Welcome to Open Campground™
Why should you look at Open Campground?
- Are you running a campground using a reservation system that consists of a bunch of notes on which you try to keep track of who has a reservation when, what spaces will be available and who your customers are?
- Are you running a campground that is too small to support one of the multi-thousand dollar reservation systems?
- Do you have and use a computer or even a smart phone?
If you answered yes to those questions you need to look at Open Campground. There is a version of the system that will help you.
What is Open Campground?
Open Campground is a free open source campground reservation system. It was built for you to use in smaller campgrounds and RV parks where you would like the advantages a computer based system gives you but do not want to spend a lot of money. It is written in the Ruby language using the open source Ruby on Rails framework.
Click on the page images to see full sized screen shots.Features
Open Campground is available for installation on your Windows computer ("Local") or professionally installed and managed on a Cloud system ("Cloud"). In Open Campground you will find a mix of features that you will not find on many other systems. More comprehensive discriptions of the system's features are available at System Features
| Feature | Cloud | Local |
|---|---|---|
| Simple to use and learn | Yes | Yes |
| Low Cost | Inexpensive | Inexpensive or free |
| Simple Configuration | Yes | Yes |
| Space Management | Yes | Yes |
| Reservation Management | Yes | Yes |
| Camper Management | Yes | Yes |
| Space Availability display | Yes | Yes |
| Flexible rate structure | Yes | Yes |
| Daily, Weekly, Monthly rates | Yes | Yes |
| Full season rates | Yes | Yes |
| Different rate by day of week | Yes | Yes |
| Holiday or high/low rates | Yes | Yes |
| Discounts | Yes | Yes |
| Extras | Yes | Yes |
| Flexible reports | Yes | Yes |
| Reports to spreadsheet | Yes | Yes |
| Login & password | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple languages/locales | Yes | Yes |
| Database Backups | Daily automatic | Yes |
| On-line reservations | Yes | Maybe* |
| Local Credit Card handling | Yes | Maybe* |
| Credit Card handling for on-line reservations | Yes | Maybe* |
| Multiple simultanous users | Yes | Maybe* |
| Access from multiple locations | Yes | Maybe* |
| Installation | Not needed | Windows system |
Exploring the System
The System Demo which is a live Open Campground system running in the Cloud with a real database will give you an opportunity to see what the system looks and acts like in action.
A short tutorial is included in the User's Manual. It will give you a guided tour through the common functions of the system in a step-by-step manner. Take a look at it and follow along with it in the training mode.Installation, features and use of the system are described in the User's Manual.
Users interested in the internal details of Open Campground should look at the source which is in the downloads.
Calling all Users
If you install Open Campground I would like to know about it. I would like to get feedback on what meets your needs and what needs improvement. Just send me an email to let me know you are out there.
Norm Scherer