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  • Extra agritourism revenue from camping, cabins and RVs with HipCamp
    economic development | entrepreneurship | rural | tourism

    Extra agritourism revenue from camping, cabins and RVs with HipCamp

    ByBecky McCray December 12, 2022March 12, 2025

    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’t trade blueberries for campsites, but you DO…

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  • A van-sized RV parked in a green field under trees at a winery
    economic development | entrepreneurship | rural | tourism

    Harvest Hosts attract vanlifers and RV tourists, Boondockers Welcome

    ByBecky McCray December 2, 2022

    RV travelers, vanlifers and other self-contained nomads can stay at interesting destinations with Harvest Hosts. Stays feature wineries, farms, breweries, museums, and more.  There’s a membership fee for campers to join, but no camping fee when they stay. Guests are encouraged to buy at least one thing from their hosts during their stay. One guest…

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