AutoCamp
AutoCamp is a modern hospitality experience that makes getting outdoors easy for everyone. We’ve combined the adventure of camping with modern design and welcoming hospitality. At the forefront of the outdoor hospitality movement, AutoCamp opened its first property in Santa Barbara, California in 2013. The property opened to rave reviews and prominent features in Sunset Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. In 2016, AutoCamp opened its second location, in the Russian River Valley, just 90-minutes north of San Francisco. The property was a smash hit from the day it opened, drawing guests in with its lush, landscaped grounds and Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired Clubhouse lounge and reception building. AutoCamp Russian River was featured on the cover of Sunset Magazine in July 2016. AutoCamp has revolutionized alternative lodging by thoughtfully blending the traditional outdoor experience with the service- and design-forward thinking of a boutique hotel. Each Airstream at AutoCamp is custom designed to have spacious, modern interiors with the luxury amenities and comfort you’d expect at a top-tier resort. Our properties also feature upscale amenities such as spa-inspired bathrooms, luxurious linens and towels, complimentary bicycles, and a beautifully designed mid-century modern clubhouse. In just a few years, we have hosted tens of thousands of guests from around the world, and have earned media coverage from the likes of Oprah Magazine, Vogue, the Travel Channel, Sunset Magazine, Food and Wine, Los Angeles Magazine, Bloomberg, and many more. To learn more about AutoCamp and stay abreast of our next location announcements, visit www.autocamp.com.www.autocamp.com
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Oct 21, 2026
Derry GreenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So it's just exciting.
Sarah RileyHOST
And one of the most interesting parts of the show was speaking to Neil dePaula, who founded AutoCamp and is still its CEO.
Sarah RileyHOST
He and co-founder Ryan Miller launched it in 2013 with six refurbished trailers on a site near downtown Santa Barbara, California.
Sarah RileyHOST
It has since become a national outdoor hospitality group.
Neil DipaolaGUEST
So I'd just been a student, knew how students like to live, what their tastes and preferences were, and thought I could build a really great student housing apartment community and do it in a green and sustainable way.
Neil DipaolaGUEST
And so what we did was build the first LEED-certified student housing apartments in Santa Barbara and That was a journey of learning for me.
Neil DipaolaGUEST
And the story about how I ultimately started AutoCamp came eight to 10 years after that.
Neil DipaolaGUEST
But that was really a learning for me because it got a lot of press.
Sam JankovichGUEST
And so distribution through hospitality, I've been watching this industry for about three years, and we saw trends like Starwood announcing the Field & Stream brand, building 120 destinations in really remote locations across the country.
Sam JankovichGUEST
You're seeing what Marriott's doing with the outdoor collection and what AutoCamp and and and under canvas and all these brands getting into this so the whole market is just completely changing the dynamics it's now being an experience-led destination versus i'm going to go to this destination and then i'm you know have a great room and a great restaurant and i'm going to figure out what i'm going to do there that whole thing is completely reversed today and what the actual traveler is expecting with that experience
Michael SchlagelHOST
So tell me a little bit more about the mind of that traveler.
Michael SchlagelHOST
It sounds to me, I mean, I would say that being an avid traveler, that I am obsessed with experience.
Jenny RooneyHOST
That's real experiences.
Jenny RooneyHOST
And actually, the other day I was talking to the chief commercial officer at Autocamp, which is an interesting, unique model for experiences as well.
Jenny RooneyHOST
Where are we right now, sort of, you know, we're way post-COVID now, so it's almost like I almost don't wanna bring that up, but there was obviously a time when people were very hungry to get back out and do real-life experiences, spend money on travel, spend money on experiences and destinations.
Jenny RooneyHOST
Where are we right now in the trend line of that?
Colin TrueGUEST
This, it's like, again, it's back to that hang.
Colin TrueGUEST
Like, you have time, and maybe you hung out at the AutoCamp the night before with some of these folks, and now you're connecting there.
Colin TrueGUEST
And then now oh, from there you take it into the next two days of the event.
Eoin ComerfordHOST
Mm-hmm.
Shawnté SalabertGUEST
Like, okay-
Eoin ComerfordHOST
Mm-hmm
Shawnté SalabertGUEST
... you guys didn't need to be at AutoCamp, but you still got that experience coming in on day one and going to the after party, or going, even just hanging out and for breakfast or lunch, or passing people in the hallway, hanging at the hotel bar last night after the pool party.
Shawnté SalabertGUEST
[laughs] Like, I think all of those things do build on.