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Articles tagged “camping”

Startups

Hipcamp Buys UK Booking Brand Cool Camping

Hipcamp, a booking site led by Alyssa Ravasio and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, seems intent on international expansion. The startup's skill at creating supply, not just listing campsites, has set it apart and given it momentum so far.

Sean O'Neill | 2 years ago

Hipcamp Buys UK Booking Brand Cool Camping

Overtourism

Video: Limiting Overtourism Within Public Lands

Watch a full session from our recent online event devoted to the short-term rental and outdoor industries.

Skift | 3 years ago

Video: Limiting Overtourism Within Public Lands

Online Travel

Outdoor Travel Firms Get Creative to Hook First-Timers on Fresh Air

The outdoor sector is travel’s hottest right now, and it sure looks like it won’t be cooling down after the pandemic.

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

Outdoor Travel Firms Get Creative to Hook First-Timers on Fresh Air

Online Travel

A Startup RV Membership Program Raises $37 Million as Gold Rush in Outdoor Travel Continues

In its early days, Airbnb created new lodging inventory by wooing people who had never hosted strangers to try renting out their spaces. Harvest Hosts isn't going to be the next Airbnb. But it does a similar trick to expand the bookable options available in the outdoor sector.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

A Startup RV Membership Program Raises $37 Million as Gold Rush in Outdoor Travel Continues

Online Travel

Hipcamp Raises $57 Million for Campsite Bookings as Outdoor Travel Trend Booms: Report

Hipcamp says that demand for quality outdoor experiences has exceeded supply as a long-term trend, not just a pandemic bump. It also claims to create more supply by wooing landowners to create camping experiences. But skeptics will wonder if a valuation north of $300 million is justified for the company.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Hipcamp Raises $57 Million for Campsite Bookings as Outdoor Travel Trend Booms: Report

Online Travel

U.S.-Based Hipcamp Acquires Australia’s Youcamp as Travelers Heed Call of the Great Outdoors

Hipcamp thinks that courting landowners like farmers, ranchers, and vintners can help unlock new supply for outdoor recreation. It's an interesting theory.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

U.S.-Based Hipcamp Acquires Australia’s Youcamp as Travelers Heed Call of the Great Outdoors

Tourism

Gunmaker Smith & Wesson’s Parent Sees Opportunity With New RV Vacation Boom

Thanks to pandemic-driven demand for all things in outdoor recreation, everyone's hearing the call of the wild. Even gunmakers.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Gunmaker Smith & Wesson’s Parent Sees Opportunity With New RV Vacation Boom

Online Travel

RV and Outdoor Recreation Companies See a Boom in Bookings

The great outdoors is appealing to many people who have been cooped up under stay-at-home restrictions. It's no wonder that several booking services for camping and related services are reporting growth.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

RV and Outdoor Recreation Companies See a Boom in Bookings

Tourism

More Black Travelers Hit the Great Outdoors as Camping Activity Jumps

Black outdoor enthusiasts are camping, hiking, rock climbing, and RVing in greater numbers. But it’s not because white America, which dominates the sector, reached out. Black America made it happen.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 6 years ago

More Black Travelers Hit the Great Outdoors as Camping Activity Jumps

Tourism

How Driving Defines Us: The Future of American Road Trips

Road trips in the United States are statistically on the rise due to both economic and cultural factors. These vacations have incredible potential to reflect what's simmering beneath the surface of contemporary America.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 6 years ago

How Driving Defines Us: The Future of American Road Trips