Kids walk to their cabins at summer camp
Summer camp these days can run families thousands of dollars.
  • Summer camp costs these days start long before little ones leave home, The Wall Street Journal reported. 
  • Some families with disposable income are shelling out for pre-camp packing services.
  • Others are using laundry services to outsource the post-camp unpacking haul.

The cost of sleep-away camp — like nearly everything else these days — is on the up and up.