Camping Travel Store Blog

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

Yesterday afternoon when I got in and checked my social media, there were a few posts about the moonrise and the fact it was due to be a full moon. So grabbing my camera kit, I donned by walking boots and made across the fields at the back of our house to hopefully capture the moonrise over one of our local farms.  Below is my picture - the metering was thrown out by their tennis court floodlights but it does really add to the atmospherics. One of the things that I have always wanted do is to attend a Dark Skies Festival Event . They are all over the UK and mainly in the National Parks. I've linked to them here as it may be something others may have done and can recommend or would like to do.

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.