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I have literally covered my bedroom with our big tent for a few days.  Heating up, windows open, fan blowing... 

I had to fold it up when we were wanting to sleep, but it went back out the next morning. 

Inconvenient, but it worked a treat!

We use our conservatory (with the blinds down to not exaccerbate UV degradation) and its generally turned multiple times for up to a week (including inside out - don't forget the inside given condensation). We try to have it in the garden for a day first with the garden chairs holding it open so that airflow can dry the inside a bit as well as the outside. Spare bedrooms, dry bathrooms, wherever is available...

Helen

If you have even the smallest outside space with a washing line, you can place a tarp on the ground below it and hang a section of your tent at a time from the line with the rest of the tent lying piled up on the tarp (to keep it clean).  When each section is dry rehang it to dry another wet bit until your confident it's all bone dry, including the guy lines. 

Sometimes I think the hardest work we campers do is the packing up and putting our precious tents away safely.  Good luck .

I pull the chairs out from the dining table to the four corners of the room and drape the tent over the whole lot. Or I try hanging it from the bannisters. The bell tent goes over a tiny wardrobe in the spare bedroom with the sides draped out all round. A small tent can hang over the pulley in the utility room. It's always a challenge. Just as long as it's completely dry before it's packed away.

Quote: Originally posted by Speedcamp on 18/1/2011

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We use our conservatory (with the blinds down to not exaccerbate UV degradation)

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It's quite difficult to get a wet tent into it's bag again on site, it sticks to itself and won't fold down compactly enough and is generally a pain in the bum. So for that reason bring some heavy duty bin bags so you can loosly roll the tent up and put it safely inside the bin bags. There's no point in folding it neatly if you're going to have to dry it out at home.

Last summer every time I used the tent I had a wet tent to deal with. Just unlucky I suppose! I'm lucky to have a bit of space outside so I erect the tent again. Then, when it's mostly dry, it gets draped all around the living room for a couple of days.

I like the bath idea, for when the tent is just sopping wet and water is running off it.