Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Firelight Camps
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps
Updated at: 2026-06-07T05:02:08Z

Tagline: Luxurious, Stylish, and Social Glamping Experiences!
Elevator pitch: Firelight Camps develops and operates luxury campgrounds that combine the best elements of a boutique hotel and a campground with plush beds, tended campfires, and resort amenities. Our pilot location in Ithaca has operated successfully for over seven years and our second location, planned for 80 tents, is under contract in New York’s Catskill Mountains. Firelight has been featured in 75+ press outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Vogue Magazine.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 553002 | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 289 | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 553002 | observed_at: 2026-06-07T05:02:08Z | expires_at: 2026-06-08T05:02:08Z
- Total investors: 289 | observed_at: 2026-06-07T05:02:08Z | expires_at: 2026-06-08T05:02:08Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 553002
- total_investors: 289
- team_size: 4
- featured_investor_count: 1
- faq_count: 5
- recent_post_count: 10

Quick facts:
- 💰 $4M+ in revenue. 35,000+ happy guests. 4.5/5 stars on Tripadvisor. | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-fact-1
- 💸 Raised $1.5M+ from industry-leading angel investors. | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-fact-2
- 💪 Team experience includes $230M+ of real estate development. | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-fact-3
- 🏕 35% Return on Cost in our pilot location proves the profitability of our business model. | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-fact-4
- 🗞 Featured in Vogue, the NYT, the WSJ, Forbes, Architectural Digest, Curbed, Thrillist, Jetsetter. | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-fact-5
- 📈 40M+ Americans go camping each year; glamping is projected to grow at 12.5% annually through 2026 to $5B+. | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-fact-6
- 👩‍🍳 Co-founder’s cookbook “Feast by Firelight” nationally distributed in Target, REI, L.L.Bean, Orvis. | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-fact-7
- 📊 2021 seasonal revenue +137% over 2020 as of June. 2020 revenue +31% over same period 2019. | citation: https://wefunder.com/firelight.camps#claim-fact-8

FAQ:
- Q: How has the pandemic affected your business?
  A: Hi Judah - thank you for reaching out. We saw a huge increase in demand this season due to the pandemic; people are eager to get out of the city and view an airy tent as a safer lodging option than a traditional hotel room. While our occupancy has always been strong, we saw a huge bump this year from 69% in 2019 to 94% this season 2020. Please let me know if I can answer any other questions! Cheers.
- Q: "Over the three months prior, revenues averaged $192,366.38/month, cost of goods sold has averaged $4,781.96/month, and operational expenses have averaged $63,901.21/month." How are your yearly net loses so high if your monthly margins are so high? something isn't adding up
  A: Hi Nate - thanks for reaching out! Last year we made the difficult decision to abandon a proposed project in Sullivan County, NY on which we had been working for nearly two years. The write-off of the engineering, architecture, legal, and other pre-development expenses for this project constituted the bulk of our 2019 loss. In other words, we are operationally profitable in our Firelight Ithaca location, but we spend over and above those profits in our expansion efforts and the overhead ...
- Q: Got it, thank you for the quick response Robert. One additional question after reviewing your financials-- what is rooms expense? Everything else looks solid!
  A: Hi Nate - rooms expenses include everything in the rooms department, the largest expense being labor including housekeeping and front desk. Also included are laundry, guest supplies, operating supplies, etc. Thanks.
- Q: Robert I think it's a great business idea and I like that your first glampground is already operational and profitable. I just have two sets of questions for you: 1. Why did you choose to abandon the Sullivan County project? Could similar circumstances result in the company ab...
  A: The primary factors that led us to abandon our Sullivan County project were related to the permitting process and site infrastructure complications. We have indeed learned a lot from that experience, and as a result we are less likely to have those specific issues on the projects that are now in our pipeline, like Firelight Phoenicia. That said, permitting and infrastructure feasibility, particularly with respect to water supply and wastewater, are often unknowns in the early stages of the de...
- Q: It seems you are raising over $6mm for the Phoenicia location. Are there individual investors in each Underlying project and Firelight develops and operates each site?
  A: Hi Ethan - thanks for reaching out. We expect our phase 1 budget for our Phoenicia project to be $6.6m. We intend to fund internally about 10% of that budget, and also have $350K in debt in place, so we will be on the market for roughly $5.5M in equity once the project is fully ready to go under construction, which we anticipate to be this spring. You are correct about the structure; we expect each new property like Firelight Phoenicia will have additional equity investors, and our compa...

Recent posts:
- Thank you! (2021-09-14T14:11:08Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/148603
- CAMPAIGN CLOSING TODAY AT 11PM ET! (2021-09-06T13:44:06Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/148294
- $500k milestone reached! Instagram Live investor Q&A today at 4pm ET. (2021-09-02T17:35:18Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/148293
- One Week Countdown! (2021-08-30T19:28:55Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/148189
- New lobby rendering for Firelight Phoenicia! (2021-07-27T20:48:35Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/147131
- Feast by Firelight now in REI stores nation-wide! (2021-06-25T17:12:39Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/146204
- 2021: Firelight's strongest season yet! (2021-06-17T21:33:48Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/146012
- BIG news about Firelight Phoenicia! (2021-06-11T19:12:03Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/145827
- Firelight Camps on Cheddar's 'Opening Bell' program! (2021-03-29T17:02:31Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/143258
- Bobby's update March 4th (2021-03-04T17:50:53Z) https://wefunder.com/feed/142451