10 years of LikeCamper: from a local fair to selling all across Europe

10 years ago, LikeCamper started selling its first camper beds. Behind this sentence there are many hours of work, testing, improvements and conversations with customers. But above all, there is an idea that has remained the same from day one: to offer a simple, practical and reliable way to sleep comfortably in a van without giving up the normal use of the vehicle.

Our first showcase was Fira Anoia, the multisector fair in Igualada, at the end of May 2016. That first fair was much more than a commercial presentation: it was the moment when LikeCamper left the workshop and stood in front of people, listening to real questions, answering doubts and checking whether our solution made sense for those looking for a simple way to travel camper-style.

From the very beginning, we wanted to start close to home. Before thinking about larger markets, we felt it was important to sell our solution locally. Not only out of caution, but also out of responsibility: if any problem came up, we wanted to have it close, hear about it first-hand and correct it quickly.

Those first customers were very important to us. They trusted a new product, tested it during their summer holidays and helped us clearly see what worked well and what could be improved. Their feedback led to small adjustments that allowed us to improve the product. This way of working —listening, improving and testing again— became an essential part of LikeCamper.

Our first steps beyond our local area

With the confidence gained from those first results, we decided to take another step forward. At the beginning of November 2016, we attended the Vic-Collsacabra Mountain Fair and, shortly afterwards, at the beginning of February 2017, we also took part in the Fira de la Candelera in Molins de Rei. These were important fairs that helped us start becoming known beyond our closest surroundings and confirmed that the idea connected with many different people: couples, families, solo travellers and mountain lovers who wanted to make better use of their vehicle.

At the same time, we enabled online sales on our website for Spain. Once we had confirmed the reliability of the product, we understood that the Spanish market was the natural next step. It was no longer just about selling a camper bed, but about bringing people closer to a way of travelling: turning a small van, medium van, MPV or SUV into a space where they could rest well, without major installations and without losing the vehicle’s everyday functionality.

The leap to Europe

In 2018, we took another important step: we translated the website into English to start selling across Europe. It was an exciting leap that also required us to grow as a company. We began receiving orders from other countries, as well as our first Google reviews, something that made us deeply happy. For a small company, each positive review has enormous value, because it confirms that the daily effort makes sense.

In 2020, we added PayPal as a payment method, understanding that many European customers needed this option to buy securely from another country. We also expanded the languages of the website, first into French and German, and later into Italian, so that more and more people could understand our solutions properly and buy with confidence.

Since then, LikeCamper has been selling across Europe. We have shipped our camper beds to many countries, advised customers with very different vehicles and continued to receive good reviews, with a very low level of incidents. This makes us feel grateful, proud and satisfied with the work we have done.

10 years faithful to the same idea

Ten years later, we wanted to look back and remember our commercial beginnings. We started at a local fair, listening closely to our first customers, and we continue working with the same intention: to offer practical, clear and honest solutions for people who want to enjoy the camper experience without giving up their everyday vehicle.

Thank you to everyone who has trusted LikeCamper over these 10 years. To those who discovered us at a fair, those who found us online, those who came to test a bed, those who left a review and those who helped us improve with their comments.

Ten years later, we still believe in the same thing we believed at the beginning: travelling with freedom does not have to be complicated. Sometimes it starts with something as simple as opening the tailgate, unfolding a bed and resting.