{"id":14697,"date":"2022-12-12T09:56:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T15:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/?p=14697"},"modified":"2023-07-03T08:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T13:57:33","slug":"extra-agritourism-revenue-from-camping-cabins-and-rvs-with-hipcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2022\/12\/extra-agritourism-revenue-from-camping-cabins-and-rvs-with-hipcamp.html","title":{"rendered":"Extra agritourism revenue from camping, cabins and RVs with HipCamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14699 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-yurt-CC-by-Myles-Tan-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A modern camping yurt on a rocky hill in the autumn\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-yurt-CC-by-Myles-Tan-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-yurt-CC-by-Myles-Tan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-yurt-CC-by-Myles-Tan-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-yurt-CC-by-Myles-Tan.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After we <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2022\/12\/harvest-hosts-attract-vanlifers-and-rv-tourists-boondockers-welcome.html\">discussed Harvest Hosts and Boondockers Welcome<\/a>, our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/marketingdelmarva.blogspot.com\/\">Marketing Delmarva<\/a> pointed out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipcamp.com\/\">HipCamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14721\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Historic-Blueberry-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Historic Blueberry listed on HipCamp\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Historic-Blueberry-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Historic-Blueberry-800x656.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Historic-Blueberry-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Historic-Blueberry.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>One of our local blueberry farms does this with an app called HipCamp. Folks literally camp in the middle of a historic fruit farming operation. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, not quite the same; they don&#8217;t trade blueberries for campsites, but you DO get access to the pick-your-own, and that is completely worth it. Best blueberries I&#8217;ve ever had. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, it&#8217;s a somewhat historic property&#8230;. but the blueberries&#8230;.are simply out of this world.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>That&#8217;s the big difference: HipCamp sites charge for the stay and offer more amenities.<\/h3>\n<p>HipCamp hosts offer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tent camping<\/li>\n<li>RV parks<\/li>\n<li>cabins<\/li>\n<li>treehouses<\/li>\n<li>yurts<\/li>\n<li>glamping*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*Glamping is glamorous camping, or comfortable camping with lots of amenities like regular beds.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14701\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14701\" class=\"wp-image-14701 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-Milk-a-Sheep-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"A woman watches as a child tentatively touches a sheep that is ready to be milked. \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-Milk-a-Sheep-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-Milk-a-Sheep-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-Milk-a-Sheep-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-Milk-a-Sheep-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stay at Tin Willows and milk a sheep!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hosts are sharing their private property. Some offer added experiences like picking berries at the blueberry farm or meeting the sheep at the Tin Willows Milk a Sheep Camp in Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipcamp.com\/\">HipCamp website<\/a> also lists public camping places like state park campgrounds, though some have to be booked direct through park websites.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll notice a theme of protecting and regenerating the environment at HipCamp, with features on supporting Monarch butterflies, protecting wild places and stargazing.<\/p>\n<h2>Rural tourism potential<\/h2>\n<p>HipCamp sites are almost all in rural areas or small communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For rural tourist businesses like wineries and agritourism farms,\u00a0<\/strong>it may make sense to sign up as a host.<\/p>\n<p>Want to try it out first? Consider <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2022\/12\/harvest-hosts-attract-vanlifers-and-rv-tourists-boondockers-welcome.html\">something like Harvest Hosts at first<\/a>, while you&#8217;re still building up your amenities.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14697 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2022\/12\/extra-agritourism-revenue-from-camping-cabins-and-rvs-with-hipcamp.html\/hipcamp-tents-cc-by-matt-zimmerman'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-tents-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Tents set up in an open green field with mountain foothills at the horizon. Photo CC by Matt Zimmerman\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-tents-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-tents-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-tents-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-tents-CC-by-Matt-Zimmerman.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14700'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom tents&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/2022\/12\/extra-agritourism-revenue-from-camping-cabins-and-rvs-with-hipcamp.html\/hipcamp-cabin-cc-by-myles-tan'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-cabin-CC-by-Myles-Tan-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A rustic wooden cabin on a platform stands on a gentle hillside surrounded by green trees. Photo CC by Myles Tan\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-cabin-CC-by-Myles-Tan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-cabin-CC-by-Myles-Tan-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-cabin-CC-by-Myles-Tan-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-cabin-CC-by-Myles-Tan.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14698'>\n\t\t\t\tA rural cabin rented via HipCamp. Photo CC by Myles Tan\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>Tourism pros: practical steps to take<\/h2>\n<p><strong>For rural tourism promoters, this is a tool to watch.<\/strong>\u00a0Whether you work at a tourism bureau, chamber or other organization, make time to learn more about this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out which of your businesses are listed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipcamp.com\/\">searching the site<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommend it to appropriate local businesses.\u00a0<\/strong>Start with wineries, farms, breweries, museums, and your agritourism folks who already offer camping or cabins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tie in with your blogger or influencer tours.\u00a0<\/strong>Get inspired by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buildingpossibility.com\/articles\/harvest-tour\/\">Deb Brown\u2019s story of a Harvest Tour<\/a>\u00a0you could copy.<\/p>\n<h2>What about local RV camps? Won\u2019t this competition hurt them?<\/h2>\n<p>HipCamp will attract a different kind of camper than standard RV campsites. They&#8217;re targeting different parts of the market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Photo from HipCamp: screenshot of Historic Blueberry.<\/p>\n<p>Photos CC from Flickr: Yurt and cabin photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/myles_tan\/albums\/72157674002843660\">Myles Tan<\/a>, tents and sheep camp by <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/mattzim\/albums\/72157715452849062\">Matt Zimmerman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/get-updates.html\">Subscribe to SmallBizSurvival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After we discussed Harvest Hosts and Boondockers Welcome, our friends at Marketing Delmarva pointed out HipCamp. One of our local blueberry farms does this with an app called HipCamp. Folks literally camp in the middle of a historic fruit farming operation. Well, not quite the same; they don&#8217;t trade blueberries for campsites, but you DO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3,8,2],"tags":[708,711,709,469,710],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HipCamp-yurt-CC-by-Myles-Tan.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14697"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15059,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697\/revisions\/15059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}