In Germany, they camp indoors...

[Terry G]

Check out this article about a new hotel in Germany that has indoor trailers:

Indoor caravan park offers camping experience with a twist | Metro.co.uk

Actually, in these days of $4 gas it might be an idea worth copying. Clear out the garage, dig out the plastic Christmas trees, and set up the fake fire. To give the kids a thrill, have a guy come around in a bear suit and go "Raaarrrrrrrr".

[Kevin K]

Indoor camping
No fresh air

[Gerda, H]

Yes, no fresh air AND no real camp fires! And no nice trails, lakes, etc nearby!!! No sounds of night-active birds. No funny raccoon stories. And isn't the possibility of rain one of the big reasons many of us in particular enjoy our fiberglass eggs?

[Byron Kinnaman]

Hey, to make it complete they need to turn a bear or two loose at night.

[jen b]

Haa, that's awesome. Though as a hotel in Berlin I don't think they exactly mean it to provide an authentic camping experience. It's like a novelty hotel along the lines of Sweden's ice hotel.

[Frederick L. Simson]

Originally Posted by metro.co.uk

Based in a converted vacuum cleaner factory, the hotel is the brainchild of Silke Lorenzen and Sarah Vollmer.

Ms Lorenzen said: ‘We wanted to preserve the integrity of the building but at the same time create a communal atmosphere for guests.

Read more: Indoor caravan park offers camping experience with a twist | Metro.co.uk

City folks want to camp too. This is a great idea! How do you subdivide an industrial building without cutting up an old historic building?

[Sharon G]

I sent this to my sister who is scared of woods and terrified of bears, and she loved it. It's her style of camping .... if it had a Starbucks and shops, too.

I told her that's the roughing part of it... she'd have to go out on the street for shopping.