Glamping and Alternative Lodging Editing and Proofreading Services

Glamping is a word doing an enormous amount of work. It covers a shepherd's hut with underfloor heating and an en suite, and a bell tent with a compost loo across a field, and the guest cannot tell which they have booked from photographs that both feature a wood burner and a sheepskin. The complaint that follows is never really about the facilities; it is about the gap between what the listing implied and what was there, and the operator usually knew exactly which parts of the listing were doing the implying.

We edit what glamping sites, alternative accommodation and unusual stays produce — property and unit descriptions, facilities disclosure and what is provided, bathroom and toilet arrangements, heating, power and lighting information, cooking and catering arrangements, water supply and drinking water information, site layout and distances between facilities, access, parking and arrival information, weather and seasonal considerations, what to bring lists, accessibility and mobility descriptions, children, pets and group policies, booking terms and weather cancellation, and site rules and neighbour considerations. Our editors work on the disclosure that determines whether a guest arrives happy.

The facilities disclosure is the whole game, and the useful version answers questions in the order a guest thinks of them at eleven at night. Is there a toilet, is it inside or outside this unit, how far, is it shared, is it a flush; is there hot water, is there a shower, where; is there electricity, does it run all night, can I charge a phone; how is it heated, does the heating go out, who lights the stove; is there a kettle, a fridge, a cooker, and where is drinking water. We write these so each of those is answered plainly with a distance or a number rather than adjectives, so anything shared is stated as shared and anything outside is stated as outside, and so the seasonal reality is described — that the field is muddy in March and the compost loo is fine in July and a genuine consideration in January. Operators who disclose at this level attract guests who wanted exactly that and stop attracting the ones who wanted a hotel with a nicer roof.

Everything you send is treated in confidence, including listings, booking material and site documentation. We are editors rather than hospitality, planning or safety advisers, and we offer no view on planning permission, licensing, fire safety or water quality requirements. What we can do is make the description specific enough that guests know what they have booked.