
Do you recognize the problem of wanting to go to a super cool multi-day festival, for instance like Tomorrowland, and instead of just getting tickets, you have to think about a place to sleep as well?
Booking a hotel might seem like an option at first sight, but then they turn out to be very expensive, and besides that, you have to arrange for traffic to come to the accommodation. There are options to book a camping place near the ground of the festival, however, then you have to drag your tent, air mattress and sleeping bag with you, besides the other stuff you will need to get the best experience out of your festival.
What if there was an option by the check out when buying the ticket, for not only a camping spot, but also including a tent, air mattress, and sleeping bag?
CampSolutions, established in 2008, has the solution – renting your festival accommodation on site. In 2018 they grew so much that they are now operating in over 12 countries for more than 48 clients around the globe with more than 1800 own sleeping accommodations. These developments in the past several years are due to continuous innovations, for example, the tents covered with the logo of the event you are going to.
“I Started this company with my brother and two friends of mine besides our regular job, not realizing it could become something this big.”
Mark Leuven, co-founder of CampSolutions
Their main competitor was G3 presents, active in the same niche, but was more international and bigger. When this year last May G3 presents went bankrupt, CampSolutions took over several staff members, their inventory, name, and website. Mark Leuven compared it with David taking over Goliath. “for us a huge leap in the field of festival campsites: suddenly we are the largest provider worldwide. With over 3,500 tents and more than 6,000 beds, we can handle a lot. Even international festivals, such as Sziget in Budapest, are now coming to us.”
Among students is CampSolutions not that popular yet. Out of 20 questioned students who regularly visit a festival, no one had heard of the company before. However, after explaining what it does, more than half of them would make use of the rental.
“As much as I love festivals, I hate the part of sitting in an overcrowded train, with too much stuff to carry with me.” Esmee de Groot, a regular festival goer. “Then, when finally arrived at the festival, it takes hours before you are settled at the camping spot with setting your tent and inflate the air mattress. After an amazing day and night at the festival, you head back to your tent. The next morning, with a terrible night of sleep on the air mattress which appeared to be broken, you have to bundle up all the things you brought with you before you can finally enjoy the next day of the festival.”
Although it sounds pretty cool, there is also a downside to CampSolutions, especially when being a student with a tight budget. Hiring these tents may cost you 150 euros on top of your ticket price. From the 20 students, 77% said the maximum price they want to pay for the tents is 50 up to 90 euros. “As comfortable as it sounds, the tickets for multi-day festivals are already very expensive. So saving money by carrying stuff around is eventually worth it!” Thus Esmee de Groot.
















