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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.

An orange and white VW bus parked on a seafront road

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.

A winding road through a pine forest, snow-capped mountains in the distance

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.

Tonight's pitch is out there.
Go and find it.

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Field notes for flexible campers.

Ask Claude where to sleep tonight

Behind the map: teaching Vacamp to read campsite booking systems

Tonight's pitch is out there.Go and find it.

Tonight's pitch is out there.
Go and find it.