Unbeatable Moments: When City Tropics met the Glamping Life
I grew up 
camping, seeing tents and teepees and trailers discovered through an Indian themed campground in Spotsylvania, Virginia. It’s a tradition that would pass down to my first cousins and I from my mother and her siblings, which had ultimately started with my Grandparents. Additionally as kids, once per year, my cousins and I were sent away on a weekly church camp located off the West River in Annapolis, MD. As urban kids from Baltimore, we were lucky to experience canoes, campfires, and cabins as vernaculars in our youth.
In 2018, the idea of camping is a hard sell, most of my friends decline straight-up after considering the what ifs: lack of electricity, wifi, and running water, while potentially dodging bears, insects, and the campfire killer (think Jason, Friday the 13th), etc.
But the idea of Glamping, having all the necessities of the outdoors mixed in with minimal sacrifice, is a best of both worlds options that meets more appeal.
About a week ago, collective retreats invited us out to help celebrate the grand opening of its first urban retreat, Collective Governors Island. I couldn’t turn down an invite to Governors Island, namely for its picturesque views, and to also grasp all the hype of why people go here in the first place. Namely, non-native New Yorkers will use whatever excuse we can to get the hell away from the city, even if just for one night.
Chronicling life and relishing on full circle moments are always ideal.
Here’s my ode to some unbeatable moments at one of New York City’s hottest new escapes for the Summer, Collective Governors Island :
Cheers to more Glamping in 2018.
For additional information on collective Governors Island (CGI) or to book your stay click here.
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