Field guide · 3 min read
Ask Claude where to sleep tonight
Vacamp now works inside Claude. Bo, a 1980s VW bus who doesn't do chatbots, on asking for a pitch in plain words, and how to set it up in a minute.
Journal
Field notes for flexible campers.
How to find a pitch when everyone says it's full, why the best nights are the unplanned ones, and what it takes to build a map that asks for you.
Behind the map · 4 min read
A weekend in the Harz, and the campsites you can't book online
Oliver's two went to the Harz and found the map dark. Vacamp checked every campsite in the region and found what it would find almost anywhere in Germany: most can't be booked online at all.
Field guide · 4 min read
How to find a campsite in August without booking in January
High season doesn't have to mean planning half a year ahead. Elfriede, a family caravan who only travels in the school holidays, on nine habits that get you a pitch when everyone says the coast is full.
Essay · 3 min read
The case for not planning your camping trip
Forty years of booked holidays, then retirement and a motorhome. Oliver on weather, detours, and the freedom to change your mind.
Field guide · 3 min read
No booking button? How to ask a campsite for a pitch
Some of Europe's loveliest campsites still book by email. Oliver on writing the message that gets a quick yes, in their language as well as yours.
Behind the map · 4 min read
Behind the map: teaching Vacamp to read campsite booking systems
Every campsite speaks to its guests through some booking system, and no two of them speak alike. Bo, a 1980s VW bus who never books, on how Vacamp learns each one.
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