The summer festival season is here again and you need to dig all your camping gear out of storage and get ready. Traditionally, camping is an opportunity for a relaxing break away from your everyday responsibilities, but camping at a festival is a different ball game altogether. It can be a 24/7 party and you won’t be getting much sleep. Your camping area is essentially a base for your essential living items, and you need to be prepared for everything, but at the same time you need to travel light.
Fortunately, camping at a festival usually involves a group of friends, so while there are some essential individual items, there are also non-essentials that you can bring along to share with the group. This saves space in the car, or on the train or coach, and gives you less to carry. Here we have put together a list of the bags you might need to protect your festival camping gear out of season, and which help you keep everything together and carry them when you arrive on site.
Camping chair – Some of the best festival memories are early morning and late at night when your group reminisces about the night before or plans the day ahead. A communal space is important and a camping chair provides the level of comfort you need. Protect it with a camping chair bag.
Tent – At the end of the festival season it is common to pack the tent away without much care and attention and to store it away in a dark corner for a few months. Your tent bag can become damaged if it is not stored properly, so a replacement tent bag might become an essential.
Sleeping bag – The only sanctuary you have from the wet, cold and mud might be your sleeping bag. Make sure it is dry and protected with suitable storage for your sleeping bag.
Memory foam – Glamping is very popular at festivals, and even if you can’t afford to upgrade to the official glamping facilities you can still bring a little bit of luxury with a memory foam mattress. But make sure it stays dry and comfortable with a memory foam bag.
Boots – It is often the case that the mud is unavoidable and gets worse as the weekend progresses, and your boots or wellingtons are your only chance of survival. Keep them away from the rest of your belongings and you might just maintain a clean and comfortable campsite. So a bag for your boots or wellingtons is the most essential of all essentials.
Barbecue – There is nothing better than watching the sun go down while some sausages are sizzling away, or rising in the morning to that familiar comforting smell from a barbecue. And your friends will thank you when you unveil it from your barbecue storage bag.
Porta Potti – Let’s face it, sometimes the campsite toilets are too far away, or more likely, too unpleasant to contemplate. So a Porta Potti storage bag should be top of your shopping list.
Waste – Keeping the campsite clean and tidy helps keep tensions at bay when everyone is tired and not feeling in full health. Our waste hog storage bags are therefore an important item to bring along.
Order your essential festival camping bags from Bags & Covers Direct
With festival season upon us you need to be fully prepared. Adding new items to your essential camping gear list is a common way to plan ahead and be better prepared each year, so check out our range of camping bags and covers and order online today.