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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Got me thinking about this; why doesn't Good Sam charge for the booking service? GS and Camping world are the Walmart of the RV industry. What's in it for them aside from the fee they are charging your customers? My first thought is data. If they get your customer's data, they can market them everything in the CW and GS inventory, from toilet paper to RVs to extended warranties. Your customer is your bread and butter and I would be interested in what GS might do with your customer's data. And yours for that matter. We usually cater to state parks and their booking system can be clunky, but I never recall paying a booking fee even at a private campground. It's just another way for GS and CW to get their hands in the pockets of every camper. And potentially turn away or irritate your customers.
well if it is 0.25 fee per booking and there are 500 campgrounds using there service with 40 sites per campground just for 1 weekend that is 5000 bucks of revinew. now over the year that is 520,000.00 and that's just for each site being booked once for 2 nights every weekend. add in all the other 1, 2 and 3 day booking and you could easily double that.
to me it makes more sense as a owner to add 0.25 to the camp site per night fee and profit another 3650.00 a year
