Hosting for Resorts
For resorts, hosting with Campable means more paying guests, without added laundry and cleaning. Campable also connects more travellers with your business, so you'll have more visitors to your restaurant or bar.
If you have a resort and are thinking about hosting with Campable, this page will tell you absolutely everything you need to know. Whether you want a broad understanding of the benefits of joining Campable, or you have a specific question, you’ll find your answer here.
What are the benefits of listing my resort with Campable?
How much revenue will my resort create on Campable?
What nightly rate should I charge?
What if a Campable Guest is badly behaved?
What are the benefits of listing my resort with Campable?
Resorts are one of the most popular places to stay for Campable travellers, which means that many people are happy to pay a premium. Here are a few of the ways that resorts make extra revenue with Campable:
- Create additional revenue from underused space. Travellers value a night at a beautiful New Zealand resort, which means more paying guests, without the hassel of cleaning and laundry.
- Attract high-value travellers from home and overseas to your door. Expect more drinks bought, and more meals and experiences booked.
- Some Hosts also join Campable to fund a specific project. Whether your resort wants to donate to a charity, fund an environmental project on your land, or you have a passion project to work toward, Campable allows you to build up money for a cause - all from the space you already have.
How much revenue will my resort create on Campable?
Your income depends on your nightly price, how many vehicles you take at once, and which nights you're open. You choose all three, and you can pause your listing whenever it doesn't suit you.
It's free to list. Campable's commission is 25% of the nightly price (and 15% of any extra-person charges and add-ons), worked out on what the guest paid after the card-processing fee. For example, on a $30 night the card fee is about $1.17 and you receive about $21.60. See Payments, fees & tax for the details.
What nightly rate should I charge?
Hosts set their own price, from $25 a night (the minimum). The price suggestion on each site shows what similar places nearby charge and how often they're booked, so use it as your starting point. The examples below show how different offerings can be priced.
So how much should you charge? That depends on a few things…
- Firstly, what amenities are you providing? If your Guests will have access to water, power, rubbish disposal, toilets, showers or wifi, your property will be more highly valued.
- As well as amenities, many resorts will provide something extra to attract visitors, and make a stay more enjoyable. Whether this is two free drinks, a $20 gift voucher for your restaurant, or access to spa facilities, these special additions make all the difference.
- Another thing to consider is how many motorhomes you will allow to stay per night. Travellers will pay more for an exclusive experience, where they have privacy and space.
Here are a few examples of how resorts with different offerings might price one night’s stay for Campable travellers.
- $40 per night. Offers access to a few resort facilities (showers and wifi for example) and two free drinks at the cafe or restaurant.
- $95 per night. Offers a discount or voucher for the bar or restaurant, and access to a number of resort facilities (a playground, swimming pool, spa, sauna, bar etc.)
- $150 per night. Offers a voucher for the bar or restaurant, access to resort facilities (a playground, swimming pool, spa, sauna etc.) and a complementary 30 minute spa experience. Each motorhome has a private area to park in with nice surroundings.
At any nightly rate, providing amenities such as a shower, toilet, wifi, and power are very welcomed, but you are also free to request self-contained motorhomes only.
What if a Campable Guest is badly behaved?
Like any other Guest at your resort, Campable Guests must behave in accordance with your rules and regulations. Put your rules for visitors in your listing's house rules, so Campable guests see them before they book. As well as this, Guests are held accountable to the Campable Rules of Etiquette, so in the unlikely event that they do not respect your property, we can remove them from Campable. Contact us straight away if it happens, and leave an honest review of the guest.
What about Health and Safety?
The health and safety of our Hosts and Guests is our absolute priority. Here's how we can ensure that everyone is well-informed about safety:
If you have your own health and safety policy, include the key points in your house rules and arrival instructions, so guests see them before they arrive. (Listings can't contain phone numbers, emails or web links.) We also recommend the OnSide app, which helps you to manage workplace health and safety.
Campable also addresses health and safety in two ways:
- In the Health and Safety page, which tells you what Campable does to keep Guests safe, and what our Hosts can do.
- In the Rules of Etiquette, which outlines the behaviour expected of a Guest when they stay with any Campable Host. This includes an explanation of potential hazards and safety risks when staying on private property, and Guests are bound by these standards, as is stated in our Terms and Conditions.
Take a read, and if you have any remaining concerns, please contact Campable at support@campable.com
Thanks for reading!
The Campable team