Hipcamp

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Hipcamp, Inc.
Company type Private
Industry
FoundedJune 2013;12 years ago (2013-06) in San Francisco, California [1]
FounderAlyssa Ravasio
Headquarters San Francisco, California
Area served
Services
Number of employees
80
Website hipcamp.com

Hipcamp, Inc. is an American company operating an online marketplace for booking campsites, RV parks, glamping stays, and private land camping experiences via a mobile app and website. [2] Landowners and campgrounds list tent sites, RV spots, and lodging directly to Hipcamp's marketplace for users to find and book based on their location, amenities, and activities offered. [3]

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History

Hipcamp was created by Alyssa Ravasio in 2013 prompted by her frustrating search for an available campsite near Big Sur, California. Ravasio built a platform that would aggregate available data for public campgrounds in one place. [4] Ravasio enrolled in Dev Bootcamp, a 12-week coding crash course in San Francisco, California to teach herself how to code and launched the first version of Hipcamp that same year. [5]

In September 2014, Hipcamp raised $2 million in seed funding led by O'Reilly Media's AlphaTech Ventures and Slow Ventures, with participation from Dave Morin, Sam Shank, Gregg Brockway, AngelList's Syndicate Fund and Maiden Lane Ventures. [6] [7]

Product

Hipcamp allows users to search for and book campsites and rv spots based on location, natural features (beach, waterfall, forest, etc.), activities (biking, hiking, rock climbing, etc.), and amenities. [8]

The COVID-19 pandemic led to Hipcamp seeing substantial growth in 2020; that summer, they generated three times the leads that they did in 2019. [9]

In May 2025, Hipcamp doubled the inventory on the platform, by adding thousands of RV parks, camping resorts, and public lands to reach a total of 565,000 campsites available via the Hipcamp website and mobile app. [10] [11]

Mergers & Acquisitions

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Hipcamp expanded internationally by acquiring Youcamp, an Australian-based camping platform focused on private land camping [12] [13]

In 2021, Hipcamp acquired Pitched, a Canadian online marketplace startup. [14] [15]

In 2023, Hipcamp acquired Cool Camping, a United Kingdom-based camping platform focused on glamping. [16] [17]

In 2024, Hipcamp acquired BookOutdoors, a United States-based booking platform focused on RV resorts and holiday parks. [18]

References

  1. ↑ "How Hipcamp Became the Airbnb of the Outdoors". The New Yorker . January 2, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Hipcamp Raises $9.5 Million for Campsite Booking: Travel Startup Funding This Week". Skift . June 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "I let campers rent part of my backyard for $70 a night. It helps pay our high home maintenance costs". Business Insider . September 30, 2024.
  4. ↑ Palamountain, Olivia (31 March 2021). "Hipcamp is on a mission to become the 'Airbnb of the outdoors'". Globetrender . Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Lewin, Tamar (2014-10-14). "Web-Era Trade Schools, Feeding a Need for Code". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  6. ↑ Crook, Jordan (2014-09-30). "Hipcamp Cooks Up $2M Seed To Get People Camping". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  7. ↑ Garland, Russ. "Hipcamp Hits Trail With $2 Million, With Help From Path's Dave Morin". WSJ. Archived from the original on 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  8. ↑ Leo, Jen (2014-07-27). "Hipcamp.com wants to be handy for even inexperienced campers". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  9. ↑ Kelso, Stirling (2021-03-09). "Why Hipcamp is the most innovative travel company of 2021". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  10. ↑ Dreier, Frederick (2025-05-20). "Looking for a Campsite? Hipcamp Now Has Half a Million to Choose From". Outside Online. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  11. ↑ Magazine, Woodalls Campground (2025-05-21). "'Hipcamp' Expansion to Help Grow Campground Bookings - Woodall's Campground Magazine" . Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  12. ↑ https://skift.com/2020/08/27/u-s-based-hipcamp-acquires-australias-youcamp-as-travelers-heed-call-of-the-great-outdoors/
  13. ↑ https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/travel/article/youcamp-lets-you-throw-outdoor-party-and-make-some-noise-without-disturbing-neighbours
  14. ↑ https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/with-canada-launch-hipcamp-creates-new-options-for-outdoor-stays-856705671.html
  15. ↑ https://marketingnewscanada.com/news-show/tegh-singh-bedi-hipcamp
  16. ↑ https://skift.com/2022/01/03/hipcamp-buys-uk-booking-brand-cool-camping/
  17. ↑ https://shorttermrentalz.com/news/hipcamp-uk-cool-camping-final/
  18. ↑ https://rvbusiness.com/hipcamp-acquires-bookoutdoors-seeing-significant-growth/
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