Is CampGuide a replacement for Newbook, or does it sit alongside it?

A replacement. Both of us take the booking, run the desk and hold the money, so running two would mean two grids and two sets of books. Everything your park sells lands on the same folio here, which is the part that stops working if you split it.

Can I switch in the middle of a season?

You can, and parks do. The import previews before it writes and the whole batch can be pulled back out for thirty days. If your timing looks wrong for your park we will say so rather than take the deal.

What happens to my Newbook reservations, guests and payment history?

They come across. Ask Newbook for your export in writing first, then we match it to your site types, rate plans and guest records and show you every row before anything is saved.

Can I automate something you did not build for me?

Yes. Workflows start from any module, run the rule you wrote in plain words, take a manager approval in the middle if you want one, and keep a run history that says which rule was true and who decided. You do not file a request and wait for a release.

Can a guest finance a stay without me carrying the risk?

Yes. A guest can split the stay into payments at checkout through Klarna or Affirm, and your park is paid in full the same day, the same as any other booking. CampGuide handles the financing side, the folio, the deposit rules and the refund path all behave the way they always do, and you never chase anyone for a balance.

Do I have to use all of it?

No. Every park runs the front desk, rates, housekeeping, the store and the guest side, and the rest switches on when your park needs it. We will tell you plainly what is included for your park and what is not, before you sign anything.

What about my gate, my meters, my locks and my accounting?

Bring the list of what is already installed on your property to the first call. We will tell you what we talk to today and what we would have to build, before you make a decision, not after.

CampGuidevs Newbook

CampGuide vs Newbook

Newbook is a broad hospitality platform that also serves parks. CampGuide is the most complete platform built for campgrounds: the spa, the grill, the tee sheet, the pavilion, the storage lot and the seasonal crew, all on the same folio as the site. Here it is side by side, read from their own site.

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What Newbook says about itself.

Read from Newbook’s public site, reviewed August 2026.

A platform across many property types

Holiday and caravan parks, campgrounds, glamping, hotels, motels and hostels, apartments, short stay rentals, tours and charters, marinas, and retirement and lifestyle communities.

Bookings and distribution

A branded booking engine, an in built channel manager for every listing, and a central reservation system for operators running more than one property.

Operations and revenue

Front desk, task management and automation, revenue management with dynamic yielding, site lock, add ons and upsells, point of sale, and reporting on occupancy, accrual and cash flow.

Guest facing technology

Online check in, a digital front desk with access codes by email or SMS, automated communication, SMS upgrades and stay extensions, waitlists, availability emails and quotes.

How it is sold

Newbook Essentials for single site operators with up to three modules added as you scale, or the full platform, with more than a hundred integrations and consultants who help pick the package.

Area by area.

What each of us covers, based on our own product and on what Newbook lists publicly.

AreaCampGuideNewbook

Reservations and the gridDrag across nights, holds that expire, closures with a reason, best fit placement.

Yes

Listed on their site

Rates, fees and demandNightly, weekly and monthly rates, fees by rule, tax split by authority.

Yes

Listed on their site

Housekeeping and work ordersFour turnover states, a lead who signs off, a job that blocks the site from booking.

Yes

Listed on their site

Camp store, drawer and night auditCharge to the site, count the drawer, close the day so nobody posts into it later.

Yes

Listed on their site

Booking page and guest messagesA page that quotes off your live rates, and text, email and app replies on one thread.

Yes

Listed on their site

Long stay, start to finishLifestyle and retirement communities are on their list, so ask what the long stay path looks like.

Yes

Partly listed

Storage tenanciesUnits, agreements, scheduled increases, late fees, dunning, overlock and a lien path.

Yes

Not listed

Food and beverageMenus with allergens, seasonal versions, orders to the site, a kitchen rail.

Yes

Not listed

Spa and wellnessProvider certifications, room turnover buffers, waitlist and gap offers.

Yes

Not listed

GolfTee sheet, green and cart fees, frost delays, league blocks.

Yes

Not listed

Events and venuesBookable spaces, itemized quotes, contracts, deposits, group blocks with a cutoff.

Yes

Not listed

Workamper hiringPostings on two boards, applications without an account, fair hiring checks, access that ends.

Yes

Not listed

Workflows you write yourselfTask management and automation of what they built.

Yes

Partly listed

The park map, drawn by youDrag sites, roads and amenities, and move one the morning you actually move it.

Yes

Partly listed

Portfolio console for several parksA central reservation system for operators running more than one property.

Yes

Listed on their site

Distribution beyond your own pageAn in built channel manager across the OTAs they list.

Yes

Listed on their site

“Not listed” means we could not find it on Newbook’s public site in August 2026. Ask them directly, since products change.

Where Newbook is strong.

Worth knowing before you decide.

An in built channel manager

Managing every listing from one page is a reason operators shortlist them. Tell us your channel mix on the first call and we will show you what connects here and how much of your midweek your own page and waitlist can carry.

Breadth across property types

If the group also runs a hotel, a hostel or a retirement community, ask how much of that breadth your park would use. CampGuide puts the whole park on one folio, which is what you feel every week you run it.

Years in market

A long track record across several countries, with the organization that comes with it. Here you get the people building the product on the phone, and your park is not queued behind a hundred others.

Consultants who help you choose

If you would rather be advised into a package than pick one, they are set up for that. Here you talk to the people who built the product about what the park actually runs, and we tell you what is included for you before you sign.

Questions operators ask.

Yes, on demand, and that does not change on the day you cancel.

Bring your park to CampGuide.

We set up your rates, map and policies with you, and you pick the date you go live.

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