Anonymous
Good Sam Camp Management Software?
We are looking to open a small RV park, and are looking at booking management software. Good Sam naturally recommends their own software, and it is enticing at zero cost to the campsite owner, and ...
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Anonymous
I don't disagree! However if you think about it, the camper pays for every campsite expense one way or another... whether it be power, water or with a computer booking program or paying staff to take bookings over the phone.
If the campsite doesn't produce enough revenue, they go broke and close which isn't good for anyone.
The good sam booking solution seems to be the lowest cost of all of most of the major solutions and still offers a lot of convenience for the camper and campsite.
true that is all included in your cost. so when you have a online booking portal, I'll use BC parks for example, the cost of the site for a primitive campground (they run hundreds of campgrounds through out the province) is 22.00Cdn a night and if you show up on a first come first serve that's what you pay. but a lot of campground are going reservation only because they are so busy so the only way you can get a site is to go on line to their portal and book it. this comes with a 8 buck reservation fee which for 2 nights is eventually making that camping spot 26.00 a night. its just a money grab by the government and I am not saying this is why you are doing it in any ways but that is the effect of a fee for booking setup. no one wins in this scenario except the company that does the booking for you. my favorite way to book a site is to call them. I like it when they have a well though out website that shows nice pictures and has details of the site, like length and width and maybe a picture so I can look at sites that would work for me. Then I can call the campground during regular business hours and book one that is available. I have seen campground do it with computer spread sheets and I have seen them do it with campground maps and pins haha..
my point about the company adsorbing the cost meant that it would be covered by the fees they charge, but a company getting a 2 buck charge is way different that a camper paying 2 bucks more for the site. after the company writes that fee off as the cost of doing business depending on the profit the company made that year it will only be a fraction of that 2 bucks that the company actually pays so that added to the camping fee is less than the 2 bucks that would be added by the value added service which isn't really a value to anyone except the campground owner. if you want to out source your booking that's find but that's your business cost that isn't necessary so try to impact the camper the lease. over the last 10 to 15 years campground prices have exploded and it isn't a cheep way to enjoy your self anymore like it used to be.
