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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2241" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2020/seattle-startup-cabana-pitches-vanlife-vacations-travel-alternative-pandemic/" target="_blank">Seattle startup Cabana pitches vanlife vacations as travel alternative during pandemic - Geek Wire</a>With summer around the corner, many Americans are considering what vacation will look like in 2020 with the coronavirus threat looming. Communities across the country are beginning to re-open but air travel remains a risky prospect.A handful of tech startups are pitching camping as a low-risk alternative, including a new venture launched by former Seattle Department of Transportation head Scott Kubly. He and the rest of the team at Cabana have been quietly renovating cargo vans into Instagram-friendly campers that can be rented using an app.Cabana recently closed a $3.5 million seed funding round led by Craft Ventures with participation from Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden and Ford X President Sunny Madra.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2241, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.geekwire.com/2020/seattle-startup-cabana-pitches-vanlife-vacations-travel-alternative-pandemic/'][B]Seattle startup Cabana pitches vanlife vacations as travel alternative during pandemic - Geek Wire[/B][/URL] With summer around the corner, many Americans are considering what vacation will look like in 2020 with the coronavirus threat looming. Communities across the country are beginning to re-open but air travel remains a risky prospect. A handful of tech startups are pitching camping as a low-risk alternative, including a new venture launched by former Seattle Department of Transportation head Scott Kubly. He and the rest of the team at Cabana have been quietly renovating cargo vans into Instagram-friendly campers that can be rented using an app. Cabana recently closed a $3.5 million seed funding round led by Craft Ventures with participation from Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden and Ford X President Sunny Madra. [/QUOTE]

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