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Forget the Hamptons or St. Barts — all the cool girls are going to camp this summer. Shira Blumenthal, 35, can’t wait to arrive at Camp Social — a women-only adult summer camp in the Poconos costing $600 for a two-day, three-night stay — later in August.

“I’m super excited about it. Everyone in my family knows,” she told The Post with a laugh. The self-proclaimed city girl hasn’t been to a summer camp since she was a middle schooler and is a little nervous about being outdoors but can’t wait to relive her childhood, disconnect and make new friends along the way.



But these aren’t your stereotypical sleepaways with sloppy joes and rickety cabins. At adult summer camps, unlimited wine replaces juice boxes, French châteaus sub in for old wooden cabins in the middle of nowhere, and community swaps in for competition — although the hair-braiding and friendship bracelet-making remain. And these excursions have waitlists longer than the pool at Dumbo House.

Camp Social has a roster of about 40,000 eager-beaver wannabe campers, and Camp Château — a women-only adult adventure in the South of France costing $2,300 for a six-day, five-night stay — has over 2,500. Adult sleepaway events aren’t a new concept, but demand even at Camp No Counselors — a co-ed adult gathering that started in 2013 and now has several locations — has never been higher, a representative told The Post. It comes as both the loneliness epidemic and interest in travel continue to s.

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