The Guide

Private luxury camping near NYC

What "private luxury camping" actually means here

Private luxury camping near NYC is not a resort. It's not a tent from a catalog. It's your family, on land the public can't get to, with the whole weekend built around what your kids will remember about it a decade from now. The chef cooks over fire. The sleeping setup is warm and dry no matter what the weather does. Someone else carries the coolers, thinks about the meal cadence, sets the chairs where the sun hits the water at 5pm.

You come with your family and your favorite bottle. Nothing else has to be your problem.

Where the trips happen

Trips run on private land within a few hours of the city:

• The Catskills, about 2 to 3 hours from Manhattan
• The Hudson Valley, about 90 minutes to 2 hours
• The Berkshires, about 2.5 hours
• The Poconos, about 2 hours
• The Adirondacks, about 4 to 5 hours, worth it for the water
• Litchfield County, CT, about 2 hours

Where the trip lands depends on what your family wants to do. Fishing weekend, foliage weekend, sit-still weekend. The land follows the story.

What's included in every trip

Every weekend includes the same core:

• Private land, no other groups anywhere near you
• A chef cooking fresh meals over fire, dietary needs handled
• Sleeping setup that's warm and dry in any weather
• Fishing gear, canoes, or whatever the water on that land calls for
• Firewood, coolers, chairs, lighting, all the small things you'd otherwise forget
• A weather plan that assumes the weather will not cooperate
• Someone thinking about your family the whole time so nobody in your family has to

What your family actually does

Whatever they want. Fish. Sit. Read. Nap in the sun. Cook the fish they caught. Sit around the fire and tell stories they'll tell each other for years. That's the whole product. You are not being programmed through a schedule of activities. You're being given the raw material for a weekend and someone to handle everything that isn't the weekend itself.

What happens if the weather turns

The weather is part of the trip. It rained the whole weekend my seven-year-old landed a 21-inch bass from a canoe, and now that's the story he'll tell for the rest of his life. The setup is built to hold up in weather. Warm shelter, hot coffee, dry gear. If the weekend is a wash, the trip still runs and the memories still land. Full details on what happens if it rains.

Who this is for

Families who want the weekend but not the planning. Parents whose kids are getting old enough to remember. People who've done the resort and want the opposite of the resort. Couples on a milestone anniversary. Two families going in together. Three generations. Bachelors who want a real one. This is not a solo weekend product. This is for people who want to give the people they love a story they'll keep.

What it costs

Trips run $5,000 to $10,000 per group. What moves the number: how many people, how far from the city, how many nights, whether you want the chef the whole time or just for dinner, what the land requires. It's one flat price for the trip. No à la carte upsells at the fire.

How to book

Text 917-553-5409. Tell Jason who's coming, roughly when, and what you'd want the family to remember. He answers, he asks a few questions, and if the trip is the right fit for what you want, he builds it.