For Milano Fashion Week DSquared2’s Spring 2010 collection, designed by the Caten twins, took to the runway all glamed up ready for soem Glamourous Camping adventure.

The backdrop for DSquared2’s Spring 2010 collection was an outdoors camping party complete with tents, chandeliers, trees and celebs.

Images from Trendhunter.

Welcome to Glamping Tent luxury!

The Fairmont Mara Safari Club is surrounded on three sides by the Mara River, and the Masai Mara.

There are a total of 50 tents with four poster deluxe beds and a verandas overlooking the Mara river.

Each of the 50 tents is superbly furnished with its own private, three-piece bathroom, and some with outdoor showers.

With the  Masai Mara, one of the world’s richest wildlife reserves, and home to the Big Five, on your doorstep….what more could you ask for is a outdoor adventure. Glamping in Africa, truly remarkable and leave a life long impression on your soul!

Well just as we have now become acustomed to the concept of Glamping, here comes the Flashpacker!

n. A backpacker who travels in style. Also: flash-packer. [Blend of flash and backpacker.]

Europe’s hostels now offer cool upmarket accommodations at bargain prices. There are still the communal areas, but now they are matched by flash, upmarket facilities. Customers include fewer backpackers, more flashpackers: holidaymakers with a taste for the nice things but who are cost-cutting in keeping with the climate and eco enviroment.

Wikipedia defines it as follow, Flashpacking is a neologism used to refer to affluent backpacker. Whereas backpacking is traditionally associated with budget travel and destinations that are relatively cheap, flashpacking has an association of more disposable income while traveling and has been defined simply as backpacking with a bigger budget.

A simple definition of the term Flashpacker can be thought of as backpacking with flash, or style. One school of thought defines the flashpacker as a rapidly growing segment of travelers who adhere to a modest accommodation and meal budget, while spending freely, even excessively, for activities at their chosen destination. Another school of thought defines flashpacking as an incongruous mix of ‘slumming it’ and luxury; of adventurous travel with those on a budget by day and sedate dining and comfortable accommodation by night. Flashpackers have been further defined as tech-savvy adventurers who often prefer to travel with a cell phone, digital camera, iPod and a laptop, although none of these is required in order to be a flashpacker. As with other forms of travel, the term flashpacker is mainly one of self-identification. The origin of the term itself is obscure.

The term also reflects a growing demographic of travelers who are forsaking traditional organized travel, venturing to destinations once the reserve of more adventurous backpackers, and the increasing number of individuals who leave well paid jobs or take ‘career breaks’, using the time to travel independently, but with greater comfort and many of the gadgets they are accustomed to at home. As a result, hostels are evolving and offering more up-market accommodation to those still traveling on a budget in order to obtain their business. The hostels have realized a need to evolve in order to meet the changing demands of travelers.

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