What campings.com does

Campings.com is a private, online two-sided marketplace founded in 2008 that aggregates campsite inventory across Europe and facilitates direct consumer bookings. The platform lists over 4,000 campsites across six European countries — France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, and Portugal (plus additional European destinations) — and is operated through localized websites in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Dutch. The core product combines a search and discovery interface (filters by location, dates, star rating, accommodation type, and amenities) with an integrated reservation engine, supported by a customer account portal for managing reservations, travel documents, and invoices, and a destination guide / SEO content layer covering French regions, departments, and cities as well as international destinations.

The company is headquartered in Paris with operations consistent with a UK phone-based customer service function (020 area code), and is led by CEO Jérôme Mercier and founder/President Olivier Lachenaud. The revenue model is a marketplace commission on bookings transacted through the platform, with dynamic per-unit pricing by accommodation type (tent pitch, mobile home, bungalow) and seasonality, plus promotional discounts of up to 50-60% on featured inventory. Distribution is purely direct-to-consumer via the website and an email newsletter retention channel; the GTM motion is SEO-led destination content paired with a small inside-sales phone support team.

Capital history includes an early-stage round led by Ekkio Capital in 2013, a growth round of approximately $11.8 million in 2018 led by Luxempart, and the 2023 acquisition of Bungalow Booker (~$22 million), which expanded UK-side inventory and distribution. The firm employs 101-250 people, has no public-market listing, and discloses no revenue, GMV, or transaction volume figures; data on AI/ML capabilities, proprietary technology, awards, partnerships, and senior management beyond the CEO and founder is absent from the source data.

Name

campings.com

Legal name

Campings.com

Website

https://campings.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Campings.com is a European online marketplace that aggregates 4,000+ campsites across six countries, enabling individual holidaymakers to search, compare and book camping and outdoor accommodations directly through a multilingual website.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Camping Accommodation Marketplace

NAICS

RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Campgrounds (721211), RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps (72121)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

RV Rental Marketplaces & Booking Platforms (THADAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Traditional Campgrounds (Tent & Mixed-Use) (THAMAJAB)

Keywords

• Camping marketplace
• Campsite booking
• Outdoor accommodation
• Holiday reservations
• Travel booking platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Booking Commission: Marketplace platform收取预订佣金, connecting campers with campsite owners. The platform aggregates over 4,000 campsites across Europe and earns revenue through transactional bookings made through the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Campings.com runs a two-sided online marketplace that aggregates listings from over 4,000 campsites across six European countries (France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Portugal, and others) and lets consumers search, compare, and book camping accommodations such as tent pitches, mobile homes, and bungalows. The platform supports multiple European languages, offers dynamic pricing with exclusive discounts of up to 50%, and includes a reservation system with account-based booking management, travel documents, and invoice access.

Product overview

Campings.com is an online campsite booking marketplace offering a unified platform for discovering and reserving camping accommodations across Europe. The core product consists of a campsite search and discovery platform with advanced filtering capabilities combined with an integrated booking system. The platform features over 4,000 campsite listings across France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, and Portugal, with destination guides and inspiration content. Additional features include customer account management for reservations, special offers/discounts section, and multi-language support through regional sites.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campsite Search and Discovery Platform Online marketplace platform that lets consumers search and discover campsites across Europe, with filtering by location, star rating, amenities, and accommodation type (tent pitch, mobile home, bungalow).
• Campsite Booking System Reservation engine that allows users to book campsites directly through the website, with booking management, travel document access, and invoice retrieval.
• Special Offers and Discounts Featured deals section showcasing discounted campsite bookings with up to 50% off, seasonal promotions, and exclusive offers on select properties.
• Multilingual European Platform Localized versions of the campings.com platform supporting multiple European languages including English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Dutch, each on its own regional site.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% discount on select campsites
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Booking.com: Booking.com is a global online travel agency that has expanded into campsites and alternative accommodations alongside its core hotel inventory. As a broad incumbent, it competes with Campings.com for European camping demand while leveraging vastly greater brand awareness and marketing reach.
• TUI / TUI Musement: TUI is Europe's largest integrated tourism group with package holidays, hotels, and increasingly outdoor accommodation offerings including camping through subsidiaries like Eurocamp and TUI Musement. It is a broad incumbent competing across multiple accommodation categories including camping.
• Airbnb: Airbnb is a global accommodation marketplace that now lists camping, glamping, and outdoor stays alongside its core home-rental inventory. It represents a broad incumbent threat to specialist camping marketplaces, with unmatched consumer demand and brand trust.

Direct peers

• Pitchup.com: Pitchup.com is a UK-based online campsite and glamping booking marketplace operating across Europe. It directly competes with Campings.com as a specialist two-sided platform for camping holidays with similar inventory aggregation and booking commission model.
• Suncamp Holidays: Suncamp Holidays is a European camping holiday specialist operating primarily in the UK and Northern European markets. It serves the same family camping segment with comparable mobile-home and pitch inventory across Europe.
• Campingdirect.com / ACSI: ACSI's Campingdirect.com is a European camping booking platform operating across multiple countries. It competes directly with Campings.com by aggregating campsite inventory and offering online reservations to European holidaymakers.
• Eurocamp / TUI Holidays: Eurocamp is a long-established European camping and mobile-home holiday booking operator owned by TUI. It targets the same family camping demographic with comparable European destinations and inventory types, making it a direct functional peer.
• Vacanselect (Vacanceselect): Vacanselect is one of Europe's largest campsite booking platforms, offering campsites, mobile homes, and holiday parks across multiple countries. It directly competes with Campings.com for both supply (campsites) and demand (European holidaymakers) in the same booking marketplace category.

Regional players

• Campéole: Campéole is a French campsite operator and booking platform offering campsites primarily in France. It competes regionally with Campings.com in the French market but with limited international footprint outside France.
• Camping.fr: Camping.fr is a French campsite directory and booking platform. It overlaps with Campings.com's French destination focus but operates more regionally without equivalent multi-country European presence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/campingscom

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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