Cool urban camping, however...
As it was my first experience with Hipcamp, I had no expectations and nothing to compare it to. And our arrival was very pleasant, the host greeted us with gourmet doughnuts, on National Donut Day, making us feel very welcome. But since then, we have had opportunity to stay at another Hipcamp facility, and the difference is night and day. The Secret Garden was a very cool urban camping experience, in a very cool neighborhood, don't get me wrong. However, our departure was very uncomfortable, because the beautiful, upscale fire pit area is very much a part of the host family's routine. We were rushing to break camp between rain showers, and the family had invited at least 2 other families over, and they had no consideration about our efforts to pack and leave. At one point, the children were messing around with our belongings, which made things awkward when we needed to gather them to take to our vehicle. Obviously, the family is entitled to use the amenities they installed, but we had initially broadcast our intentions to stay another night, and had we done so, we would have been crowded out of our own area by a seemingly tight knit group of people who weren't unfriendly, but not there to make the acquaintance of the transient renters. A very unfortunate end to our first hipcamp, as we were made to feel like Interlopers.