Outdoorsy

Outdoorsy is an outdoor travel marketplace that was established in 2015 by Jeff Cavins and Jen Young. The company began with an idea that there are millions of recreational vehicles (RVs) that go unused during most of the year, and many individuals desire the RVs to explore the road and enjoy camping without purchasing one. The founders have developed an online service that links owners of RVs to tourists who desire to hire them to make trips and explore the outdoors. The mission of the business is to bridge the gap between people and nature and to have an unforgettable travel experience when traveling.

The core service of the company is a peer-to-peer marketplace based on renting RVs, in which the owners of vehicles add their own to the platform and travelers can rent them to travel. The platform does not have its own fleet, but instead, they are linked to local hosts who possess campervans, trailers, and motorhomes. The vehicles available to the travelers to rent are various Class A and Class B and Class C motorhomes, travel trailers, toy haulers, fifth wheels, and vintage camper vans. This system assists vehicle owners to make income out of their idle RVs.

Outdoorsy provides services that also make rentals safer and easier. The bookings also offer insurance cover, driver screening, roadside services, and 24/7 customer service to support the travelers when they are on the way. The site offers a reservation platform in which customers can interact with the hosts, select their travel dates, and pre-order the delivery or pick up of the car. Since the start, over 160 million miles of travel have been covered by RVs rented via the platform, as well as over two million travel days have been created by the rentals (spread across more than 160 thousand locations).

The company has over time grown to be an expanded outdoor travel ecosystem. Other services introduced into the Outdoorsy Group are Roamly, an RV rental insurance platform, and glamping and campgrounds in outdoor adventure destinations through the Outdoorsy Destination Network. The marketplace is present in 14 countries, with North America being its main market. The firm is also increasing its market base and outdoor travel offerings in its road trips and camping activities.