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Pay $2,000 a Night to Sleep in a Tent on the Roof of the W Hotel

By Nicole Levy | July 14, 2016 3:15pm | Updated on July 14, 2016 3:31pm
 A night in a yurt on the hotel's terrace will put you back $2000.
The outdoor glamping suite at the W New York
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You can now pay $2000 a night to sleep in a tent in New York City.

The W New York hotel at 541 Lexington Avenue in Midtown East has transformed its 17th-floor terrace into the "Extreme Wow Outdoor Glamping Suite," a "glamorous camping experience" available to guests until November, Curbed first reported.

The space features a skyline views, a "12-foot yurt bedecked in a kaleidoscope of fabrics and textures, glowing lanterns, rattan hanging chairs and a fire pit that lights up with a flip of a switch," according to the a press release from the hotel.

"A canopy of twinkling café lights surrounds the yurt, the central element of the rustic-luxe oasis," they write. Credit for the décor goes to the interior design company Laurel & Wolf.

The concept of "glamping" — a portmanteau of the words "glamour" and "camping" — has grown in popularity among Americans in recent years as a leisure activity that fuses time the basic elements of camping — being out in nature — with the comforts of home.

The cost of glamping is usually somewhere between the cost of camping and a hotel. In the case of the Outdoor Glamping Suite, you can pay five times the price of an average hotel room in the city for the opportunity to sleep on astroturf in the humidity of the typical New York night.

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