Women are shelling out thousands for ladies-only summer camps, swapping juice boxes for wine: ‘It’s absolute magic’
NY Post
Forget the Hamptons or St. Barts — all the cool girls are going to camp this summer.
Shira Blumenthal, 35, can’t wait to arrive at Camp Social — a women-only adult summer camp in the Poconos costing $600 for a two-day, three-night stay — later in August.
“I’m super excited about it. Everyone in my family knows,” she told The Post with a laugh.
The self-proclaimed city girl hasn’t been to a summer camp since she was a middle schooler and is a little nervous about being outdoors but can’t wait to relive her childhood, disconnect and make new friends along the way.
But these aren’t your stereotypical sleepaways with sloppy joes and rickety cabins.
At adult summer camps, unlimited wine replaces juice boxes, French châteaus sub in for old wooden cabins in the middle of nowhere, and community swaps in for competition — although the hair-braiding and friendship bracelet-making remain.
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