Originally Posted by
indyfabz
Not a minor consideration. At some point Cycle Oregon started offering Tent & Porter Service. For an extra fee, a contractor would supply you with a tent, have it ready for you when you arrived and have your bag waiting there. Thing is, you got assigned the same numbered tent every night, and the tents were pitched really close to each other. I heard more than one horror story from people who were assigned tents next to really loud snorers.
As le grand tour is pretty much the same thing, in our experience it is hit and miss no matter what with shedloads of tents.
We sometimes were able to choose better spots not on top of neighbours, but not always.
You quickly learn to have good ear plugs!
For loss of people, going the set up tent was worth it just to not have to carry your baggage from the dump off spot to where you'd set up tent, and visa versa in morning.