March 30, 2023 Weddings » Wedding Guide
"When I think of Oasis, I think of luxury and comfort," Molly Simmons says. And that's what she and her husband, Levi, strived for with the Oasis Tent Rentals just a year ago Metal Frame Geodesic Tent
Molly wanted to create a service where campers wouldn't have to worry about lifting a finger for their glamping experience. Whether their tent rentals are for newlyweds or for a group of people looking to relax, Oasis Tent Rentals offers a lounge and sleeping accommodations for guests, and provides everything a grand camping experience may need.
"My goal was really to make it fully encompassing everything that you can want. We have a cooler, we've got games, we have a speaker, we've got little twinkly lights, I mean we even have a coat rack, we've got everything," Simmons says. "I want [our clients] to be able to walk in, enjoy [themselves], and leave. That's it. ... The only thing they have to do is be leisurely and hang out."
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One day while scrolling through the internet, Molly saw a 20-foot bell tent. "I thought, 'Wow, that is really cute. I bet I could decorate it and rent it out and people would want to hang out there.'" So last year, with help from her mom and her husband, she was able to start their new business Oasis Tent Rentals, a fully furnished glamping service for Humboldt County residents looking to spruce up their special events, birthdays and, of course, weddings.
"It's basically like a mobile hotel room," says Levi. "It's all the comforts you need in a hotel room, but outside."
Creating luxury and comfort means making sure all the furniture in each tent is in super comfy condition and is as beautifully vintage as she can find. When they first started to shop for furniture last year, Molly says she and her mother would go thrift shopping and travel to estate sales throughout the county to try to bring the vision of Oasis Tent Rentals to life.
Molly says she selects each item intentionally, making sure that furniture and amenities are exactly what she would want herself: comfortable and inclusive of all body shapes and types.
Oasis Tent Rentals delivers tent set ups practically anywhere in the county. In their first year, the Simmonses set up tents at locations from the Humboldt Bay Social Club to the Barn at Fernbridge, Pamplin Grove and even as far east as Ruth Lake.
"The excitement that I see in people is what keeps me going, even when things get hard, like when our van broke down," she says. "This is our dream, working together, working outdoors ... we couldn't have asked for anything better."
Oasis Tent Rentals oasistentrentals.com oasistentrentals@gmail.com (707) 498-6636
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