More than one million adults attend camp each year, looking to relive their childhood memories or experience a summertime tradition for the first time.
While kids' camp attendance has declined in recent years, forcing many organizations to close their cabins and sell off their land, the number of camps for adults has swelled faster than a mosquito bite, according to Grownupcamps.com. There's a camp for every type, from Camp Rosé All Day to the more traditional Camp No Counselors, which appeared on "Shark Tank."
And when campfire s'mores and sing-alongs are mixed with "flip cup" tournaments and a bunch of singles cavorting to DJ music, the result is a rowdy sleepaway camp experience unlike the one you may remember from childhood. In 2014, at the onset of the summer camp for adults boom, I attended Club Getaway in Kent, Connecticut, to see what the buzz is about.
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I never went to sleepaway camp as a child. Every June, my lucky classmates left for the Northeast and returned two months later with macramé bracelets, tans, and endless stories about “camp friends.” I felt as if I were missing out on this whole other world.
In 2014, I had the opportunity to attend summer camp for adults, which was a lot like how I imagine kids' summer camp is — except with booze, sex, and gossip.
I spent the weekend at Club Getaway, an all-inclusive sports and adventure resort nestled in the Berkshire Mountains. While the camp hosts corporate retreats, school groups, and kid's camps during the workweek, weekends are reserved for adult programming.
In 2014, over 10,000 adults attended Club Getaway.
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