How Treehouse Accommodation Can Make Your Glamping Site Stand Out
Holiday-goers in the UK are travelling up and down the country to find the glamping staycation that will create a memorable experience in their minds for years to come, and this hunt for an experience won’t be slowing down anytime soon.
The land around you can create an enormous opportunity to stand yourself out from the rest. How do you do this if you’re a landowner with a large wooded area? By building a treehouse onto your land.
For guests who are wanting a glamping stay that will come once in a lifetime, a stay in a treehouse accommodation will trump a regular glamping pod. Bring your guests closer to nature while at the same time make them feel like they’re living in a fantasy.
Let’s go through how landowners with the right environment can capitalise on this trend.
Using Your Land to Your Advantage
Your land is what makes the glamping accommodation special. It’s the foundation of your site and represents nature which is one of the reasons why people go glamping in the first place.
If you’re looking to buy and build treehouse accommodation. It needs to be done with the right land and environment, including the right trees. They need to be balanced and weight distributed so it is healthy and secure for the project.
The best trees to use for this kind of project are hardwood, such as oak, maple, fir, beech and hemlock. If you have any of the trees on your glamping site and they’re at stable and distributed weight, it’s the perfect opportunity for treehouse accommodation.
Of course, we would always recommend getting in touch with an expert who will actually be able to tell you if your trees could withstand being built on. We work with architects and environmentalist experts who know just how to make your plans picture perfect.
Increase Bookings With Your Unique Offering
One thing you'd often expect from treehouse accommodation is an increase in bookings for your glamping site, or a high stay rate if this is your only accommodation. This is down to a few reasons:
Your offering is unique, compared to regular glamping accommodation, guests who are looking for experiences will more likely want to stay in your accommodation.
Treehouses are attractive for families with children, large groups and people attached to nature. Building a large tree house will be a massive draw for group bookings every day of the year.
Charge a Higher Price Per Night
As said above, treehouse accommodation is a massive draw for guests to stay with your glamping site. Another bonus is that you’re able to charge a higher price per night for guests to stay in your luxury accommodation.
What You'll Need to Consider
Surrounding Area
One thing that you’ll need to consider before starting your treehouse accommodation in the surrounding area of land. Asking yourself the following questions will help:
Is the tree on your land actually stable enough to support a treehouse?
Are there any barriers to making this work?
Are their trees or other land features that need to be removed in order to build?
This is important as it can affect the manufacturing process, the safety of your accommodation and the future of your glamping site.
Ongoing Care for the Treehouse
Another thing to consider is how you will take care of the treehouse. Although it may have been transformed into attractive accommodation, it’s still a living thing and needs to be cared for if you want it to have its true value.
For a start, you’ll need to make sure that you’re not damaging the tree in any way. Whether it be from the accommodation aspect or how you’re treating it, you must preserve the tree if you want it to be as safe and secure as possible.
Secondly, you’ll need to make sure that the tree is getting enough nutrients to survive. This comes from water and sunlight, which is essential for any living thing. Make sure that the tree isn’t being blocked from the sun and that water can reach it properly.
Is Planning Permission Required for a Treehouse?
Yes, planning permission will most likely be required for a treehouse as the UK government recommends that you should seek permission if you’re building something new, making a major change to a building and changing the use of your building, which also applies to treehouses. Most glamping structures require planning permission.
We advise that you consult with your local planning authority before starting any work on your treehouse, for more advice on the planning permission process. If you were to complete the work without gaining permission beforehand, you could be given an enforcement notice, which basically means you would have to undo all the changes you made.
Now that you’ve learned about how effective treehouses can be for glamping sites, why not work with a manufacturer to create your own? Schedule a call with us at Enchanted Creations and we can help you create an ideal treehouse, perfect for your glamping site.