Best tip for camping is to charge the UE Boom and make sure you have music downloaded for when you are out of service.
Jessica Rosoman
I love fresh coffee when we go trekking and wake up early outside in the bush — you can buy a Swiss Gold filter for around $40 — they are light and portable and produce a great brew.
Paul Tudor
Leave the kids at Grandma's!
Sarah Topliff
Never take a shortcut when setting up the tent — a friend ruined their tent when they didn't attach the fly properly and the waterproof layer rubbed off in the wind where it met the poles.
Trudy Morrison
Do not touch the walls of your tent when it rains.
Gregory Clarke
Take a small bottle of vinegar you can use for sun burn and for bee stings.
Shara Mcgaffin
One word: Flexitubs! These bad boys have been a game changer for my family's camping trips. Also, camping is such a good opportunity to slow down and enjoy what beautiful surroundings we have here. Smell the roses!
Siobhan Flanigan
Plant lettuces in a small tub. Fresh lettuce for salads. When done you have a tub to take dirty items home in.
Toni Van de Westerlo
Walkie talkies if you have kids so you can let them have freedom.
Amy Wren
Check your air mattress before you go and have a backup plan for wet weather.
Josie Juniper
I've even taken a bit out of the top of a bottle of white wine (there is some you can get in a plastic bottle for light weight ) then frozen it — nice cold wine without compromising taste too much.
Colleen Watts
Take red wine. There's no need for a chilly bin.
Erina Baars
Always take a good head torch as can be used for reading at night, putting any loose tent pegs back in when it's dark or for finding your way to the toilet in the middle of the night. Make sure you take some spare batteries as well.
Andrew Rowe
Sand is the perfect scrubbing brush for cleaning plates.
Isabelle Clarke
Enjoy your surroundings but on a practical level use a small whisk broom to sweep out the tent and keep things tidy.
Avaq Smits
Prepare in advance. Buy a lightweight planter box and sow lettuce and herbs so that you'll always have fresh salad ingredients on hand.
Noodle Gerba
Put a foam layer under your air bed. This will prevent any holes!
Amanda Bull
A door on each side of the hikers' tent so you don't have to climb over each other in the dark....best investment we made. In our 60s, we have to get up at night.
Marion Armstrong
Put your tent up at home before you go, check everything is there and there are no problems!
Andrea Powell
Each night tidy all your clothes and valuables away in your bags, if it rains and floods you'll be glad when you can evacuate quickly!
Debbie Ann
I used to find it so bright in the morning so an eye mask would be my tip!
Wendy Gibb
Minimise what you take but always include a chair.
Kathryn Clark
Never put tent up in the big space in the dip (when it rains the dip is rain collection spot!)
Jillian Bell
WINNER
Use cheap garden solar lights around tent pegs so no one trips on guide lines.
Erin Kinnear
Erin won a two-night stay for two, with flights included, at Tuki Glamping's stunning property overlooking Tukituki Valley, in Hawke's Bay.
