A Day in the Life! - Owning and running a glamping site!

[@liambenyamin5482]

Something about you makes me want to roll up my sleeves. Some ideas my friends used at bnb: A cordless travel steamer. Seat both sheets on bed and then steam lightly and the tension draws it taught. Save 2hrs! Pre prep batter for brownies and freeze in batches for a bakers dozen. Pull out what you need night before. Save 45min. A compact air filter will keep the unit's mostly dusted and add a signature natural oil scent to filter( like sweet grass/basil or other herbal tones like bamboo/tarragon...) A wet vac along the edge of the room should pick up the rest (airflow forces dust to outter rim). Save 1hr. You put in such a long day but the love shows! The rooms look well cared for and stand up radiantly and proud. Annabelle; the blessing and fresh air of a good helper! How proud you must be. Be Well, Liam

[@TractorsandCream]

Hi Liam, thank you so much for your kind words! Some fab ideas there. I will definitely look into a cordless travel steamer - that's genius! I wonder if I can get a battery powered air filter? We've just bought a proper air purifier for our house and it's great so could definitely see it's use in the domes. I do quite often batch bake brownies and freeze them depending on how many i need at a time - otherwise we end up eating all the leftovers! Yes my lovely little helper is so useful bless her! She's getting more involved the older she gets and really enjoys it. Thank you so much for commenting and watching. Vicki

[@estherpierre357]

This is the most realistic day in the life. I love the Authenticity. I appreciate it. Thank you

[@TractorsandCream]

Ah thanks! Everyday is different but always interesting!

[@Marc-uw4lw]

You work very hard! I hope you can find some timesavers such as buying in locally made brownies or using contract cleaners in future. I’m tired just watching your routine ;) All the best

[@TractorsandCream]

Ha, thank you! I've now got someone helping me on changeover days which makes a massive difference and takes the pressure off. I did all 5 of our accomodations with her on Friday and it was so much easier! Thanks for you comment! Vicki

[@KalinZlatkov]

Great, thank you. Amazing space you have there!

[@jaeldavison9916]

Really interesting. For my AIRBNB I used to iron the bedding on the bed. Takes a quarter of the time.

[@TractorsandCream]

Oh really! That sounds genius! Apart from the fact that we don't have any electric up there 😔 I'm thinking about changing to the seersucker bedding that doesn't need ironing!

[@jaeldavison9916]

@@TractorsandCream yes electricity is always handy for ironing 😆 hope the new bedding works out for you .

[@bitterrootgetaways4494]

Ironing tip from a friend that changed my life: Make your own "wrinkle relaxer" spray using vodka and water 1/7 ratio to start (1oz vodka / 7oz water) and then increase or dilute to your preferred starchiness. It will speed up the ironing and also help the sheets keep their shape without adding stiffness or nasty white flakes like store bought starch. I like a to add a few drops of essential oil too, it makes me less angry to be ironing. ;) This mixture can also be used as a Febreze spray to reduce and remove odors in the air and on water safe fabrics.

[@TractorsandCream]

Wow! 🤯 Vodka and water! Who knew! Am definitely going to give this a go. Thank you!

[@OOWKMEDIA]

Great video, really helpful thanks.

[@TractorsandCream]

Thank you!

[@littlewayslittlethingsjenn5386]

What an amazing space you have! I love your helpers!

[@TractorsandCream]

Thank you! In a couple of years my helpers will be really useful!

[@rcbourlock1149]

You have such a beautiful smile! Even with all the craziness and stress… very impressive 😄❤️

[@TractorsandCream]

Thanks! That's very kind! 😊

[@ocimak]

Great info. No gloves tho?!

[@TractorsandCream]

Lots and lots of hand sanitizer!

[@alaskinian]

Thanks for sharing, hard to miss the alaska shirt in the beginning it’s were I live. I am thinking about adding a few agro tourism domes on my farm in Homer, AK. Cheers.

[@TractorsandCream]

Hi! How funny. My parents in law went to alaska for a holiday and brought me back a hoody! It's definitely on my bucket list of places to visit. That sounds like an amazing project, let us know how you get on. Vicki

[@jaynebennett8398]

Super helpful!! Thank you. Your place looks so welcoming!

[@TractorsandCream]

Thank you very much!

[@whitleysinthewild7877]

Holy cow! You are a hard worker. Kudos to you and your tents look marvelous. We hope to set up some glamping tents soon 😊

[@TractorsandCream]

Thank you!! Now we have 4 to do I've got a friend in to help me on changeover days which makes a massive difference! Ooh that's very exciting. Give us a shout if we can help at all. Vicki

[@HAMZA-pf3xt]

You might want to add a stick to that hand broom so you won't have to jump when cleaning the ceiling 🤗🌹

[@TractorsandCream]

Ha! Top tip, thank you! It's a very tall ceiling and our new dome is even taller! Gonna need a ladder to get the cobwebs!

[@portugalonawingandaprayer473]

Vicki you work so very hard … you do absolutely everything … do you ever get some time out for yourself ? … Annabelle is a real wee helper … but doing the lions share is bound to be totally exhausting … and I see when you get some time off your out with the kids and Brian …. Does Brian work away from the site ? … I hope business flourishes for you and maybe we’ll see you go off on a spa retreat alone away from it all … 🙏☘️😘

[@TractorsandCream]

Hi Hazel, you are right I'm absolutely shattered at the moment, back to back changeovers all summer which is great for business but tiring! Bryan has a full time job which at the moment is working from home so he can sometimes pop and help me with things in his lunchbreaks. gosh a spa break sounds amazing about now! Vicki

[@davidjsherry]

Hi. A bit late to the party. We're looking at setting up a glamping site over in France in a few years time so I'm absorbing information at an alarming rate! One question that you may have touched on in another clip - how do you manage when guests arrive early? We watch all the programs on TV about couples running businesses and an ongoing theme seems to be people turning up hours earlier than they should and there doesn't seem to be a moment when they say 'You're too early, please come back at the time agreed!' Does this happen to you often? Loving your videos so far, thanks for the very useful hints and tips.

[@TractorsandCream]

@@davidjsherry hi, thanks so much for your comment and it's great to meet you! That's really exciting. I think glamping in France has so much potential, it's definitely not as saturated as the UK! So to your question, we very rarely have people turn up early, I think it's happened once in 8 years where it hasn't been pre-arranged. I do message the guests 2 days before with check in time and arrival instructions so that helps. If they did happen to arrive early then I've got somewhere to store their luggage and would allow them to enjoy the site while I go their dome ready. I think on TV they always need the jeopardy to make it more interesting but in reality it's not that common. Hope that helps! Vicki

[@aovoonthefarmsouthernillinois]

Nice video.

[@TractorsandCream]

Thanks!

[@TrangLeUK]

very nice and simb;e life thanks

[@ChapinaPorElMundo]

Hello! congratulations for the youtube channel! My name is Karen. My husband and I are the owners of a land of 5000sqm in Baja California sur (mexico), in front of the beach. We are looking for investors to build an off grid glamping or a tiny house village. if you are interested in this please let me know something or just have some tip from you. I am Guatemalan and my husband is Italian. We currently live in Italy but our dream is to leave our jobs here and move to Baja California sur.

[@mattjones96]

Nice glamping site, but I must say in terms of time management. You may want to look at 5s lean strategies

[@TractorsandCream]

Thanks! To be honest we aren't normally that up against it, the filming added heaps of extra time!

[@TheImpersinators]

Hey guys, what is the occupancy rates of your glamping site? and what rates should a newbie expect?

[@TractorsandCream]

Hi, thanks for your question. So we get about 60% occupancy. Mainly because we are really family friendly so don't get too many mid-weeks during school term time and I also don't push the mid week market as it gives a bit of down time in between the crazy weekends and school holidays! We only open April to October so get the winter off. We started off not getting any bookings through our website and everything was through air bnb and booking .com but now 95% of our bookings come direct through our website. It's good to start on the other platforms and then gain your regular customers. We had around 20% occupancy the first year but the times are a bit different now as staycations are massive due to covid so some new sites are experiencing much higher occupancy rates this year. Where is your glamping site, are you open yet? Thanks, Vicki

[@roryfannon2518]

You could have another water jug full for when you think you need to replace the current one. How much are you charging per tent

[@TractorsandCream]

I'm so sorry I've only just seen this comment. Yes extra jugs might be the answer! We charge £90 per night for the yurts and £100 a night for the dome.

[@ibrahimhadid9257]

my biggest question here is since there are new Airbnb rules in California restricting how many days a house could be rented on Airbnb per year, do these new laws also affect tents like those?

[@TractorsandCream]

Hi, I'm afraid I have no idea! I know in the UK we had to get full planning permission for them. They are classed as removable structures so would be worth looking into.

[@TheAdVentureists]

@@TractorsandCream You are right, in the states, at least where we are, they're classified as temporary structures but that can vary by municipality. Most people don't but you should definitely get planning permission from your planning and zoning department for sure! Not necessarily the same rules as regular housing

[@TractorsandCream]

@@TheAdVentureists yes absolutely, thanks!

[@riobank6245]

Captiolist when you pay 1000 for one of these then hike up the night prices to 200

[@TractorsandCream]

We like to keep our prices affordable for the lovely families we have to stay. Lots of places have put their prices up this year due to covid but we didn't want to.

[@TheAdVentureists]

They had to pay quite a bit more than 1000 for these, it was mentioned somewhere else that it was about 100 times that. I really wish it was as easy as putting a tent for 1000 and opening up and I'm sure they do too! :)

[@TractorsandCream]

@@TheAdVentureists yep the infrastructure for these is expensive and we try to keep the costs down and much as we can. Thanks for your support! Vicki

[@catalinababy6068]

Link for domes

[@TractorsandCream]

Sorry I've only just seen this. We get our domes from www.trudomes.com

[@catalinababy6068]

@@TractorsandCream thank u

[@dysfunctionalhero]

You need a maid badly!

[@TractorsandCream]

Tell me about it! 🤣

[@AssiToniful]

good content but terrible to listen to...

[@TractorsandCream]

Sorry, do you hate the accent?!

[@andreavaldez8104]

@@TractorsandCream 🤷‍♀️ some people just hate, I think the accent is darling!

[@TractorsandCream]

@@andreavaldez8104 ha! Thank you! 😬