Want to Pretend You're Camping Without The Hassle of Actually Camping?

Perhaps "Glamping" (glamous camping?) is just what you need.

It basically provides the allusion of roughing it in the wild, but with all the comforts of a hotel room. Instead of staying in a (roomy!) 14.58 square foot tent that takes 2 hours to construct- if you are lucky enough to have all the poles and stakes with you in the devilishly undersized tent bag, and something other than a shoe to drive them into the solid clay ground on which you will be sleeping with little to no padding other than the 2 centimeters of the underside of your sleeping bag- with a luxuriously high 4.5 foot high ceiling, consider "camping out" in a "tent" with hardwood floors, hot running water, plumbing, possibly a kitchenette, king-size mattress, and all the other elements missing on your average camping trip.

Of course, for the price of a glamptrip, you could stay in a five star hotel somewhere... but that takes away from the authenticity of the experience of being out in the elements- with hardwood floors and a stove.

For more information on this (and some pictures of particularly inviting glampsites, check out: http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/29/travel/luxury-camping-glamping/index.html?hpt=tr_c1