Fi bundles a free Mini tracker into AutoCamp's dog package
Fi is including a free Fi Mini GPS tracker and three months of membership in AutoCamp's VIP Package for dog owners, sold at eight open AutoCamp locations. The package waives AutoCamp's $75 pet fee on a two-night stay.
Fi is supplying a free Fi Mini GPS tracker and three months of Fi membership with the AutoCamp VIP (Very Important Pet) Package, a dog-travel bundle sold at AutoCamp's eight open locations. The package also waives the pet fee on a two-night stay in an Airstream Suite, Cabin or Adventure Tent.
AutoCamp adds dog treats, a collapsible bowl and a dog mat to the bundle, and Fi members get 15% off AutoCamp stays through the Fi app. Fi, a New York company co-founded by Jonathan Bensamoun and Loren Kirkby, makes connected GPS and health trackers for dogs. AutoCamp pairs camping with boutique-hotel service at sites in Sonoma, Yosemite, Cape Cod, Joshua Tree, the Catskills, Zion, Sequoia and Asheville.
The package swaps a pet fee for a tracker
AutoCamp's booking policy charges $75 per stay for up to two dogs at its open locations, so the VIP package replaces that fee with a Fi Mini and three months of Fi membership. The policy requires dogs to be booked online, kept on a leash of 6 feet or less and not left unattended. At Sonoma, dogs need prior approval.
Bensamoun, Fi's CEO and co-founder, said the partnership makes "it easier for more people to travel with their dogs." Bryan Terzi, AutoCamp's chief commercial officer, tied the tracker to "added peace of mind that their pets are safe and accounted for."
The Fi Mini attaches to a collar or harness. Fi lists daily activity tracking, walk and hike route maps, Safe Zone alerts around the accommodation, Lost Mode and barking insights among its features.
Fi is making travel the case for its tracker
Fi built the announcement around travel data. Safe Zones that owners create while traveling are 38% more likely to sit in rural areas than those set around home, according to Fi. One in four travel Safe Zones is at least 100 miles from home, and nearly half are set for 24 hours or longer.
The demand figures come from outside Fi. Tripadvisor's Trendcast 2026 reported that pet-friendly travel bookings rose 260% year over year, based on Tripadvisor internal data for 2024 and 2025. Fi also cited CivicScience data showing 26% of pet owners planning summer travel intended to bring pets in 2026, up from 17% in 2024.
Rival trackers sell on price and plans. Tractive lists its DOG 6 tracker at $79, with a required subscription starting at $9 a month billed annually. The Halo Collar 5 lists at $524, and Halo says a membership plan starting at $9.99 a month is required to keep its GPS service active. Both are dog products. At its July launch, Fi priced Ultra at $199 for the device plus a $189 annual membership, as Underbite reported on Fi's Starlink-connected tracker.
Hospitality adds another channel for the Mini. In August, Fi put the device inside Verizon's Family app, a move covered in our look at that storefront deal. Fi also reached 38 countries in June, after Bending Spoons closed its acquisition of Tractive, as laid out in our coverage of the international push.
Hill Country is next on AutoCamp's map
For lodging operators, the deal shows what a pet package can carry beyond a waived fee: a device with a monthly plan attached, supplied by a partner. For rival tracker makers, it puts a Fi unit on a guest's dog at the point of booking.
AutoCamp lists Hill Country, Texas as coming soon, and the announcement names Hill Country and beyond as upcoming locations for the package.
The number to track is how many VIP packages convert into paid Fi memberships after the three months end.
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