I went deep on this business and what I learned is crazy...
Adult summer camps and their demand is exploding.
Lots of people are going to get rich.
The thesis is simple...
People are burnt out and lonely as hell.
And they’re looking to book weekends that feel like being a kid again...
This time with open bars, memory foam, and no parents.
Yelp searches for these things jumped like 350% recently.
A solid weekend runs $500–$1,200+ a person and includes the usual archery/kayaking/ropes stuff plus karaoke, foam parties, paint-and-sip, the whole deal.
One influencer’s women-only camp sold out in under 10 minutes and ended up with a 60,000-person waitlist. That’s insans.
The modern version basically started around 2013.
There was the pure digital-detox one (Camp Grounded... no phones, no real names, no work talk) started by a burned-out tech guy who later passed away way too young.
And then the party version (Camp No Counselors) that went on Shark Tank, got rejected, and still blew up anyway with color wars and slip-n-slides.
People show up solo and leave with actual friends.
In this post-pandemic economy, this feels like a winner.
[Pictures of "Camp No Counselor"]