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Hi,we have persuaded our Brother in law & his family to try camping, however only one drawback NO TENT or anything else for that matter, the total budget will be around £100 for a tent and sleeping stuff!  I had a look at the Argos package but thats for 4 and their is only 3 of them so seems a bit of a waste!

Can anyone on here recommend anything?

I know it is a  very small budget, but they are not sure if they are going to take to it or not so don't want to be spending a small fortune and then it going to waste! It is only for the weekend to try it out, if it was to be slightly more I am sure they would strech but we are not talking hundreds more! 

There isn't enough room in our tent for the 3 of them, although our is a 6 berth it will only take 5 at a push.  Either way we would still need to get a pup tent and the idea was that if they did like they could maybe go themselves at some stage, this is really just to start them out!  Our tent was a bargain buy last year for £100 so I guess it was something like that I was after although not as big, if that makes sense!  I know you might end up spending more in the long run but if it gives them the general idea! To be honest if totally inclement would prob just come home!

How about something like this for the tent if they are sharing cooking stuff with you, they only need to have somewhere to sleep to start with. ebay item no 350154007709

They could then spend the money they saved on the tent on decent double airbed (all 3 could share) taking a good duvet and blanket for the bed.

Basically get a small tent to see if they like it and they can upgrade the tent if they do, or sell it on if they dont.....not too much lost then!! This tent would always come in useful as a pup tent for the kids as they get older.

When we started camping, we borrowed a tent to see if we liked it, and turned out we did!!

Ebay have a lot of ex display tents on at the moment, (they even had a Monty 6 with all the printing on lol!)

What about here

here

Not sure what this tent is like but it has a 2000HH. They could then use their duvets of the bed and places like argos and Tesco sell cheap airbeds. Like has been said you cannot put a price on staying dry and keeping warm and this would definitely where I'd put MY money. Failing that have they tried beg, borrow, stop short of steal though. Good luck, it's a tight budget and I'd be interested to see how they get on.

Here too.

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5232-2978-1/1?AID=9479574&PID=1428744&mpre=http://stores.ebay.co.uk/NEARLY-NEW-TENTS

have they thought about hiring one before they make the plunge..Heres a link www.tent2hire.co.uk

Cheers  Ratty

my first tent last year was a set from asda.  2 sleep bags, 2 chairs and three person tent rrp £40 and ended p being reduced to £20!

It kept the elements out, but the condensation being a small single skinned tent was pretty horrendous (first job in the morning was to wipe the inside of the tent with kitchen towel!  Apart from that we got a ehu, sandwich toaster and a kettle and we loved it! Quilt on the floor at night with sleeping matts underneath and an extra quilt over the top (all from home).

Should be time for them coming into stock soon as its almost camping time!

Downside is that once you have used this set once is that you will probably have to repurchase everything again (as we did).  But for a smapler should be fine :)

Just bear in mind the more expensive you get with tents - the more living space, the more rigidity, the more protection from the elements you get.