About CamperVans

CamperVans

CamperVans — the vanlife magazine — is the Stuttgart specialist publication for the booming vehicle segment of camping buses, vans, and panel vans, published every two months by the DoldeMedien Verlag. Launched in 2014 as the magazine specifically for camping buses and panel vans, CamperVans rides the vanlife wave: the custom and individual conversions, the self-builds, the accessories, and the dreams. "Es geht uns in diesem Magazin weniger darum, jedes Campingfahrzeug auf Herz und Nieren zu testen," says editor-in-chief Andreas Güldenfuß — "in our edition, campers can copy ideas, get inspired, or simply marvel at what is possible today and tomorrow."

Overview

The magazine serves the vanlifers: the camping-bus owners, the panel-van converters, the self-builders, and the dreamers. The editorial program follows the vanlife agenda: the series, custom, and individual conversions presented with room for exciting details and fascinating images; the innovative vehicle studies; the clever module concepts for furnishing and conversion; and the extensive accessories section — everything the vanlifer needs, from the hand-forged axe to the CNC mill for the home workshop and the self-build. The inspiration principle — ideas to copy, marvel at, and dream — distinguishes CamperVans from the test-focused sister titles.

The caravaning boom — the pandemic's gift — deserves its telling as the market context. The COVID years — the closed borders, the cancelled flights, the contact restrictions — made the caravaning the safe vacation: the own home on wheels, the domestic destinations, the self-sufficiency. The sales records — the motorhomes, the caravans, the panel vans selling out — and the waiting lists filled the industry's order books: the manufacturers expanding, the dealers booming. The post-pandemic normalization — the travel alternatives returning — tested the loyalty: the newcomers staying or selling. The magazines' role — the tests, the buying guides, the travel service — guided the boom's buyers: the first-timers needing the orientation, the veterans upgrading. CamperVans — launched 2014, before the boom — rode the wave's crest: the vanlife's mainstreaming, the panel van's cult status. The Edition special — the XL coffee-table format — deserves its detailed telling. The "CamperVans Edition" — the large-format, image-rich print magazine, 124 pages, 9.90 euros — presents the 14 most beautiful and spectacular dream mobiles: the series, custom, and individual conversions, each with room for the exciting details and the fascinating images — plus the innovative vehicle studies and the clever module concepts for furnishing and conversion. The accessories section — the extensive part — covers everything the vanlifer needs: from the hand-forged axe to the CNC mill for the home workshop and the self-build. Available at the kiosk and in the Dolde online shop, the Edition is the vanlife's picture book: the inspiration object, the gift, the collection piece — the dream mobiles to marvel at, the ideas to copy. The Dolde online shop — shop.doldemedien.de — distributes the specials.

History

The DoldeMedien story — the Stuttgart caravaning-media house — deserves its telling. Publisher Gerhard Dolde — with his friend Tim Cole as the founding editor-in-chief and his advertising chief Hansjörg Schwab — founded Reisemobil International in 1989: the first motorhome journal appearing in four-color print — the motorhome boom's media birth. The 1994 Camping, Cars & Caravans — for the caravan lovers — and the 2014 CamperVans — for the camping buses and panel vans — completed the portfolio: the motorhome, the caravan, the van — the mobile leisure's three tribes, each with its own journal. The 1996 Bordatlas — the first pitch-guide special, 6,000+ overnight spots — became the institution: the caravanists' and motorhomers' bible, also as a web app. The annual Reisemobil-Kaufberater — the buying-guide special with the type tests for beginners and the model overviews — serves the newcomers: the first motorhome's purchase decision. The vanlife trend — the #vanlife movement, the remote-work nomads, the micro-adventure — gave the new bimonthly its market: the younger, individualist campers the motorhome journals didn't reach.

The König Kunde Award — the reader survey conducted with market researcher Christian Manzei, running for over a decade across the three magazines — includes CamperVans' readers: the customer-satisfaction study, unique in the caravaning industry, delivering exclusive consumer insights and confirming the quality and brand trends. The publisher's continuity — the DoldeMedien Verlag GmbH, Naststraße 19 B, 70376 Stuttgart — carries the title: the Stuttgart caravaning-media house.

Coverage and Content

The editorial program follows the vanlife year. The conversion features — the series, custom, and individual builds — present the vehicles: the off-roaders, the luxury vans, the tiny homes on wheels — each with the technical and material details. The innovation coverage — the vehicle studies, the module concepts — shows the future: the clever furnishing, the space miracles. The accessories economy — the vanlife's aftermarket — deserves its telling. The panel van's empty shell invites the outfitting: the furniture modules, the kitchens, the beds, the electrics (the solar, the batteries, the inverters), the heating, the water. The accessory manufacturers — the industry's suppliers — reach the vanlifers through the magazine: the tested products, the presented innovations. The self-builders' workshops — the home garages with the CNC mills — are the culture's makerspaces: the individual solutions, the shared plans, the community knowledge. The magazine's accessories section — the extensive part with everything the vanlifer needs — is the catalog: the hand-forged axe for the campfire romantic, the CNC mill for the workshop professional — the vanlife's material culture, from the romantic to the technical.

The vanlife culture — the magazine's generational context — deserves its telling. The #vanlife movement — the Instagram dreams, the converted Sprinters, the remote-work nomads — made the panel van the millennials' and Gen-Z's freedom symbol: the tiny home on wheels, the office with a view, the escape from the rents. The self-build scene — the DIY converters, the home workshops, the YouTube build series — is the culture's engine: the individual conversion as the self-expression, the hand-forged axe to the CNC mill. The off-roaders — the 4x4 vans, the expedition mobiles — and the luxury vans — the high-end conversions — mark the spectrum's ends: the adventure and the comfort. CamperVans' editorial philosophy — the inspiration over the testing, the ideas to copy, the marveling at the possible — matches the culture: the vanlife as the lifestyle, not the product comparison. The travel service — the pitches, the routes — serves the vanlifers on the road: the Stellplatz checks, the destinations. The reader survey — the König Kunde Award — gives the brands' ranking: the readers judging what they own and use daily.

Organization and Ownership

CamperVans is published by the DoldeMedien Verlag GmbH, Naststraße 19 B, 70376 Stuttgart, telephone +49 (0)711 55 349-0. The editor-in-chief is Andreas Güldenfuß (andreas.gueldenfuss@doldemedien.de). The publisher's portfolio — Reisemobil International (monthly, Europe's competent motorhome magazine), Camping, Cars & Caravans (monthly), CamperVans (bimonthly) — makes the Stuttgart house the caravaning-media specialist: the magazines plus the numerous special issues informing on the caravaning and camping trend topic.

The business model follows the consumer-press pattern: the copy sales (the Edition at 9.90 euros), the subscriptions, the advertising (the converters, the accessory manufacturers, the tourism), and the online shop. Detailed circulation and revenue figures are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

The brand's digital home is campervans.de — the magazine's site — and the Dolde online shop (shop.doldemedien.de) distributing the print issues and the Edition specials. The publisher's doldemedien.de carries the media data. The digital strategy follows the consumer-press logic: the print bimonthly for the inspirational vanlife reading — the conversions, the innovations, the accessories — the digital for the shop and the community.

As the vanlife magazine — launched 2014, published by the DoldeMedien Verlag — CamperVans remains the vanlifers' companion: the dream mobiles, the ideas, and the gear — every two months in print, in the XL Edition specials.