Three weeks prior to your session, we will send luggage tags for your daughter’s bags. Please attach these luggage tags onto the handles of your bags with the zip ties we will provide.
We are asking that Junior and August campers pack in two large pieces of luggage. June and Main campers may pack in up to three large pieces of luggage. We will send luggage tags for each of these bags prior to your session. Please only use trunks or large duffels for these large bags.
Please do not pack directly in cardboard boxes or disposable bags (or your daughter will have nothing to pack her things in for the trip home); use a standard duffel or trunk.
Learn how to pack and how to get your items to camp.
Luggage can be sent up to two weeks prior to your daughter’s session. If any luggage cannot be brought with you, please ship by UPS or FedEx. (Please note: both companies will only cover damages to your luggage if it is boxed, by them):
CAMPER’S FULL NAME AND SESSION
Camp Greystone
21 Camp Greystone Lane
Zirconia, NC 28790
Luggage will be placed in your cabin by Opening Day.
We contract with a 3rd party vendor (Little River Roasting) to offer the service of sending your luggage home via UPS. Their cost for this service is a $40 handling fee per item plus the actual cost of shipping. (Shipping costs vary with size, weight, and destination. Go to the UPS website to generate a quote.) Please don’t send a return label; they can ONLY use labels printed at camp. They will box, weigh, and label each item. You may ship as many items as needed. Shipping costs will be automatically deducted from your Greystone Account.
In order to ship your luggage home, please indicate this on your Travel Form (available in the spring), which you can fill out through your Online Account or through the Campanion app. All baggage will automatically be shipped to your home address on file. If you want it sent to a different address, you must indicate this where asked. Please contact our regarding last minute shipping changes.
Trunks should weigh no more than 70 pounds. It is better to ship multiple things than pay for overweight luggage!
Questions about our UPS shipping service? Contact Gervais Hollowell at 828-693-7771 (during the summer) or .
Because we box and process all shipped luggage prior to Closing Day, girls shipping luggage home will pack all items two days prior to the close of camp.
We will NOT pack your daughter’s bedding unless your daughter is flying home (with Greystone) or instructed (by you!) to do so. If she is to pack her bedding, camp will provide sheets, a jersey-style blanket, and anything else needed for those final two nights.
If you are picking up your daughter in person on Closing Day, your daughter will still have her bedding to take in the car unless you have instructed her to pack it in her shipped luggage. If you’re flying home with your daughter on Closing Day, bring a large duffel for this bedding.
Learn the ins and outs of having your luggage shipped home.
If you are picking up your daughter and then flying later that day, bring an extra bag with you! Your daughter’s things will have multiplied, and she will most likely have a large Greystone tote bag full of odds and ends. Bring an extra duffel bag to make your airport check-in a breeze.