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♪
rtSEAN: IF YOUR IDEA OF ROUGHING
IT IS A NIGHT WITH NO MINI-BAR
OR WI-FI, OR IF YOU'RE A
SEASONED CAMPER LOOKING FOR A
NIGHT UNDER THE STARS,rt
CONNECTING WITH NATURE AND PEACE
AND QUIET, THERE IS A NEW
DESTINATION IN THE WHITE
MOUNTAINS THAT HAS SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE -- REALLY.rt
♪rt
HUTTOPIA IS A LUXURY CAMPI
EXPERIENCE THAT EVEN THE MOST
PAMPERED PRINCESS CAN GET INTO
>> THEY DON'T NEED TO PRrtEPARE
EVERYTHING.
THEY CAN JUST DECIDE ON A FRID
TAKE THEIR LUGGAGE AND COME HERE
AND IT'S EASY.rt
SEAN: THE GLAMPING CHAIN WAS
FIRST LAUNCHED IN FRANCE BACK
1999 AND THE CONCEPT HAS BECOME
SO POPULAR, THERE ARE NOW MORErt
THAN 30 LOCATIONS FROM FRANCE
CANADA AND RIGHT HERE IN ALBANY
-- THE FIRST EVER IN THE UNITED
STATESrt
♪
MANAGERS JUSTINE PANCIN AND
MATTHEW NOBIRON FELL IN LOVErt
WITH HUTTOPIA IN FRANCE AND ARE
NOW GETTING USED TO LIFE IN THE
WHITE MOUNTAINS.
>> IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL PLACE
WITH CRAZY WEATHER.rt
WE LOVE IT.
MOSQUITOS, BLACK FLIES, 40
DEGREES, SNOW.rt
>> EVERYTHING.
>> IT MAKES IT A CAMPGROUND
EXPERIENCE.
SEAN: THE EXOTIC ATMOSPHERE OF
CAMPING IN ErtUROPE IS CARRIED
OVER TO THE NEWEST SITE WITH A
FEW OF THE TOUCHES THAT MAKE
HUTTOPIA SUCH A HIT ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
>> HERE WE HAVE THE GROCERYrt
STORE.
WE TRY TO SELL A BIT OF
EVERYTHING.
WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT FORrt
AMERICAN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY
DON'T REALLY WANT TO GO SHOPPING
VERY FAR.
IT'S MORE CONVENIENT TO HAVE
EVERYTHING ON SITE, AND OF
COURSE, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
rtFOR US.
WE SELL WINE, LOCAL AND FRENCH
WINE
>> SO THIS IS rtOUR LIVING AREA.
WE PROVIDE ALMOST THE SAME
BREAKFAST AS IN FRANCE.rt
WE DO SOME PIZZA FROM SCRATCH,
SOME CREPErt
AND THE REACTION IS IT'S NOT
rtCAMPGROUND.
ERIN THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT.
NOT REALLY.
>> WE ARE IN BETWEEN A RESORT
WE STILL PROVIDE SITES FOR
TENTrtS.
rtSEAN: BUT REALLY, IF YOUR EA
PERKED UP AT THE TERM GLAMPING,
CHECK OUT SOME OF THE MO
>> THIS IS THE TRAPPEUR TENT.
rtWE HAVE 13 LAKE VIEW
WE HAVE THE LIVING ROOM.
rtHERE YOU HAVE A KITCHEN WITH ALL
THE DISHES YOU NEED.
YOU HAVE A FRIDGE.
YOU CAN CLOSE AND OPEN THE
WINDOWS.rt
THERE ARE SCREENS EVERYWHERE OF
COURSE
AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO BEDROOMS.rt
ONE BEDROOM FOR SAY KIDS WITH A
FULL AND TWIN AND THEN THE
BEDROOM FOR PARENTS, THE MASTER.rt
SEAN: THERE IS ALSO ELECTRICITY,
RUNNING WATER AND A HEATER.
>> THE THING IS THEY DON'T NEED
TO BRING ANYTHrtING.
THEY JUST COME WITH THEIR FOOD
WE PROVIDE EVERYTHING IN THE
TENTrt
SEAN: IF THAT'S STILL A LITTLE
TOO CLOSE TO THE ELEMENTS FOR
YOU --
>> THIS IS THE CHALET.rt
IT'S MADE FOR SIX PEOPLE.
THE BIGGEST ACCOMMODATION WE
HAVE.rtrt
♪
SEAN: LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A
LITTLE MORE INTIMATE?rt
DON'T WORRY, THEY'VE GOT THAT
TO
>> THIS IS THE BONAVENTURE TEN
IT'S FOR TWO PEOPLE, USUALLYrt
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YOU HAVE ELECTRICITY, STILL
COMFORTABLE.
YOU HAVE A TABLE AND COOLER FOR
YOUR FOOD, DISHES YOU CAN COOK
JUST THE BASICS YOU NEED WHEN
YOU GO CAMPING.rt
>> WE SAY HUTTOPIA IS A GLAMPI
EXPERIENCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE
WANT THEM TO DISCOVER.rt
SEAN: ADD IN THE HEATED POOL,
EVENING MAGIC SHOWS AND MOVIES,
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT YOUR PARENTS'
CAMPING EXPERIENCE. rt
MIGHT BE THE FIRST HUTTOPIA
GLAMPING EXPERIENCE IN THErt
UNITED STATES, BUT IT CERTAINLY
WON'T BE THE LAST.
>> SO WE HAVE A LOT OF
EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS FIRST
SITE.rt
BECAUSE AFTER THIS ONE, MORE
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