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Nordic camping competitors Acamp and Campio merge
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNorway / Sweden: Swedish camping and motorhome rental platform, Acamp, has been acquired by Norwegian competitor Campio to create “the leading Nordic platform for camping and motorhome tourism”.
FreewayCamper secures €4m in investment
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCzechia / Germany: German motorhome rental platform FreewayCamper has announced that it has raised €4 million in an investment round in two tranches.
Goboony and Yescapa merge and raise €7m
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Camper van and motorhome rental agencies, Yescapa and Goboony, have announced a merger and parallel fundraising of €7 million to grow their footprint in Europe and expand into new international markets.
Camplify to acquire German marketplace PaulCamper for $47.6m
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia / Germany: Peer-to-peer caravan hire and RV sharing marketplace, Camplify, has entered into an agreement to acquire German peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace PaulCamper for $47.6 million.
Indie Campers launches in the UK
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Portuguese online marketplace and road trip platform, Indie Campers, has announced the launch of its peer-to-peer rental platform in the UK.
Motorhome rental agency Goboony raises €6m in funding
Reading Time: 2 minutesNetherlands: Dutch motorhome rental agency Goboony has raised €6 million in a funding round led by Amsterdam-based venture capital firm No Such Ventures. Founded in 2015, the company connects motorhome and campervan owners with travellers [also known as ‘boonies’] wanting to rent one of Goboony’s 5000 vehicles. Operating in the Netherlands, the UK, France, Belgium, […]
Camptoo acquires sharing economy platform Out2Camp
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetherlands / Scandinavia: Motorhome and campervan rental marketplace, Camptoo, has announced that it has acquired Nordic sharing platform Out2Camp. Camptoo, which was founded in 2014 in the Netherlands, connects the owners and renters of campervans, motorhomes and touring campervans. Ranked the fastest growing travel company in 2020 [FT1000], Camptoo users have booked over 500,000 days […]
iTravel Staycation Award winner interviews 2021: Cofton Holidays
Reading Time: 7 minutesUK: In the second feature of a new mini-series on ShortTermRentalz, we speak to some of the winners from the 2021 iTravel Staycation Awards, who were revealed via a virtual awards ceremony in June. This time, we hear from Helen Scott, director of Cofton Holidays in South Devon, which won the 2021 iTravel Staycation Award for […]
Goboony on UK staycations: What can we expect as lockdown eases?
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Jake Stone, UK country manager at RV rental agency Goboony, discusses what we can expect from the staycation market and how the motorhome industry can benefit as the UK prepares to ease its Covid-enforced lockdowns in the coming months. Although almost half of 2020 was condemned to strict travel restrictions, we witnessed an unprecedented boom in […]
Goboony reports surge in summer 2021 motorhome bookings
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: RV rental agency Goboony has reported a 30 per cent surge in UK summer bookings [July – September] for motorhomes, highlighting the growing interest for the segment during the pandemic. The sharp spike comes after the recent announcements concerning vaccinations, hotel quarantine following overseas travel, and the easing of lockdown restrictions. The motorhome rental specialist […]