Our current partnerships

Partnerships help you reach new customers through trusted local and central collaborations. This guide gives you an overview of how partnerships work at KAYAKOMAT and how you can use them to grow your station.

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What are central partnerships?

At KAYAKOMAT HQ, we collaborate with national and regional partners — from tourism platforms to student associations and outdoor brands. Many of these partnerships benefit you directly, through added visibility, campaigns, or special offers.

As an operator, you benefit from these partnerships without needing to negotiate them yourself.

These partnerships are designed to strengthen brand awareness. Trough the partnerships we reach a bigger audience, and via a brand they already trust. Some of our partnerships are free, mutual and win-win. In other cases, we pay a fee to reach their audience. 

Central partnerships can help grow your business?

You can also make the most of these partnerships locally. For example, if we have a national deal with a student network, you might want to mention a student discount on your page or reach out to a local branch of that organization. All in all: 

  • Communicate the benefits clearly in your local marketing, eg social media

  • Localize the partnerships, eg inform local students about a student discount.

  • Use available templates and materials from Kayakomat HQ

Current examples of central partnerships

Read more about current central partnerships below, choose your country. And if you have a great idea for a new partnership — big or small — we’d love to hear it, send us a message via our contact form!

Mecenat studentrabatt

Promo code: Mecenat15

Kayakomat has a paid central partnership with Mecenat, where we invest in national visibility in their channels and offer students a discount on paddling.

During 16/6- 7/7  we temporarily offer a 20% discount code as well, Mecenat20. This allows us to be a part of an extra campaign at Mecenats website and newsletters.  They will also push for this partnership by sending out 25 000+ notifications to people using the Mecenat App. 

As an operator, you can strengthen this partnership by:

  • Reaching out to universities and colleges in your area

  • Contacting student unions or student associations

  • Promoting the student discount in local student groups and channels

Student voucher template

> Social media content 

STF Svenska Turistföreningen

Promo code: 10STF2026 for 10% discount to STF members. The code is visible in logged-in mode on their website. STF, the Swedish Tourist Association, is a very well-known and popular organisation. Being visible in their newsletter, membership site and social media brings bookings as well as trust. You can also contact their affiliated accommodation and make the owners and summer staff aware of the discount so that they spread it to their guests. See all accommodation here

Epassi health benefit

Through Epassi, customers can pay for paddling using their wellness allowance.

You can activate this locally by:

  • Clearly communicating that paddling is eligible for wellness benefits

  • Highlighting this in social media, local partnerships, and events

  • Targeting companies and employee groups in your area

>> Facebook post template

>> Instagram post template

>> Instagram story template

Hyresgästföreningen

Hyresgästföreningen. hyresgast10 = 10% discount for members of the Swedish Union of Tenants.  Published in this year’s summer flyer to their members. Tips for local marketing: advise the local tenants’ association in your area or put a note on the notice board of your house or suggest they organize a kayak event for their memebers. 

Naturkompaniet

 

Vi är väldigt glada över vårt nya samarbete med Naturkompaniet – ett relevant och väletablerat varumärke inom friluftsliv och outdoor.

Under säsongen kommer KAYAKOMAT synas i bland annat Naturkompaniets nyhetsbrev och magasin, samtidigt som medlemmar i Klubb Naturkompaniet får 10% rabatt på sin bokning hos KAYAKOMAT med koden:
Naturkompaniet2026

Naturkompaniets personal får dessutom 25% rabatt med koden:
NaturkompanietHQ25

Rabatterna är redan inlagda på adminsidan.

För operatörer som vill använda samarbetet lokalt har vi också tagit fram:
färdiga inlägg för sociala medier
• A4-material för butik
Exempel på lokala event (du behöver vara inloggad på Klubb Naturkompaniet, gratis)

Tillsammans med Naturkompaniet Sickla har vi exempelvis skapat detta event:
https://naturkompaniet.confetti.events/mitt-i-veckan-paddling-med-kayakomat/

Det vore väldigt kul om fler operatörer ville göra liknande aktiviteter tillsammans med sin närmaste butik, eller tex bara föreslå att personalen kör en Kick off på vattnet Hör gärna av dig till oss om du vill veta mer eller få hjälp att aktivera detta lokalt.

Strawberry Hotels

Som ett led i att etablera ett större samarbete med hotellkedjan Strawberry så erbjuds 
Strawberry har över 20 000 anställda på 250 hotell. Om du har ett av deras hotell nära din station/i din stad så är det bra att fysiskt besöka hotellet och/eller maila för att berätta om personalrabatten, din station och att de gärna får tipsa sina gäster. Du kan också välja att själv skapa en rabattkod även för hotellgäster. 

Rabattkoden för personal är: StrawberryHQx4s

Haglöfs

Rabattkod: HaglöfStaff25 – 25 % rabatt för alla medarbetare på Haglöfs. Haglöfs har en målgrupp som passar KAYAKOMAT väl, och vi hoppas att deras medarbetare blir goda ambassadörer som hjälper till att sprida kännedomen om våra stationer samtidigt som det kan öppna dörren för fler gemensamma aktiviteter och samarbeten i framtiden.
Vår kontaktperson är [email protected]

 

Hansefit

Hansefit ist eines der größten Firmenfitness-Netzwerke Deutschlands. Im Rahmen unserer Kooperation mit Hansefit hast du als Betreiber die Möglichkeit, kostenfrei teilzunehmen, deine Sichtbarkeit zu steigern und neue Kunden zu gewinnen. Wir freuen uns, dich als Partner dabei zu haben!

Read more information here

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