Planet Camping FAQ Page - How We Work
Welcome to our FAQ page where we are keen to be completely transparent about the way we work and who we are in the camping world. Please browse through our list of commonly asked questions that will hopefully provide answers to give reassurrance to newly visiting customers. We are known as an "Affiliate" in the camping sector.
What is an affiliate?
An affiliate is basically an individual or company that offer or recommend products and or services from another merchant (or merchants) and receives a remuneration from that merchant if the product or service is purchased or used. An affiiliate is alays obliged to declare how they operate through an affiliate disclosure and how the affiliate mechanism works.
What is an afiliate website?
An affiliate website can also be termed as a "Referrer" website in that it directs the customer to another website with which they are affiliated and the purchase is made on that landing page of the merchants website.
Who Do We Work with
We work with most of the major names in the camping industry in both UK and Europe. Our network of merchants can be found on our camping merchants page which will also give some background information on any aprticular entity that we partner with together with a list of their products that we currently show on our site.
Does it cost me more?
No, the price that you pay is the same as you would see on the merchants website. Sometimes, we can secure deals with our partners that actually offer better prices or special discounts on certain items.
What's in it for planet Camping
We receive a small commission through purchases being tracked to our merchants. The merchant will then pay us this commission at the end of each month.
How can I contact you?
We like to talk to our customers so please feel comfortable in contacting us either by phone or email using the details on our contact us page.
Do you have a phone number?
Yes, and here it is : Tel: (01962 795087)
What are your working hours?
Our normal working hours are :
Monday - Thursday 9:00 - 17:00
Friday 9:00 - 12:00
Saturday - Sunday Closed
Where does the SelkBag Get it's name from?
SELK´BAG = Sleeping Bag + Selk´Nam
The Selk’nam (as they named themselves, which means “men”) were nomad who lived in Chilean’s Austral Extreme, also known as Land of Smokes and finally as Tierra del Fuego (Land of FIRE), due to the numerous bonfires the natives lit at night and which conquerors could see from open seas.
Hunters and collectors, were characterised by their height (1,80 mts. average), physical strength and toughness to adapt to the most hostile environments with below 0 degrees. They silently resisted cold, fatigue, hunger and thirst. These characteristics made them win European respect, as well as their enemies and neighbours’ fear.
Selk’ams were highly concerned of their personal presentation. Any chance was a good one to paint their bodies and face. A great moment were the Hain ceremonies (initiation ceremonies), in which male teenagers passed to their adultness, after numerous and long mental and physical tests (could last months). These ceremonies were highly secret meetings organized by adult men who simulated universal spirits, with defined figures and personalities. They supposed some emerged from the depth of earth and others from the sky. With help of guanaco skin masks or tree crusts, paint all over their bodies and other elements, they could disfigure with huge success the natural condition of these “actors”.
At the end of the XIXth century, a man who studied Selk’nams, said that once he saw a naked man in the middle of the snow, and he asked him how come he wasn’t cold, that people should only leave their face uncovered. The Selk’nam answered: “I am all face”.
This aesthetic essence, their resistance to the most adverse weather conditions, and the freedom nomads represent, have been the main concept pillars for this product’s image.