Camping Travel Store Blog

ESVO 280 real time set-up A great video detailing how we at Camping Travel Store set up the ESVO 280 Bedouin base tent in real-time. Watch as James takes you through a step-by-step guide from taking your tent out of the bag to being ready to enjoy your time on-site.   More information www.campingtravelstore.co.uk

From camping tents to safari tents and even emergency tents, our YouTube channel has lots of videos on pitching techniques, site reviews and more... Why not have a look and subscribe! Follow this link:  https://www.youtube.com/user/KarstenTentsUK For any more information Email: info@campingtravelstore.co.uk or call 01763 273662

I'm very lucky with our Cambridge Tent Displays that the field we use is East facing. This gives me the opportunity to get up early and view the rising sun. The added bonus of the large unobstructed skies just adds to the experience. Here are a couple of photos from the last couple of days, and what a difference some passing cloud makes! For more information on our Tent or Touring Displays please see  www.campingtravelstore.co.uk

Karsten 350 Inflatable Tent in Sea Green They are rare to find second hand, but we've just added a Karsten 350 Inflatable Tent in Sea Green to our Used Tents page on our website.  Please follow this link or click the picture for more information:  http://www.campingtravelstore.co.uk/used-tents-for-sale NOW SOLD 04.02.17

The Karsten tent has been proven over the past 30 plus years to be one of the most resilient tents for those who enjoy camping and for those that rely on them for extreme activities including the military and emergency services.  The materials used, coupled with the attention to detail and craftsmanship of each tent, whether in their standard range or bespoke ensure that when it bears the Karsten name, you know you've got the best. The picture below shows the Karsten Inflatable Army Tents in extreme conditions up high on location in the Alps. For more information on the Karsten range of Camping, Leisure and Military Tents please see: www.campingtravelstore.co.uk For more our Work & Emergency Tent please see: www.premierworktents.co.uk

For the third successive year, Buntingford based Camping Travel Store celebrates winning prestigious national camping awards in the 2018 Tent Owners Satisfaction Survey presented by The Camping & Caravanning Club. The awards, presented by Julia Bradbury at a star-studded industry dinner at The Midland Hotel in Manchester on Thursday 18th January 2018 were based on the results of a survey entirely from the input of thousands of campers who have purchased and used a camping unit since January 2014. Camping Travel Store was awarded Best Inflatable Tube Tent and Best Premium Tent in this year’s awards, adding to their success from 2017 where they won Best Life-Time Tent and Best Premium Tent, together with Best Tent over £300 in 2016 for their Dutch Karsten Inflatable Tent Range. League tables for each unit type were drawn up in each category, with brands earning the highest satisfaction ratings according to respondents to the survey crowned as winners. Camping Tra

Have you checked out 'The Karsten Klub' thread on UK Campsites - it now has well over 1.5 million views. See it here:  http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_forum_topics.asp?ForumID=32 There is loads of information and pictures together with owners talking about their decisions to buy and why they chose the configuration that suited their families individual camping style.  For UK touring dates - please see our website: www.campingtravelstore.co.uk

We've had a great 2017 camping and meeting lots of new faces at our displays around the UK. It just remains for us to wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope you make some lovely camping memories in 2018. All the best... James & Suzie

To celebrate 2018 and the New Year, we are holding last years prices for our Karsten Tents and offering a 5% Discount off our standard price list for all new orders placed before the 1st March 2018  :-)   More information is available from  www.campingtravelstore.co.uk  or check out our  Facebook events page  as we're touring the UK with our display.  T&C's apply Our first display of 2018 is at Phillimore Garden Centre, Cambridge Road, Melbourn, Hertfordshire. SG8 6EY - Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th February. Nearby attractions are the City of Cambridge , Shepreth Wildlife Park and Duxford Imperial War Museum

We've nearly confirmed all of our display dates for 2018, so will be publishing them very soon. If you want to have a sneak preview at the venues that we have confirmed please take a look at our website: www.campingtravelstore.co.uk or click this link: HERE We'll also be uploading and linking them all to our Facebook page as events so if you are intending to come along to one of them and use social media please click the 'Going' button! ... and don't forget to tag or tell any of your camping friends that may be interested in our displays.

New for the 2018 Season, the Karsten Glamping Luxe - A canvas tent purpose built for the rental market building on their award winning range of inflatable tents.  We've covered everything in the video, so please take a look and address any enquiries to us at info@campingtravelstore.co.uk or call on 01763 273662. More information available at  www.campingtravelstore.co.uk

Below is a short video, explaining the colour coding of the modification door, either for joining a sleeping extension or another Karsten tent.

Our latest display is in full flow whilst 'storm Brian' hits the UK, and with our Karsten Tents reputation for resilience to windy conditions, we thought we'd share a quick video on how we guyed out the combi-awning for the Karsten 300. As you will see in the video, it is a large open awning which can easily catch the wind, but with correct guying you can see just how stable it can be in high winds. We experienced average winds of 20-30 mph and gusts up to 50 mph throughout the day. The awning was solid and drew lots of positive comments from those attending today's display.

With the Karsten Inflatable Tents being so modular we take a quick look at the awnings available for the Karsten 300-350 models and the ways they can be configured.  We will producing more videos detailing our Karsten Tents, so please check back here soon or subscribe to our YouTube Channel (KarstenTentsUK) following the link to the left of this blog!

We've arrived at the Hawbridge Inn in Tirley, Gloucester for our Karsten Tent Display this weekend (30th Sept - 1st Oct). Here's a short video to show the tents on display and where we are staying, it's a lovely riverside setting! More information is available on our website www.campingtravelstore.co.uk or for event details, please follow this link .

It's about time we revisited this blog ! We've had a very productive time since our last post, and this blog has fallen somewhat behind so just a re- cap since we last posted of whats been happening: In 2016 The Karsten 350 model won Best Tent over £350 in the Camping and Caravanning Club Tent Satisfaction Awards and was highly commended in the Best 4 Person Tent category as well... we'll that made our year - we were so happy.... But not as happy as this year (2017) when we were invited back to the Camping & Caravanning Club Awards to collect the top gongs for Best LifeTime Tent and Best Premium Range Tent for the range of Karstens. So we've been working really hard in getting these awesome tents to like minded campers around the UK and as such have refined our displys to a smaller number of the most popular tents. This is allowing us to travel further afield, bringing the Karsten range nearer to you. Our plan next year is to have 8 locations f

Had to share this fantastic Karsten Cake - made for one our customer for his 40th Birthday we think it is simply awesome! If you have anything similar, please share with us by email or on our Facebook page

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A short video to show the difference between the standard 'sloped' front wall for the 240 Karsten inflatable carp bivvy (tent) and the Flat Front Wall. Both are available as an option with no difference in price - it's just a matter of preference! For more information, options and guide prices, please click HERE

We held a photo competition of the Karsten Inflatable Tents where owners could send in their best photo of the 2015 camping season.  We were really pleased with the entries that we received, and hopefully next years competition will see even more, so don't forget to get snapping when your camping in 2016! The final decision rested with the Directors of Karsten Tenten BV, who chose the photo by Clive Sutton, of his Karsten 325 in Sea Green, with Comfort Awning, Front Wall & Rain Awning at Field Barn Park Campsite near Bourton-on-the-water taken in April 2015. Link to Photo