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    Tranquillity Camp - Bunk house

    Tranquillity Camp

    4.2(11 reviews)
    6.2 mi

    Amazing camper experience…read more At Tranquillity Camp, we uphold our generational traditions and intentional simplicity, assuring our long standing practice of always doing what's right. For more than one hundred years, Tranquillity has been a special place full of compassion, family traditions, and endless but flexible activities. We are a home away from home for passionate staff and returning campers to renew the forever friendships and revisit the lifelong memories made here.

    I attended this incredible sleepaway camp from 2007 to 2018, and I truly mean it when I say it…read morechanged my life. This camp wasn't just a place I spent my summers--it became my second home, filled with people who are now my lifelong friends and chosen family. From the first year I went, I felt something special. The intentional simplicity of life at camp--no screens, no stress, just nature, fun, and connection--taught me the value of presence, friendship, and joy. I met my now-fiancé (soon to be husband!) here when we were just 10 years old. Our story started in the barn, sports center and many camp activities/ campfires, and we can't wait to one day send our own children to experience the same magic. Camp gave me memories I'll cherish forever. It's more than a camp--it's a place where people grow up, grow close, and grow into themselves. If you're looking for a place that will shape your child's life in the best possible way, this is it. I'm endlessly grateful for every summer spent here

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    NYzipline  - NYzipline guest on the Squirrel Zip. Formally Mountain Ridge Adventure, NYzipline offers the most unique, custom obstacle in America.

    NYzipline

    4.7(33 reviews)
    33.7 mi

    We were looking for an ADVENTURE and we FOUnD it!! I was able to communicate with Micheal before…read morereserving via the YELP app. So communication was 100%. We were welcomed by the staff and we were able to sign in with no problem. The only down fall was that the GO PROs were out of service. No biggie, i was refunded the $24.99 and I was able to record my family having fun. Jenna was patient & I couldn't thank her enough because my family was taking a little longer than other patrons. My family got to complete up until the Glory course and ended the day with the zip lining course. Pricing was definitely worth it. Adult : $54.99 and Child: $34.99, and it was easy to reserve online. If you're around the area, take the family & have some fun!

    We were fortunate to go there on a sunny afternoon, when the sun was bright impeded by the tall…read moretrees. I won't get into the details of how big the area is. Just to point it out that I and my wife were ziplining for the first time in my life and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Especially the instructor (in the picture) was very meticulous, enthusiastic and patient. My wife has a fear of heights and the instructor made it a point to stay with her all throughout and help her complete all the 10 ziplines ranging from the short ones to the long ones.

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    NYzipline  - A day at NYzipline, New York's premier treetop challenge course & zipline park has been noted to be the most fun had in any single one day.

    A day at NYzipline, New York's premier treetop challenge course & zipline park has been noted to be the most fun had in any single one day.

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    NYzipline  - Zipline adventure at NYzipline. Formally Mountain Ridge Adventure, NYzipline is only 30 minutes from Albany & Saratoga, NY.

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    Zipline adventure at NYzipline. Formally Mountain Ridge Adventure, NYzipline is only 30 minutes from Albany & Saratoga, NY.

    Eisner Camp

    Eisner Camp

    3.8(6 reviews)
    38.8 mi

    I came here with my school for a 3 day, 2 night trip. When we got here after a 2-3 hour bus ride…read morethey did not allow us to unpack and make us go to the lunch room, the problem with this is that every time we went to eat a meal someone had to set the table and then we had to wait 10-20 minutes listening to them talk about nonsense, after every meal it was the same thing as well. This outdoor classroom programs problem is that they do not think about what the student would think is more appealing. The rooms were dirty and mice were found in many when we go there, some room were also very much nicer than the others which is odd because we all spend the same amount of money ( 400$ ). The showers were cold and the cleaning supplies they used was expired, plates and silverware were not cleaned properly either. The staff was nice for the most part other than the unnecessary talking about rules but some staff was rude and unfriendly, there is much more as well but if you are considering to send your school here for a trip think twice because the price was not worth it.

    My experience working at camp Eisner camp for a few months. I quit because they have horrible…read morecommunication about your pay. Multiple times my pay was not right. And they put my money in direct deposit in the wrong account. Now to positive working there. My head chef was amazing and his girlfriend is amazing. Two awesome people to work under. But they do not handle your pay so for that be very careful. I would not recommend anybody to work there, but I only can give you my experience.

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    Camp Pontiac - Our New Waterpark!

    Camp Pontiac

    3.7(7 reviews)
    32.5 mi

    I started as a camper here in 1995, became a counselor/specialist when I was in college and have…read moresince returned as adult staff. My daughter attends camp here as well, and I was thrilled she loves it here as much as I did when I was her age. The owners know everyone by name, all the staff are incredibly friendly and the overall environment is caring and adaptive. They consider each individual campers needs and work to accommodate everyone. They have many campers with gluten sensitivity and a separate food station for gluten-free food so as not to cross contaminate foods. The infirmary is staffed by experienced nurses and they always have a doctor on campus (in addition to the owners being doctors themselves). Color War is a time honored tradition that brings a camp together at the end of the summer. Win or lose, Apache relay is a fun tradition in which every single camper partakes in an important role. There is an ice cream parlor, a movie theater, a playhouse, an outdoor adventure zip line course in addition to an inflatable water park on the lake. The kids stay in touch year round and I still talk to people I met as a camper to this day.

    I was a camp counselor for Camp Pontiac for the summer of 2021 and when I say this was one of the…read moreworst run businesses I have ever seen and the worst job I have ever had, I am in no way exaggerating. To begin with, the hours they have their general staff work is outrageous. There is no break, you never really get off time here. The staff lounge is a glorified hut with moldy couches and a TV that is can barely fit 1/5 of the staff at a time. The other places on the campus were not open to staff even though the management made it seem that way in the interviewing process. Which is only the first thing that they lied to their staff about. I was lied to about the parameters of my job, I was lied to about my hours, I was lied to about what I would be able to do with my off time. I felt like a prisoner in this camp, I wasn't allowed to leave once I got there, or else I would have been fired. The management DOES NOT care about their general staff, if you get sick, they will not give you adequate rest time to recover. Over 2/3's of the staff was sick throughout the summer. And then there was the covid outbreak. The covid outbreak that the management tried to blame on their general staff as if they weren't allowed families to come in to tour when it was a "bubble" as they marketed to their current parents. Of course, they would never point the finger at the management who frequently went out to eat for every meal at the local restaurants like the Pond or allowed their campers to leave to go boating on another lake. It was a poorly run business that had no care for its general staff. There were promises of things getting better throughout the summer in which they never did and the bonuses that were promised because the staff was doing double the work, were never delivered. The 'Wannabe Director' Micahel Etra has horrible anger issues that made him go off on counselors causing many to quit. His carelessness and ego lead me and many others to be stranded at the airport due to missed flights because he would not allow us to leave earlier to catch our flights even though we brought it to his attention. The group leaders did not care about their counselors, my went as far as to tell me to quit when I talked to her about being unhappy with the exhausting workload, even after I explained to her that paying $800 for a plane ticket home was not an option for me in my financial situation. And then of course there is the favoritism. If you were a camper here and you chose to come back to work, this is a dream job. You are given special treatment and access to the entire camp. You get away with taking 10 or 20 minutes here to there. You get away with taking time off to go and work on things for school. I was refused the wifi passwords to the buildings I worked at, the only places I had access to service to call my parents, but a former camper had them. Ultimately if you're a new counselor, the directors and owners do not care about you. This camp preys on young college students looking for interesting jobs and then locks them on the campgrounds and exploits them for seven weeks, throwing them away once they got their use out of them. I felt like the help most days, slaving over a bunch of spoiled rich kids. Counselors got fired for just disciplining the kids. Counselors got fired for trying to ask for adequate pay. Genuinely, this was an awful experience. For anyone looking to work here, if you have no sense of self-respect, you'll be fine. But understand the long hours and poor treatment that you are going to have to deal with. If you are looking to send your child here, the directors and upper-level staff do not care about your child. Your child is money to them and nothing else. They use the "interesting" specialties such as sports and arts & crafts to babysit your kid, very few of the kids enjoyed the everyday activities. The evening activities were more contrived ways of babysitting the kids so they couldn't be left alone to realize that camp life is nothing but a lie to get money out of the parents. Save your money and send them somewhere else, trust me, this camp is going to go under soon.

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