![]() Then it’s a cautious walk along the cliffside to get to the private lots. Once you turn off the main road, it’s another 10 minutes of driving through the rice fields before you reach a dirt road, at the end of which you’ll find the check-in area. To get to this bubble Airbnb in Bali, you have to drive about 30 minutes out of Ubud into the Tegalalang area. That’s because-besides booking hotels like this for the likes-people are drawn to the seclusion they offer. But there isn’t really a comparable way to quantify the magical experience of sleeping alone in nature like that. Of course, the photo opp was unreal-my three photos from the bubble garnered almost 1,000 likes. But even after I reserved my bubble, I worried if reality would be as good as the ’grams. ![]() Like next-level glamping, these bubbles give you the experience of camping under the stars without the indignities of roughing it. In Bali, it seemed like a relatively inexpensive way to experience the rural, rice paddy–filled outskirts of Ubud. But the ubiquity of social media and the fact that, in recent years, millennials have become notorious for prioritizing spending on experiences over anything else have created the perfect climate for bubble hotels to, ahem, blow up. Attrap’Rêves opened one of the first in 2010 in France. ![]() View this post on Instagram A post shared by ashleymateo on at 9:55am PDTĭespite their newfound frequency on Instagram’s Discover page, bubble hotels aren’t exactly new. I’d been seeing posts from Iceland’s Buubble Lodge, the Maldives’ Finolhu, Australia’s Bubbletents, Ireland’s Forest Domes at Finn Lough, and Mexico’s Campera Hotel, and the FOMO hit harder than my double tap on the photos. The “romantic transparent dome” was set on a clearing overlooking the jungle and came with a private gazebo for dining, a swing, and an outdoor hammock bed. ) when I clicked across a bubble tent hotel available for $120 per night. I was recently looking for tree houses on Airbnb (as one does. In Bali, the way to do that is to sleep in one. The whole point of traveling is to get out of your bubble. But even here, the infinity pools overlooking volcanic mountains and thatched-roof bamboo villas tucked within palm forests can eventually seem interchangeable with luxury accommodations on other far-flung islands. You can even pull the shade down to keep out of the sun or for a little more privacy.If there’s a ground zero for unique hotels that take full advantage of their natural surroundings, it would be Bali. Just imagine lazily floating down the river, feeling like a whimsical sphere version of Huck Finn. And for me the pièce de résistance - the floating bubble raft! It's only $77 per night for such a unique escape.īubbleLand has access to a private camping site with the usual camping things like a BBQ, chairs and a hammock to relax in. While the roof is seethrough, we're assured that the tent is still private.Īnd honestly, we were pretty surprised at the price. At night you can even choose the color of your bubble depending on your mood! It's kept inflated by a motor that the owner likens to the hum of a plane - the perfect white noise background. ![]() The main bubble comes equipped with a single bed, pillows, and blankets and can fit up to three people cozily. There is a bubble for sleeping with a clear roof so you can stare up at the summer sky before dozing off, there is a bubble raft where you can float down the river, and there is a bubble spa to soak the night away in. This is BubbleLand! This is Bubble utopia. There are a lot of bubble tents available for rent in Quebec and on Airbnb. Are you the kind of person whose friends always say you live in a bubble? Well now is your time to actually, physically live in a bubble and drive them wild with jealousy.
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