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Hi Wendi,

We did exactly same as you. Only the  2 of us but we wanted loads of space too. So we purchased a campus seattle 6 person with sig. It didnt look as big in the indoor display area at our local tent / caravan supplier.

Once we got it home and put it up in garden we then realised how large it was.

So we never used it and brought  a 4 person montana instead. The new unused tent has taken up room in our house for about 16 months.

We kept saying maybe we would use it on longer trips but we have now decided to ley it go to a good home.

We have advertised ours on here and locally so someone will get a bargain!

We will put money towards more camping stuff,lol as we are now hooked!

Hi Wendy.

If I were you I would sell it. I don't think you will ever be completely happy with it. If the Queucha plan doesn't work you won't want to go back to the Montana 6. So at least you'll have some money to put towards a different tent.

Good luck

Dave

Hi Wendy

We went for the trailer option and it fits in our garage, just! The idea is to hook up the ready packed trailer on a Friday evening and off we go.

That is a good idea.  Would you make the separate bags from waterproof material (like old kagools maybe).  If there is no reason for the bags to be waterproof you could use towels, then they could have an extra function once the tent is unpacked. I can bearly lift my 6 berth, so making it more protable would be useful.  Let us know how it works out - you could have yourself a new business there.

We have the same problem.  We bought a Sunncamp Olympic a couple of years ago.  We have used it for a weekend away and also two weeks in France last year.  It is too big for just three of us as my older kids don't want to camp any more.  We bought a lovely caravan this year and so have this tent just sitting in the garage.  They don't seem to fetch anything on Ebay so a  bit reluctant to just give away because of the price.  However, don't want it blocking up my garage either!!!! Far too heavy for me to lift but a great tent for a larger family.  Brilliant in France last year and no leaks despite the horrendous storms it had to suffer. 

Great idea to decant larger heavier tent components into smaller bags, but just be careful that you don't do what I did a couple of weekends ago & arrive at your campsite minus the bag containing the tentpoles!. I got out of the car - delighted that it wasn't raining, lifted the huge bag out of the boot (impressed that the sessions at the gym had obviously improved my strength because it didn't feel quite so heavy) & suddenly my heart sank into my stomach.....when I realised that the  tentpole bag was still in the garage. Even worse I rembered moving it out of the way - thinking it was the gazebo, to reach the tent bag! Luckily a frantic phone call to my sister, who was joining us later found that she hadn't left home yet & could do a detour to pick up the poles - or I would have had to do a 140mile round trip on friday evening traffic on the M40 to go & get them!. However, having got all of the other paraphenalia out of the car & set up, my Mum & I decided to relax with a drink, which seemed rather a good idea at the time, but by the time the tent poles arrived 2 hours later - we'd made our way through 2 bottles of cava - which made putting up a 6 berth tunnel tent rather a challenge!