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Caravan Outpost has a similar concept as Autocamp: use classic Airstreams travel trailers as hotel suites to create a luxurious “campground.”
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… Caravan Outpost is comfortably located in Ojai, California, about a two hour drive from downtown Los Angeles, making it a destination for Angelenos looking for a reprieve from city life.
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Shawn Steward founded Caravan Outpost with her serial entrepreneur husband Brad in 2015.
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There are 10 Airstreams on the Outpost’s property, along with one tiny house.
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Caravan Outpost’s travel trailer lineup also includes Airstream’s $145,500 Pottery Barn edition trailer, which some visitors have been specifically requesting.
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Caravan Outpost carries several Airstream models like the Flying Cloud and International, allowing customers to test drive life inside a specific Airstream before they spend over $100,000 on their own unit.
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The Airstream may be an American icon, but the “silver bullets” have attracted the eyes of international visitors, which made up about 40% of the Outpost’s guests before COVID-19.
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Besides international guests, the Outpost sees a pretty wide range of visitors, from solo travelers and remote workers …
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In general, since the Outpost’s launch, business has been “fantastic,” according to Shawn Steward, who explained that most of its success has been through word of mouth.
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And, like other hotels, Caravan Outpost has also been seeing plenty of last-minute bookings, which has been bolstered by its proximity to a major city.
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This general success has been encouraging to the Outpost team, which has intentions of expanding to other locations.
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But unlike Autocamp, which is centered around its Airstream identity, Caravan Outpost doesn’t feel tied down to the Airstream look.
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“People do love Airstreams, so perhaps we would keep the flavor of that,” Shawn Steward said. “I would think if you loved the Outpost and you wanted to go to a new location because you love the Ojai location, that you would probably want a new experience.”
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