Bivies suck and with kids tent time is part of the fun. Cost wise I don’t think you do much better and weight wise you won’t be much further ahead either. Also in the rain it becomes difficult to change clothes and stay dry. If you Want people to go on more than one trip it would need to be their choice to use a bivy.
I would take a close look at the tarp tent Hogback. I’m a total shill for them. My brother has the hogback and we used it for a bike packing trip. 4 people it was walk to wall pads with 2 6ft 200lb males, a 5’3 women and a 10 yr old.
The nice thing it is only 1.87kg so only 100g more than the 2 person hubba hubba so when used as a two or three person tent it’s a back country palace for marginally more weight.
Cost wise it would be similar to two tents and marginally more weight than just one tent.
If in the mountain park you will need two tent pads however you pay per person per night not per pad per night so there is no cost impact to that part of the decision.
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