Good Morning Long Road.

Finally I wised-up and bought a Travel Tent after almost 3 decades of roughing it in developing countries. My Travel Tent allowed me to sleep like a baby this time in Tanzania while others around me were doing the typical scratch and smack. Over the years I have witnessed others snoozing like babies in some pretty treacherous conditions while I one-eyed it all night long. Bought one and will now purchase 5 more for the rest of my kids…

Thx a Ton for such a wonderful product.

Scott Rogers

I first of all want to thank you for the travel tent. I have been going to Honduras on missionary trips for many years. I came across your tent and have been using it for the last 5 years. I can't believe the security that I get each night as I crawl into the tent with the thought of security, no matter where I am and what potential critters might come by during my sleep. I have experienced not only the obvious mosquitos, but spiders as big as my hand, scorpions, bats, lizards, coral snakes, poisonous frogs and caterpillars, just name a few. I have referred many people over the years to your website as they see how content I am each night as they either try to sleep unprotected, or struggle with netting.

Tom Cooper

Hello,

My wife and I have been using your travel tent since 1991 and 85 countries later it is still going strong. It is the essential part of our adventure travel kit. We’ve had rats fall on it while sleeping in the Himalayas, army ants march across it in the Sulawesi jungles, snakes crawl up it in Malaysia and goodness knows how many mosquitoes fended off. It’s even kept the crabs from crawling on us while sleeping on beaches in India. We call it our “dome of silence”. It provides a great sense of security, knowing that no matter how bad the place we are staying, no matter how far off the beaten path we are, we have a clean and safe sleeping environment. Here’s a tip for your users, if one of the support bar clamps wears out, there is an umbrella repair guy on the streets of Mandalay who can fix it for ten cents, so far his work has lasted ten years. Probably the best travel product I have ever bought.

Thanks,
Scott in Abu Dhabi

Hi Longroad,

I've spent over 20 years abroad, most recently working and living in Africa as a journalist and with humanitarian agencies, and I always joke to my friends that I am an informal salesperson for the Travel Tent, since I recommend it to everyone. It is so practical, and I've used it everywhere from flea-bitten beds in guest houses in rural Ethiopia, to remote huts in malarial Sudan, to using it outdoors next to the campfire (to keep the snakes out) on an overland horse trip in Kenya, etc etc.  My original  Travel Tent from 1990 is still in good shape, still goes to the field with me everywhere I go. A few years ago I went so far as to advise one of the humanitarian agencies that I worked for, that they should make your stand-alone mosquito net tents a standard part of their deployment kit for their aid workers -- the agency provides hanging mosquito nets for their staff, but often, there's nothing to hang a net from, so the freestanding models you make are better. Anyway, this is a very late thank you from a satisfied customer.  My latest order (below) is for a young friend that I used to babysit, who is now grown up, graduated from college, and is taking a job teaching English in Cambodia. I told her to travel with one of your tents, and I have ordered one for her as a graduation gift.  May she stay healthy on her travels!
Best regards,
Sonya
Rockville, MD

Dear Long Road Travel Supplies,

We have loved using your Skeeter Defeater. Indeed, it has defeated many mosquitoes from Oregon to Thailand to India and beyond. Because it’s freestanding, it worked as well for us on a hotel bed in Bangkok as it did in the bare earthen courtyard of a Shiva temple in the deserts of Rajasthan. And the best part is that it’s so lightweight – a essential detail for ounce-counting, long distance backpackers like ourselves. Thanks for making such a great product.

Sincerely,
Joshua and Lark Lovejoy

I have used my travel tent for years, giving me total peace of mind wherever I sleep. After finding tarantulas in my room while on a trip to the rain forest of Guatemala, I swore that I would never travel without a tent to sleep in. Finding your travel tent has allowed me to continue traveling to remote areas without fear. On a trip to Belize I could have sold my tent for a million dollars to all the honeymoon couples at our lodge who found tarantulas hiding in the thatched roofs of their rooms. Next week I am off to Chetumal, Mexico and will take my tent with me...in my carry-on bag!! Not taking any chances of losing it. It really is the most important thing I am taking with me! Thanks again for your incredible products.

Michele Modglin

I had a wonderful time using your TRAVEL TENT in Niger and Mali. It was just as you had said... that I would feel so secure and comfortable knowing that nothing could crawl on me or bite me... and with that I slept wonderfully well, even better than in the States!

Thanx,
Liza www.africanomad.com

Just thought you'd like to know the Travel Tents we ordered survived our five kids beautifully for the seven months we were in W. Africa! That is no small feat (surviving our kids-not being in Africa!)! All the other missionaries were jealous even though the Bible says not to covet thy neighbor's Travel Tents! We ended up selling ours to another family when we left but are placing an order today to replace them for next time!

Blessings,
Amy Rodgers

Dear LR,

As a photographer I travel in Asia every year. Here is a photo of your Travel Tents hard at work in Laos.

Roberto Nencini, Cecina, Italy

Dear Friends at Long Road,

I ordered two of your mosquito nets for a 5 week trip to various parts of India. I've been there many times but never with this much travel planned so a good net seems like a good idea! Well your Travel Tent was way beyond my dreams and hopes. The other Travel Tent was used by a seasoned world traveler who exclaimed to me after the first night in it, "I'm taking this with me everywhere! I hate the feel of some kind of crawling thing on me and this is the best protection I've ever used!" Seeing as how he is over 6 feet tall the extension at the bottom helped a lot also.

Thanks again.

Craig Henderson

Dear Long Road,

I have received the travel tent and it is beyond expectations, it is of outstanding design. The internal space is more than adequate, it's assembly is simple, and the poles are of plentiful strength and flexibility. It will fulfill my needs exactly. And hopefully keep me bite free and sleeping sound on my travels.

Russell
Email from South Korea

Dear Longroad,

I thought you might like to see a photo of your Skeeter Defeater in a rather dumpy, buggy hotel in a place called Gulbarga, India. In a place like this, it really gave us peace of mind. We felt "brilliant" for having them. But really, you are the ones who are brilliant for making them!! Just bought a Travel Tent because the idea of a floor seems to give it more flexibility.

Thanks for your great designs/engineering!

Deena & Michael

Dear Long Road,

I just got back from the jungles and mountains of eastern Bolivia and I just wanted to tell you that I loved your travel tent. As a matter of fact, it probably saved my life...which will lead me to a suggestion for your web site.

There is one nasty disease carrier and its disease that you might consider emphasizing more on your parasite/diseases list, the Reduvid beetle and Chagas' Disease (also called American Trypanosomiasis). These insects are also called Kissing Beetles for their habit of sucking blood out of their human hosts from the soft tissue near the mouth.

Trypanosoma cruzi is the actual name of the parasite which lives in the gut of the beetle and is passed on to humans by the beetle pooping on its host. As the beetle feeds on blood, it, at the same time, defecates the parasite onto the skin. From the skin, the parasite enters the host where it will go undetected in the smooth muscle tissue (often the heart) until the victim has a heart attack or some other near debilitating condition. The disease is untreatable and has already infected some 16-18 million people. Another 90 million people living in Central and South America are at risk for the disease.

In the region where I lived and worked (I'm a cultural anthropologist), this nasty critter was everywhere (including living in my own thatch roof and adobe walls) and about 98% of all adults in the region tested positive for the Chagas' parasite. While I was there, at least three Americans in the Peace Corps tested positive for Chagas' and were sent back home for further medical tests. BTW, I actually found out about your company from a returned Peace Corp member who was stationed there.

Now that I've got you freaked out about traveling to rural Bolivia, I thought you might be interested in using some of this info. I looked up many a night to see outside of my travel net the two-inch outline of these critters crawling around looking for a quick meal of my blood. Unlike malaria and mosquitoes, there is no treatment and Deet repellent won't repel the insect, and the disease is often fatal even with the best of modern medicine.

Emphasize Chagas' on your disease list. If people purchase your mosquito nets because they are traveling and/or working where this bug is endemic, it might save some them a lot of grief and perhaps their lives.

Brian

Dear President, Long Road,

Congratulations on having one of the best products I've seen in a long time. My wife and I have traveled the past year throughout Asia (14 countries) with your double size Travel Tent and cannot count the times we've gone to sleep saying,`Thank God for the tent'. It has been quick to set up, light to pack, and very dependable. We have even used it as an outdoor tent in remote regions of China where there were no rooms.

Scott Young
Postcard from India

Dear Long Road,

I have used your Travel Tent for several years, and on three continents. Your tent has proven to be sturdy, light to pack, easy to put up, and effective in warding off insects. When I lead trips to other countries I advise my students to get one. Its low cost is very quickly repaid in restful sleep and a lack of disease.

William D. Shepard
Professor of Biology, C.S.U. Sacramento

Dear Long Road,

Bless you, bless you, bless you unto the 9th generation. Your Travel Tent is wonderful and I wanted to tell you how much easier and comfortable it has made my round-the-world trip. I don't worry about mosquitoes, flea-infested furniture, 6 inch spiders, cockroaches, flies, bedbugs, or any other species of insect life I've encountered. I couldn't have gone a lot of places without it.

Wendy McClarin
Postcard from Thailand

Long Road Travel Supplies:

I traveled around South America for 6 months with your Skeeter Defeater - it was great! I found it easy to assemble (after the first week, I could do it in the dark) and easy to carry - even in my small pack.

Thanks!

Nancy Hall
Mountain View, CA