Published on July 3, 2023 | Modified on June 24, 2024
Further Delays in New AutoCamp Locations
UPDATE: further Delays for ashville and Sequoia
Asheville is now delayed until mid September at earliest.
Sequoia is now delayed until mid October at earliest.
UPDATE: Hill COuntry Texas Delayed to 2025
On July 26, 2022, AutoCamp announced there would be 4 new locations opened in 2023. They have delayed all but one (Zion) repeatedly. Now, they’re delaying the new locations once again. Is AutoCamp having problems?
The 4 New Locations
The new locations announced on July 26, 2022 were
AutoCamp Zion was originally scheduled to open “Early 2023”. It opened May 1. Not far off the mark, but it wasn’t early. A third of the year was over. It was second quarter. And because it was late, we will make a special trip to visit and review very soon, as opposed to visiting during our cross country trip in March/April. But that all is quite minor considering what is happening with the other 3 locations.
On our way east from that trip, we stopped at the Airstream factory and museum. We learned that there are possibly hundreds of Airstreams completed and ready for delivery to AutoCamp – but AutoCamp isn’t ready for them.
We’ve been watching the expected opening dates for almost a year now, and they keep getting pushed back.
New(est) Opening Dates
As of July 3, 2023, these are the newest dates for Asheville, Hill Country, and Sequoia:
- AutoCamp Asheville
Originally scheduled for mid-2023.
Then it was scheduled for late 2023.
Updated AGAIN (July 2, 2023): Now scheduled for “SPRING 2024”. - AutoCamp Hill Country
Originally schedule for “mid 2023”.
AutoCamp had pushed it back to early 2024.
Updated AGAIN (July 2, 2023): Now scheduled for “MID 2024”. - AutoCamp Sequoia
Originally scheduled for “late 2023”.
Then it was pushed back to Winter 2023/2024.
Updated AGAIN (July 2, 2023): Now scheduled for “MID 2024”.
AutoCamp Sequoia will open in late October 2024.
Can AutoCamp Really Open 100 New Autocamp Locations?
We had learned that AutoCamp plans on opening 100 locations in 10 years. We’re seriously questioning if there is something wrong with the health of the AutoCamp business. How could they be having so much trouble opening just a few locations, to the point that Airstream has campers sitting on their lots in Ohio, waiting for AutoCamp to need them?
There is serious and plentiful competition coming to the glamping market. While there is “explosive growth” projected, AutoCamp barely was even mentioned in this article naming many other glamping businesses. We’ll cover those businesses in an upcoming article.
AutoCamp has over $250 million in funding. So they seem to have what they need to purchase properties, buy Airstreams and tents, build X suites, and set up their beautiful clubhouses. So they question is – what in the world is going on that AutoCamp can’t even stick to their own projections, less than one year from the announcement about the new AutoCamp locations?
We’re watching to see where this goes. We’re concerned.
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