In the summer of 2013, Hipcamp founder and CEO Alyssa Ravasio learned how to code so she could build Hipcamp’s first version, after a frustrating experience trying to find and book a campsite.
Ten years later, Hipcamp has helped campers spend 10 million nights under the stars.
During the past decade, Hipcamp opened more than 5 million acres of the world’s most beautiful private land to create new places for people to camp, while also making public lands more accessible by bringing together campsite information across state and national parks, national forests, BLM, county parks and more.
Hipcamp Founder and CEO Alyssa Ravasio said: “It has been 10 years since we embarked on our mission to get more people to get outside. Today, we have not only helped millions of people experience the health and happiness that comes from spending time camping under the stars, but we have also scaled responsible recreation globally, and in the process created new income streams for rural landowners to help protect and restore the land and its precious biodiversity.”
Hipcamp’s apps and website ease finding and booking campsites, RV sites, cabins, treehouses and glamping stays. Hipcamp’s focus on innovation in the outdoor technology industry has led numerous key product, program and partnership milestones, including:
- Opening 5 million acres of private land to create new places for people to camp.
- Launching Project Monarch, a North American initiative to help save migrating monarch butterflies.
- Acquiring Australian campsite booking platform YouCamp in 2020.
- Launching a Canadian partnership with Pitched in 2021.
- Being named FastCompany’s most innovative travel company of 2021.
- Acquiring British campsite booking platform CoolCamping in 2022.
- Launching of ResNexus and Newbook software integrations for commercial campgrounds in 2023.
- Being named Apple’s App of the Day in 2019.
- Raising nearly $100 million in venture capital.
“As we look forward to the next decade, we are excited to get more people outside while supporting sustainable stewardship through outdoor recreation,” Ravasio said.
