Glamping Hire Side Hustle Run Down
Glamping is the BEST way to camp. The perfect mix between outdoors and creature comforts make glamping a novel idea that everyone wants to do right now! One great side hustle idea is to buy and then hire out glamping equipment to people wanting a glamping experience on their own property or at a destination where camping is allowed. If you love setting up fantastic looking spaces and get joy through being creative with your styling, then this hustle could definitely be for you!
Pros and Cons of a Glamping Hire Side Hustle
Pros
- Lets you get creative and enjoy the great outdoors!
- Get to meet lots of new people and be a part of special occasions if people set up glamping experiences for birthdays, engagements or anniversaries.
- Once you have hired out your equipment and made your money back, everything else is just profit (and making great set up / pack down hourly rates!)
- They are in high demand – glamping / bell tent hire is hot property right now!
Cons
- You will be setting up and packing down the equipment which might be hard work!
- You will need a vehicle big enough to transport the equipment as it probably won’t all fit in a tiny hatch! So a trailer, ute or larger vehicle will be needed.
- People could damage or misuse equipment – so you will probably want to have a contract and bond agreement and potentially insurance too!
- Have to outlay money to buy equipment before you can start making money
Effort Required To Start A Glamping Hire Side Hustle
Starting Out
Starting won’t be too difficult, you will need to source and purchase your hire items to get started. We have suggested a range of items to get you started below.
Once you have your products, you will want to set everything up and take some photos to use on social media, website and promotional material so people can see what they will be hiring!
Once you work out your pricing strategy, begin making your marketing materials (Get on Canva and you can make a range of amazing marketing materials yourself! Otherwise if you’re not confident doing this, you can get some really cheap services on fiverr).
Vistaprint is great for getting things printed. Building a website for yourself also helps to build credibility with your audience and make you look like a more ‘legit’ and reputable!
Ongoing
Once you’re all set up there will be quite a bit of effort to take your items and set up the glamping equipment when it is hired out. Alternatively you can offer a pick up service and people can set up themselves to reduce some effort on your part! Other that setting up or checking equipment when it comes back, it’s just continued marketing of your services and storing of the items – easy!
Glamping Hire Earning Potential
With this being such a trend at the moment, I would say earning potential is high, however you do need to outlay funds to buy equipment before you can begin making money. Earning potential depends on how many tents you have to hire out at one time! From a quick check online and previous quotes I had received for a friend’s hens party – hire for 2 – 4 person tents start from around $400 and up to $1500 for the large tents for sleeping 8-10 people. These prices usually include the bedding and decorations set up so that will need to be accounted for. After a few hires, the costs of all equipment will be paid off and from there it’s just profit / or being paid a sweet hourly rate for your time to set up and pack down if you choose to do this! Otherwise this could be a cool way to earn passive income.
Cost Required To Start
Costs are higher than some side hustles as you need to purchase equipment up front ready to be hired out. All up you may be looking around $700-$1000 per complete set up including tent, bed, linen and decorations.
Some of the items you will need are:
How do I start my own Glamping hire side hustle?
- Decide if this is the right side hustle for you.
Do you have the space to store your equipment? Do you have enough money to outlay some funds upfront and purchase your equipment? Will you enjoy going out to setup equipment for hirees? Yes? Great! - Plan your setup
Jump on Pinterest to find some inspiration and make a list of the different decorations and styling you will need. - Source and buy your equipment.
Good places to start looking for a good deal are on Catch.com.au, Amazon.com.au, and ebay.com.au. You can buy a range of your products in the one place, and I find Catch and amazon have super fast delivery times. - Get started on some branding and marketing!
- Pick a brand name, and make a logo. You can make yourself a free logo on Canva, or get some help through fiverr! If you’re not sure how to pick a brand name for yourself, check out our blog post here ‘how to choose a name for your side hustle!
- Set yourself up some social media accounts to promote your business – Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest would be suitable for this great looking hustle!
- Begin building your website, you can use free website builder or build through wordpress here.
If you are building yourself, you will need to buy a domain name and hosting. - Make any flyers, business cards or promotional material you need. Again, Canva is fantastic for this and printing through either Canva or Vistaprint is very affordable!
- Take Photos! Once your stock has arrived, go and set up everything and take quality photos to use in promotion and advertising your hire equipment.
- Start taking bookings!
Ideas To Boost Your Glamping Hire Side Hustle
Combine this hustle with others to upsell! Can you also offer grazing boxes for dinner under the stars? Breakfast boxes? Add on wine packages? Musicians or Tarot card readers for hens party or birthday hires? Think about some extra options you can offer to both improve your level of service, separate you from your competition and make extra income!