It’s pretty common for big companies to now use text messages to confirm orders or delivery times to people via a text message. It’s popular as the majority of the UK have mobile phones and it’s cost effective, easier to buy software to do this rather than employ people to call up.
So how does this relate to campings and campsites? Well on weekends and bank holidays campsites get very busy it’s hard to keep everyone informed of pitches etc. So bigger companys might want to look into using a free sms program to send out messages to campers yet to arrive about the status of the site related to capacity.
E.g. A text could be sent to say that 70 out of 100 pitches were gone. Even more important to say that the campsite is full and that will stop people turning up to find no spaces. You can then text a location of a campsite near by.
It’s a much faster way to get in contact and much more reliable than e-mails or phoning people. You can also then text people offers in the future. E.g. on a thursday offer cheap camping for the coming weekend as it might be nice sunny weeken comming up.
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Nice idea in theory John…but how is this really going to work…as a busy site owner, I can tell you that our availabulity (which is what you are talking about) varies from minute to minute on a Bank Holiday weekend. Unless there was some automated system looking constantly at my site management system and updating accordingly, then my fingers would never be off the phone. Our on-line boooking system updates from the management system automatically every 90 secs and potential guests can check availability on the web…if they want to reserve a place then they can do that on-line…if they want to take a chance…their choice…! Confirming orders and delivery times is a much less dynamic feast and can be done using SMS…how do we know which campers are potentially coming to our site unless they have actively engaged our information on-line?
Sadly, the popularity of camping means that it can no longer be the spontaneous activity it used to be…particularly on good sites at busy times…you just need to think ahead a bit more…convince the wife/girlfriend/partner, pack the tent, book the site…simples!
I suspect this is a solution looking for a problem rather than the other way round! I’m out.