This San Francisco co-working space rents vintage camping trailers by the hour

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Campyste cofounders Dennis Wong and Niki Choo sit around the fire pit at their untraditional co-working space, OutCamp, in San Francisco, California.

People who spend more time outside are happier, healthier, and maybe even smarter. But in today’s ultra-competitive work environment, it’s hard making time for the great outdoors.

A San Francisco startup wants to bring nature, or at least the look of it, to entrepreneurs.

Campsyte, founded in 2014, takes vacant city lots and transforms them into unique shared offices. Its latest project, OutCamp, claims to be the first outdoor co-working space.

We stopped by Campsyte to see what it’s like.

A car might speed past this former parking lot and not think much of it.

But behind the wooden slats at the gate is a co-working space unlike any we’ve seen.

Campsyte offers office space “on-demand,” so freelancers, startups, and teams can rent vintage camping trailers by the hour — or sign up for a monthly membership pass.

The startup charges $5 an hour for entry (or $11 for the day) and upwards of $25 an hour to reserve a RV. A one-person monthly pass costs $35.

By comparison, a pay-as-you-go membership at co-working giant WeWork starts at $45, though it comes with lots of perks including networking events and community managers.

OutCamp is entirely autonomous, which means users can gain access by plugging a code into a mobile webpage on their phones. There’s no security or reception.

Potted trees, an Astroturf carpet, and a mural inspired by Muir Woods transport guests to the national parks located just outside San Francisco (if there was also WiFi).

The site came together in several weeks. Computer cords are haphazardly plugged into power strips on kitchen counters. Outlets are a necessity, even in “nature.”

Dennis Wong, cofounder of Campsyte, says that in the era of Uber and Lyft, fewer young people own cars and require parking. The shift has led to more lots being underutilized.

Wong and his team wants to rent these lots from the city and make them productive for the community. (Campsyte’s first project used converted shipping containers in lieu of offices.)

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San Francisco is one of the few places where you can get away with an outdoor co-working space. Rain is infrequent, and the temperature rarely dips below 50 degrees.

OutCamp features a small enclosed kitchen where workers can help themselves to coffee from VC-backed chain Philz Coffee, a kombucha tap, and healthy snacks.

Team members can warm their toes around the campfire during a meeting.

The camping trailers are private, but cramped. The Campsyte team furnished the offices with thrift shops finds. This camper features walls that double as white boards.

No two trailers are alike. Campsyte sources them from Craigslist.

The bathroom situation needs help, admits Campyste cofounder Niki Choo. There are two Port-a-Potties on site, but Choo hopes to find more permanent bathroom structures.

OutCamp welcomes up to 25 people on its busiest days, and there are enough seats for 60. Companies with offices nearby, including Salesforce, PayPal, and gaming company Ubisoft, have reserved space for team meetings in the few weeks since OutCamp opened.

But on the day of my visit, Campsyte was empty.

Campysyte has stiff competition from big coworking networks like WeWork, which has 90,000 members in more than 100 locations, as well as smaller venues like Canopy.

Choo and Wong hope the campy vibe inspires more workers to put down their phones and enjoy what’s in front of them.

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