welcome to your Host of the Month for May 2023! Each month, we wish to introduce considered one of our fantastic 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 May 2023, Denise and Tom from Georgia. This internet hosting couple began with the concept of showcasing the tiny houses they constructed; to patrons. Now they’ve a thriving glamping website with tiny houses and a transformed silo/grain bin! They at the moment have plans to increase their imaginative and prescient and embrace a 3-level handicap-accessible treehouse and a marriage chapel! If you’re searching for a glamping expertise surrounded by nature, that is the place for you!
Tell us a bit about your self…
We began off as tiny residence builders. In reality, we’re the oldest tiny residence builders on the east coast. We are situated on 10.5 acres in Central Georgia. When we pursued this property we moved from a 1,600 sq. ft. residence to a 252 sq. ft. tiny residence. We nonetheless stay on the property in a barndominium. Our horses, donkeys, and a pig named Hank stay downstairs. We stay above them in 720 sq. ft.
We now have 8 Tiny Homes, a reworked 1971 classic Fan Camper, and a brand-new Silo/grain bin residence to host our visitors! Although every home has its personal distinctive options all of them have a hearth function and fuel grill. We additionally supply the usage of our new outside kitchen to our visitors. We have 2 Koi ponds on the property for the visitor to feed the fish and hearken to the water because it comes down the waterfall
Host of the month for May 2023 Denise and Tom inform us what attracted them to proudly owning a glamping property.
We noticed the curiosity in tiny houses. Beyond being builders and distributors of tiny houses we realized that there was critical curiosity within the short-term rental market. It was a pure development and has introduced us nice pleasure!
Every glamping website has a particular story, may you inform us about yours?
As I discussed we began off as tiny residence builders. At that point we have been additionally distributors at tiny residence festivals touring throughout the Southeast. We noticed the outpouring of attendees at these festivals and knew folks have been very occupied with tiny houses. We bought our property in 2016 and arrange 4 spots simply to showcase our houses to potential tiny residence patrons. Then sooner or later considered one of our patrons ask if we may listing them on the short-term rental platform, so others may expertise the way it feels to remain in a tiny residence. SO WE DID.
We no longer solely have 8 tiny houses we now have expanded to incorporate further constructions and hosted our first Southeastern Tiny House Festival in October 2022 with worldwide identified Co-host Zack Giffin from Tiny House Nation with over 4,000 attendees. We even have plans to incorporate a 3-level handicap-accessible treehouse and a marriage chapel.
How was your first time internet hosting?
Great! With the agricultural setting, our visitors can loosen up, unwind and reset. At evening on clear nights, visitors can benefit from the lovely stars within the unpolluted evening sky. We love having the ability to share this with visitors!
Can you inform us about your most memorable visitor expertise to this point?
All our visitors are wonderful, however to see and browse how a lot our visitors love the houses, like to work together with our animals and simply to get to unwind, loosen up and reset is so rewarding to us. Recently we had a visitor arrive by helicopter, which was very thrilling!
If you would have anyone keep at your lodging, who would it not be and why?
Anybody? Well in fact Jason Momoa as a result of I really like every little thing he does and he’s a pleasant man. But I feel an influencer on social media could be nice. It’s all about publicity.
Where is your perfect vacation vacation spot? Other than your glamping property in fact!
The seashore, anyplace!
What do you’re keen on probably the most about operating a glamping website?
Interacting with visitors which can be interested by what we do. We have been featured on HGTV Tiny House Hunters and House Hunters, and The DIY Network. It’s an important pleasure to share our journey to tiny home dwelling with our visitors and permit them to expertise it for themselves.
Our host of the month for May 2023; sharing the challenges they’ve confronted on their journey to success.
We are so rural, which is a good asset and will also be difficult. As I mentioned beforehand this will make publicity a problem.
Some recommendation from our host of the Month for May 2023; to anybody seeking to begin or enhance their very own glamping enterprise
Customer service is essential. We like so as to add a particular contact to make our visitors really feel welcome. We reward every residence with recent flowers and lower veggies for our visitors to feed the animals.
Our group of hosts means every little thing to us right here at Glamping Hub, which is why we like to share their tales in our Host of the Month function. If you wish to expertise what tiny residence dwelling is like head to our Host of the Month for May’s glamping website in Georgia! Are searching for a enjoyable trip surrounded by nature? Then that is the glamping website for you. Try this distinctive transformed silo for a romantic getaway in Georgia or this luxurious tiny home for a weekend getaway in Danville.
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