Is CampGuide a replacement for RMS, 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 RMS reservations, guests and payment history?

They come across. Ask RMS 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 RMS

CampGuide vs RMS

RMS is a hotel platform with a campground page on it. CampGuide is the most complete platform built for campgrounds, and it speaks sites, rigs, hookups, pull throughs, slips and workampers, and runs the whole park in that language, from the application to the tee sheet to the storage lot. Here is what each of us covers, side by side, read from their own site.

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What RMS says about itself.

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

Scale, and who it is for

A cloud native platform they say is trusted by more than 6,000 hotels, motels, holiday parks, campgrounds and serviced apartments across 70 or more countries.

Operations

Front desk, housekeeping, maintenance, back of house and finance, owner and trust accounting, and reporting and analytics.

Distribution and revenue

Reservation management, a channel manager into a global OTA network, revenue management, a booking engine for direct bookings, and event management.

Guests and payments

A guest portal, guest experience tools, their own payments product, and point of sale.

Other things they publish

An open API, a partner and integrations directory, published pricing plans, a customer community, a university, a trust centre and a public status page.

Area by area.

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

AreaCampGuideRMS

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 finishWorkforce accommodation is on their list, so ask what a seasonal resident looks like in it.

Yes

Partly listed

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

Yes

Not listed

Food and beveragePoint of sale, which is not the same as menus and a kitchen rail.

Yes

Partly 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 venuesEvent management is published. Ask whether a quote can be rebuilt six weeks later.

Yes

Listed on their site

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

Yes

Not listed

Workflows you write yourselfTriggered correspondence rather than a rule you write.

Yes

Partly listed

The park map, drawn by youInteractive maps for guests choosing a site.

Yes

Partly listed

Portfolio console for several parksCentral reservations, consolidated books, owner and investor statements.

Yes

Listed on their site

Distribution beyond your own pageA channel manager into a global OTA network.

Yes

Listed on their site

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

Where RMS is strong.

Worth knowing before you decide.

A global OTA network

Their distribution reach is the right question to raise early. Bring the share of nights you fill through channels and we will show you what connects here and what your own page and waitlist already cover.

Scale across dozens of countries

Thousands of properties, a university, a partner directory and a public status page, which is a lot of surface area to learn. Here the person who answers your call is the person who built the screen you are asking about.

Mixed portfolios

If the group also runs hotels, serviced apartments or workforce accommodation, ask how much of that platform your park would actually use. CampGuide gives the park its own language and its own depth, from a slip that knows its water depth to a workamper who is a hire rather than a booking.

Owner and trust accounting

They have built for operators who manage units on behalf of the people who own them. Raise it on your first call with us and we will tell you exactly how our owner statements and distributions work today.

Questions operators ask.

Built for parks from the first line, in the language of a park: sites, rigs, hookups, slips, seasonals and workampers.

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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