Wind stakes to anchor the trampoline to the ground seemed like a good idea, and I read in someone else's review that a ladder is helpful for the smaller kids, which made sense. The shoe bag was kind of a cute bonus. Had to laugh when my daughter and two friends came out to use the trampoline for the first time and all pointed to the shoe bag and said, "how COOL, a cellphone holder!!!". Fine, we'll call it that. I thought the package was a good value.