Appalachian Mountain Club cuts jobs as ‘glamping’ popularity hits lodging revenue

BOSTON GLOBE • June 5, 2024

Amenity-laden glamour campgrounds, tiny houses, and high-end RVs are luring more Americans than ever to the greatoutdoors, exposing them to the beauty and fragility of the environment. That’s good: Mother Nature needs all the friendsshe can get. But the cushy competition is proving problematic for Boston-based Appalachian Mountain Club, the nearly 150-year-oldconservation and recreation organization whose expensive but rustic lodging isn’t necessarily what many postpandemic nature newbies want to pay for. AMC recently laid off six employees and eliminated seven open jobs as it seeks to close a $2.5million deficit in its $35 million operating budget.