This week a listing email crossed my desk: a 20-unit tipi glamping retreat just outside Yellowstone National Park, on the market for $8,990,000. The numbers were striking — 96% occupancy, a $480 average daily rate, the #1 rated lodging property in its town, and roughly $79,000 in annual revenue per unit across just a five-month operating season.
Why would a cluster of tents in Montana command that kind of money? It isn’t the tipis themselves. It’s the ten-minute drive to Yellowstone’s north entrance. That property is, in effect, selling proximity to one of the most famous places on earth — and guests are happy to pay for it.
That got me thinking about what Monument Glamping actually sells, because the same principle applies here, just at a different scale. We don’t have Yellowstone next door. But Monument, Colorado has its own version of “close to something incredible.” We sit two miles from a Pike National Forest trailhead. Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, and the Air Force Academy are all minutes away. Guests aren’t just booking a tent with a hot tub — they’re booking a basecamp for a stretch of Colorado that draws people from around the world.
Here’s where we do things differently, though. A lot of premium outdoor lodging properties — the Yellowstone listing included, and plenty closer to home — build their revenue model around upcharges. A resort fee here, a cleaning fee there, an “upgrade” charged separately for something that should have been included from the start. It adds up, and guests notice.
At Monument Glamping, we run flat pricing: $300 a night. No hidden fees, no surprise line items at checkout, not even a cleaning charge tacked on at the end. What you see is what you pay, and every essential upgrade — the things that make a stay actually comfortable — is already built in.
Private-property glamping means your own space: your own deck, your own hot tub, your own fire pit, real beds inside real canvas tents or container homes, all just far enough from town to feel like an escape and just close enough to Colorado’s best-known attractions to make it easy. That $9 million Yellowstone listing is proof that location commands a premium. We think honest pricing should be part of that same equation — you shouldn’t have to wonder what your stay is really going to cost once all the extras get added on.
If you’re looking for a private, comfortable escape close to Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, and the forest — without camping gear and without a bill full of surprises — come see what Monument Glamping is about. Check availability and book direct at MonumentGlamping.com. Just show up. We’ll handle the rest.
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