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Hipcamp, the world’s #1 app for finding and booking campsites, today announced it has doubled its U.S. inventory to more than 500,000 campsites. Hipcamp now offers outdoor enthusiasts the largest catalog of campgrounds, RV parks, and unique camping experiences ever assembled, all accessible through a single app. This marks a significant evolution for the platform, which has been historically known for its private land camping experiences on farms and ranches.

Hipcamp, the world’s leading campsite booking company, and specialty outdoor retailer REI Co-op today announced the launch of the “Summer of Magic Campout Series” (Summer of Magic), a campaign offering complimentary stays at Hipcamp’s best campsites across the country during peak weekends, as well as outdoor gear packages and guided experiences. Focused on making the outdoors more accessible throughout the popular summer travel months, the Summer of Magic campaign will allow thousands of people to experience the joy of being outside.

Hipcamp, the leading international campsite booking platform, today announced the launch of its 2023 Fall Foliage Map, a first-of-its kind tool that helps campers make the most of autumn’s stunning spectacle. The map leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to predict the optimal week to experience breathtaking fall colors for each county within the contiguous United States, and then layers that data onto available tent campsites, RV sites, cabins, yurts, and treehouses. The result is a remarkable tool set to change the way campers across the nation plan their leaf peeping getaways.

Hipcamp, the leading international campsite booking platform, today announced the launch of Hipcamp Alerts, a new service that continuously scans America’s most popular sold-out national and state park campsites and instantly notifies users of openings via push notifications and email. Hipcamp Alerts, available via an API integration with Campflare, are free to use and solve a top camper pain point: finding available campsites.

In the summer of 2013, Hipcamp Founder and CEO Alyssa Ravasio learned how to code so that she could build the first version of Hipcamp after a frustrating experience trying to find and book a campsite. Now, 10 years later, Hipcamp has reached a major milestone: the platform has officially helped campers spend 10 million nights under the stars.

For the third consecutive year, Hipcamp and REI will team up to sponsor Outdoor Journal Tour's #WeHikeToHeal Challenge, a month-long outdoor wellness initiative focused on improving the mental and emotional health of women across the United States. This marks the brands’ shared commitment to promoting access to the outdoors and encouraging diversity in outdoor spaces.

Campsite booking platform Hipcamp today announced the launch of free public lands maps, giving outdoor enthusiasts an easy way to find and book available campsites across the U.S. that are on or near points of interest on public lands.

Hipcamp, the world’s largest provider of unique outdoor stays, today announced the launch of free data coverage maps, giving outdoor enthusiasts an easy way to discover the types of cellular service they can expect at more than 399,000 available campsites, glampsites, and RV stays across the United States.

Today, Hipcamp announced that San Luis Obispo County’s Board of Supervisors have approved a resolution to their rural recreation and camping land use code ordinance that creates an accessible, clear, and cost-effective path for certain rural businesses to host limited and low-impact recreational vehicle camping. With this resolution, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors opened up new economic opportunities for local wineries, farmers, and ranchers.

Hipcamp, the world’s largest provider of outdoor stays, today announced that CEO Alyssa Ravasio spoke at Our Shared Future, a Celebration of Half-Earth Day, presented by the Smithsonian Institution and E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. Ravasio shared local solutions to preserve biodiversity alongside Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Queen Quet, Half-Earth Project Chairs & Scholars Program Researcher Norina Vicente, and others. Ravasio also joined Saving America’s Biodiversity, a briefing on wildlife corridors, in the U.S. Capitol.

Chaffee County this week approved a private-land camping ordinance that provides rural landowners with an accessible, clear, and cost-effective path to hosting small-scale commercial camping on private property. With the ordinance, the Chaffee County Board of Commissioners modernized the county’s definition of agritourism and opened critical economic opportunities to Colorado farmers and ranchers.

Today, Hipcamp and the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation announced the launch of Project Monarch, an ambitious program designed to help save endangered monarch butterflies by engaging 10,000 North American Hipcamp Hosts to improve monarch habitat across 2.6 million acres of stewarded land.

Camping has always been a favorite American pastime, but its popularity has boomed since the start of the pandemic, and is set to reach new highs in 2022. To gain insights into America’s outdoor plans for this summer, Hipcamp, the world’s largest provider of outdoor stays, surveyed 25,000 campers from across the nation and uncovered some surprising and quirky results.

As Americans continue to flock to the outdoors in record numbers, Hipcamp and REI Co-op today announced the #SaveASpot sweepstakes, a summer-long campaign that will award 10 immersive, outdoor experiences to campers from across the nation.

Hipcamp, the world’s largest provider of outdoor stays, today announced that CEO Alyssa Ravasio has been named one of the 20 Most Influential People in the Outdoor Industry by Outside Business Journal. Ravasio and the 19 other winners were selected from among more than 300 nominees based on vision, ethics, measurable impact, and ability to inspire others.

Hipcamp, the world’s largest provider of outdoor stays, today released the summary of a report highlighting the positive economic and environmental impacts outdoor stays provided California’s Mendocino County from March 2020 to March 2021.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan today approved a bill (HB558) that adds “camping” and “incidental outdoor stays” to the definition of agritourism. The bill modernizes the state’s definition of agritourism, opening critical economic opportunities to Maryland farmers.

Hipcamp, the world’s largest provider of outdoor stays, today announced the acquisition of London-based Tripadee Ltd., and the full integration of its popular Cool Camping brand into the Hipcamp platform.

Hipcamp, the world’s largest provider of outdoor stays, today released the summary of a report highlighting the positive economic and environmental impacts outdoor stays provided California’s San Luis Obispo County from March 2020 to March 2021.

For the second consecutive year, Hipcamp and REI will partner to sponsor Outdoor Journal Tour's #WeHikeToHeal, a month-long outdoor wellness initiative focused on improving mental health outcomes for women across the United States. This continued partnership marks the brands’ shared commitment to promoting access to the outdoors and encouraging diversity in outdoor spaces.

California State Parks and Hipcamp (www.hipcamp.com) today announced a partnership to provide real-time information about camping availability directly on the Hipcamp platform. Together, they are laying the foundation to further advocate for open data standards in public campsite reservation systems with future integrations to come nationwide.