Geodesic dome tents for glamping and events,
built to your spec

A dome built from short, straight steel struts joined at hubs into a pattern of triangles, with a fabric cover pulled over the frame. The triangles share the load, so there is no centre pole and the floor stays open. Frequency is how finely the frame is divided: more triangles make a rounder dome. Sellers call the same thing a glamping dome, an event dome or a geodesic dome kit.

Most glamping domes for sale list a price for one dome. We do not publish one, because it depends on your dome: the size, the steel tube, the cover and liner, the doors and windows, how many you order, the ocean freight and the customs entry all move it. Send the spec and the quote gives each of those its own line; the landed cost calculator on this site adds them up.

They can be, if the order spells out what good means. The complaints buyers swap online are windows that cloud, a manual for a different dome, and nobody to ask for a spare part. So the window material goes into the spec, the manual and the parts list are checked against the dome before it ships, and each dome has a parts list, so a strut or a cover panel can be ordered by number.

The diameter and frequency you want, or what will go inside so the factory can propose them; the steel tube and finish; the cover, its colour and any clear panels; whether you want a liner; where the door and windows go; what the domes stand on; how many domes and of which sizes; and where they ship and when. The quote form asks for the same things.

Yes. An order for a site or a fleet is one production run to one spec, and each dome is packed and labelled as its own set, so the fourth dome does not get the seventh one's door. How many fit in a container depends on the size and the crates, so the factory works out a packing plan and you have the count in writing before you commit.

Under the International Fire Code, as your area adopts it, a fire code official may ask for a lab test report on the cover material to NFPA 701, the fire test for fabrics and films, before a permit is granted. Liners and curtains are materials too. The test paperwork for the exact materials in your order is discussed and agreed with you before you commit. If a factory cannot produce a flame test report on them, we do not go ahead with it, and you hear why.

That is your county's call, and counties differ, so ask before you order. What we can do is have the factory state in writing the loads the frame was designed for, at the size and tube you chose, so you can put them next to your county's numbers. Whether the building department also wants an engineer's stamp is a question for them.

A timber deck, a concrete slab or the ground, each with its own anchors, so it is a field on the spec sheet. Build the deck or pour the slab to the footprint on the factory's drawing, not to a figure from a listing.

The Importer Security Filing goes in before the container is loaded in China. When it arrives, a licensed customs broker files the entry, and the container is trucked from the port to your site or a warehouse. We handle that paperwork, and the quote prices each step on its own line.

Each dome's tube and zinc against the spec, its struts and hubs against its parts list, the seams and zips on the cover and liner, the door and windows fitted, and the flame test report against the cover used. Where the order calls for it, one dome goes up at the factory, and you can ask for photographs before the container is sealed.

Condensation forms on the inside of the cover, and a liner and vents are how you deal with it. The curved walls change how furniture fits, so plan the layout before you order. Permits vary from county to county. The windows wear first, which is why their material belongs in the spec.