Top things you need to know as camp host?
We will be hosting in Smoky Mountain National Park in the Fall. Technically this will be our first real hosting job, although we were resident volunteers locally for 10 weeks last summer. I also volun...
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We are currently hosting in a Virginia State Park and I would say the most important thing you need is a great sense of humor. There are all kinds of people and some of them just seem to want to jab you til you really want to jab them (literally)! Those are few and far between.
Learn the area, have phone numbers for some local eateries that YOU have tried out, get out and walk the trails so you can give personal testimony to how easy or hard the trails are.
We always keep match books to give out, usually averaging two books per weekend. If someone looks lost or not sure of what they are doing, ask if they could use some help. It's amazing that a lot of people don't want to bother you, so they won't ask for help or information.
We keep water in a cooler outside our fifth wheel and give it out when people walk by or stop to ask questions. Make sure it ONLY has water/ice in it.
It never fails that someone will come by and need information, firewood, ice, whatever right as we are getting ready to sit down for dinner, no matter what time we eat. I don't think we have had an uninterrupted meal here at this campground.
Above all else, enjoy yourself. If you aren't enjoying yourself, it's just not worth doing.
Learn the area, have phone numbers for some local eateries that YOU have tried out, get out and walk the trails so you can give personal testimony to how easy or hard the trails are.
We always keep match books to give out, usually averaging two books per weekend. If someone looks lost or not sure of what they are doing, ask if they could use some help. It's amazing that a lot of people don't want to bother you, so they won't ask for help or information.
We keep water in a cooler outside our fifth wheel and give it out when people walk by or stop to ask questions. Make sure it ONLY has water/ice in it.
It never fails that someone will come by and need information, firewood, ice, whatever right as we are getting ready to sit down for dinner, no matter what time we eat. I don't think we have had an uninterrupted meal here at this campground.
Above all else, enjoy yourself. If you aren't enjoying yourself, it's just not worth doing.
