Camp Congress is a unique and fun venue for a large group or event. We hosted our wedding welcome event there and it was a hit. If you're looking to do something similar, camp congress is a great option! But here are a couple tips we wish we knew ahead of time:
1. Miles travels a lot and is not always the most communicative. We never got responses to Airbnb messages and couldn't get a hold of him for several weeks before the event, leading us to start planning backup options since we feared something had gone wrong with our reservation. Turns out he was abroad that whole time. We heard from a friend of a friend who hosted a similar event prior they had a similar experience.
2. Get Joe the property manager's info early. He's super friendly and will be the one to help accommodate your needs. (Thanks, Joe!)
3. Miles and Joe are both very nice and easy going, with a sort of laissez-faire attitude towards use of the space. It makes the space great for DIY events but is also very challenging to plan without knowing what can/can't be done and what is/isn't available onsite in advance.
5. Camp Congress and the surrounding property seem to be constantly evolving. The property is listed on the other short term rental site and the listings don't match each other or the current state of the property. Changes to camp congress were mostly positive, e.g. fun upgrades like an A/C tent. Changes to the surrounding property owned by different people were less fun, like full on dirt pits and construction zones the weekend we rented.
6. Given the above, ask to do a walk through ahead of time and be very clear about what you want to do with the space so that you can hopefully get clear guidance. We wanted to use the taps for a couple kegs and communicated that beforehand, but day-of, turns out there was no CO2 in the kegerator. This significantly threw off our setup and use of the space, unfortunately. We were told later most folks use Jr to bring in kegs... We still don't know who/what that is.
TLDR: cool space, nice hosts, a little lacking in communication and thus challenging for planning and implementing events.