How to Plan a Beginner Camping Trip | Camping

Full Playlist: - - Watch more How to Camp videos: I wrote my book for women and also men who were reluctant campers, people who are born in cities, who never saw anybody camping. Like me. I didn't know anybody who camped as a kid and I just was never exposed to it and the whole idea of it seemed scary and gross and dirty and a chore. And then I fell in love with it. So the big thing I can tell you about planning a beginner trip is to make it manageable and plan it so that you still love camping after the first trip. For a beginner, a great first trip is car camping. It really gets you a little bit initiated to the great outdoors and suddenly you realize how nice it can be to be away from electricity and television and your cellphone and conveniences, and even your bed, but at the same time, you've got your car there, so if you forget something you can a