Garden as a place to stay: This is how camping becomes an experience!

Garden as a place to stay: This is how camping becomes an experience!

How about spending a quiet night in your own garden while travelers from all over the world head for life? Simone Hickmann from Schönau-Berzdorf shows how this is possible. She made her garden available via the "1 Nite Tent" platform, which allows travelers to camp for one night in private gardens. Simply wonderful, right? Loud sächsische.de has Hickmann, an enthusiastic bike traveler with a tent, sleeping bag and cookware, already offered young adventurers from Stuttgart. The guests often come with little money and have big plans: On the way to the Lofoten in Norway, Hickmann's garden is a welcome rest area.

"1 NITE TENT" is a volunteer project that was awarded the first prize of the ideas competition "This is how Saxon". Here, garden owners can enter their parking space on a card like at couch surfing. Travelers have the opportunity to use these locations for one night. The overnight stay is intended for a short stay, not for longer vacations. According to 1 nite tent the use of the website is free for everyone, and an app is planned that could possibly be chargeable.

Camping in change

The camping landscape is changing rapidly. The trend is increasingly towards sustainability and flexibility. On the basis of the current Camping trends 2025 it can be seen that camper are increasingly value on environmentally friendly products and are even ready to stock up with recycled materials. Multifunctional products and energy -efficient devices gain popularity, and the influence of new technologies is becoming increasingly clear. For example, autonomous camping vehicles and camping apps that make it particularly easier to search and book. The focus is on families and millennials: 40 % of the campers surveyed want to travel with the family, while 37 % of the camper millennials are looking for social experiences and deeper awareness. These changes make it clear: Camping is no longer just a hobby, but a attitude to life that appeals to more and more people. Above all, the demand for micro -adventure taxes and less frequented places is growing. This development also inspires innovative approaches such as "1 nite tent" that enable travelers to experience the special in nature.

a new experience

Hickmann itself has plenty of space for tents, ponds, fruit and vegetables in her large, natural garden. Your feedback from guests is consistently positive: intensive conversations and no unpleasant experiences shape your everyday life as a host. The garden is not only a place of relaxation, but also a space for enriching dialogues with travelers. So it not only brings fresh vegetables to the table, but also fresh perspectives and experiences.

at a time when travelers are looking for alternatives to mass tourism, "1 Nite Tent" positions itself as a correct answer to the needs of a new camping generation. Hickmann's garden not only becomes a sleeping place, but a small oasis of the encounters. Who knows, maybe someone will take a short night in the garden.