Camping news and trends

Deep Dive: How BNPL Services Incentivize Hikers To Spend More On Gear
Buy Now Pay Later // May 01, 2020

Millennial and Gen Z stereotypes often revolve around being tied to smartphones or computer screens, but these consumers love the outdoors just as much as their parents’ and grandparents’ generations. One study found that individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 performed more than...

Building A Subscription Box For Outdoor Explorers
Retail // December 16, 2019

The Nomadik Founder Pat Hines grew up in the outdoor and action sports industries before he was inspired to start his subscription box service for adventurers. Hines, who was a pro-amateur surfer, loved seeing the latest and greatest gadgets. But for an everyday person to...

Building A Destination For Campground Reviews (And Reservations)
Retail // October 07, 2019

Sarah Smith and her husband are avid campers. They’ve camped their entire lives. And when they moved to the Pacific Northwest, they began to camp every week — however, they would get mad at each other because neither one of them could find a campground...

Marketplaces Find A Niche With Off-The-Beaten-Path Campsites
Retail // October 09, 2018

When Olaf Dunn wanted to go camping with his kids last year, finding an available campsite on short notice wasn’t easy. “In Canada, you need to make sure to reserve your campsite four, five, six months in advance,” Dunn, founder of Pitched, told PYMNTS.com in...

Interviews & Exclusives
Camping’s Pandemic-Inspired Renaissance

August 28, 2020
For the non-expert, going camping can be a bit of an intimidating activity. Where to camp, what to pack and how to prepare can seem easy if one already knows what they’re doing — and hard to figure out when one doesn’t. It’s a situation that Hipcamp founder Alyssa Ravasio told PYMNTs she learned the […]