Adding a Campground to Camprate.com

Adding a Campground to Camprate.com

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Last updated: Monday, October 11, 2005

Table of contents

1. Table of contents
2. Introduction
   1. Logging In
   2. Getting to the Add Campground From...
3. Adding Campground Information
   1. Address and Contact Information
      
   2. General Information
   3. Amenities
   4. Sites and Rates
   5. Payment Information
4. Conclusion

Introduction

Camprate.com provides a useful interface for adding campgrounds. It allows you to store a great deal of information about a particular campground.  But adding a campground can sometimes be a daunting task especially if you are new to the site. This tutorial will help you with that process.

Please feel free to jump to the section that you are having trouble with. 

It might be a good idea to print this tutorial on paper. Many do find it more pleasant to read from paper than from a display.

Logging In

Getting to the Add Campground Form...

There are multiple ways to get to the Add Campground form. They all work but you might find it useful to follow the suggested instructions below.

1. Click on the Campgrounds button at the top of the site. It is sandwiched between Reviews and Tips & Gear.

2. This should take you to the Campgrounds page. A screenshot is shown below.

3. If you already know what state and what region the campground belongs to then you can directly click on Click here to Add a Campground text circled in the screenshot above. Otherwise you can click on the respective state, click on region for that state and then add a campground.

Adding Campground Information

Address and Contact Information

The first page you will be seeing after clicking on Click here to Add a Campground will be the campground address and contact information page. Enter the information for your campground as shown in the screenshot below. Please note that the fields with a red asterisk next to them are required fields. Once you are finished, hit the Next>> button. If you made any errors or forgot to enter all the required fields it will inform you.

General Information

In this page you will be entering some general information about the campground. None of these fields are required but it is recommended that you enter as much as you can. You will be choosing the region of the campground here. The list of the items you can enter is detailed below. 

1. Region

2. Latitude & Longitude (For people with GPS')

3. Total Sites

4. Two Images of the Campground - Hit the Browse button next each image to select from your computer.

5. Maximum Amps 

6. Check In and Check Out Times

7. Maximum RV Length Allowed

8. Camping Season (Dates, Seasons or holidays)

9. Description of Campground

10. Directions

11. Cancellation Policy, Reservation Info

12. Pet Policy - Are pets allowed? Any rules regarding pets?

13. Campground Rules - Is it lights out at 10 pm? 

A small portion of the list is shown in the screenshot below. When you are done entering information, please press the Next>> button.

Amenities

Sites and Rates

There are 3 different tables to add to and the order in which you add them makes a difference. So lets do an example. Lets say my campground, Happy Campground, has three different types of camp sites, Wooded Lake front, Wooded Tent, and Wooded Site. Now the owners of Happy Campground would like to charge a different price for each of these sites depending on the season. Their peak season is summer (between June 24 - August 26), so they would like to charge a higher rate during this time. Their off season is from May 2 - June 23 and their fall season is September 6 - October 10. The table below summarizes the different prices for each season.

To capture all this information about the campground we begin by adding all the different site types first. The sites types table is the one circled and marked as 1 in the image above. We would type in wooded lake front for site name, a short description and the number of sites of this type we have available. Then we would click the Add button. The table should immediately reflect the changes. Below is a screenshot of table with all the site types added.

If you made a mistake you can always hit the Edit button to make changes or hit the Delete button to delete the site type and add a new one. 

Next we add all the seasons. The process is exactly the same as adding site types. The screenshot below shows the table with all the seasons added.

As you can see the website automatically creates a prices table with the information we entered. Now all we have to do is hit the button and add prices for each different site type. Easy huh? Finally if we have any other fee associated with the campground we would add it to the Other Fees table circled and marked as 3 in the first image of this section. Just to make it a complete example lets say Happy Campground charges $5 for each dog. We would add this to this table. A screen shot of the table with this information is shown below.

When you are done entering all the information to your satisfaction press the Next>> button. One more section and we're done!

Payment Information

 Hit submit when your done. 

Conclusion

Congratulations your all done! Adding a campground is fairly easy and maintaining one is even easier. Try to enter in as much information as you can but don't worry if you don't have everything. We'll always be there to help you. Be a happy camper!  

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