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How To: Add Base Pricing for a New Site Type

Learn how to add a new Site Type or Add-On Type to your Base Pricing.

Summary:

This guide navigates you through adding rates for a new Site Type or Add-On Type, vital for seamless booking processes. It combines steps from the "How to Update Nightly Rates for Campsites" article with an extra crucial step. You'll learn to utilize data from two distinct Base Pricing reports.

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Adding Base Pricing for a New Site Type

Introducing a new Site Type or Add-on Type into your Admin Site is an important step in catering to the diverse needs of your customers. However, ensuring your new Site Type has appropriate rates is equally crucial for seamless booking processes.

This guide is designed to walk you through the process of adding rates to a new Site or Add-on Type, complementing steps from the "How to Update Nightly Rates for Campsites" article.

Base Pricing: Site Types VS Add-Ons

The Base Price Template report comes in two different variations: one for Site Types and one for Add-ons. If your park offers Day-use or Nightly Add-Ons, the information on this page is also applicable to the Base Price Template for Add-ons.

updating base pricing: Step-by-Step Instructions

Campspot's Base Pricing is the foundation for setting nightly rates, ensuring accurate pricing and revenue management for campgrounds. 

Step 1: Download the Base Price Template report 

  1. Navigate to Reporting using the primary navigation.
  2. Search and click on the report for “Base Price Template for Campsites” if you're adding a new Site Type or "Base Price Template for Add-ons" report if you're adding a new Add-on Type.

    Note: The remainder of the steps below will refer only to a Site Type but these instructions apply to both Site and Add-on types.

  3. Click Run Report

The report looks like the image below. 

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Tip: Add this report as a "Favorite" by clicking the star to the left of the report title.

Step 2: Remove Any Site Types You Do Not Need to Update

  1. Open the downloaded Base Price Template for Campsites.csv file from your browser's downloads folder. All currently active Site Types will show on the template. 
  2. Delete any Site Types you do not plan to update. If you’re only adding pricing for one new Site Type, keep just that one in the template.

    The soundless clip below shows this process.
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Note: With the new upload process, you only need to include the dates and Site Types you’d like to update. The system will automatically retain existing rates for all other dates, so there’s no need to re-upload past pricing or fill in an entire year’s worth of data.

Step 3: Input Pricing For The New Site Type

Special Note About Using the Template: The information contained in Columns A and B (Site Type ID and Site Type Name), along with the structure in Rows 1–3, is critical. These values tell Campspot which Site Types or Add-Ons your prices apply to.
As a rule of thumb, do not alter Columns A or B for any rows you keep—these IDs and names must remain exactly as they appear in the report to ensure proper association with your Site Types.

Follow the steps below to add the date ranges you want to price:

  1. Locate the date columns (starting in Column C). Each column represents a date or date range you can assign pricing to.

  2. Enter the date ranges you want to price.
    Add your start and end dates into the header row for each column you're updating.

    Example: If you’re setting pricing for a full year, such as adding rates for 2026 for a new Site Type, enter: 1/1/2026 in the start date and 12/31/2026 in the end date.

  3. Add special or holiday pricing as separate date ranges.
    If you have specific holiday rates (for example, Memorial Day weekend), enter those date ranges in their own columns to the left of your full-year pricing.

    Why this matters: Campspot reads pricing from left to right, so holiday or special event rates must appear before the broader date ranges to ensure they apply correctly.

    The soundless clip below shows how to structure date ranges and position special pricing correctly.

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Step 4: Upload the CSV to Campspot

  1. Navigate to Campground Setup.
  2. Click on the Properties tab.
  3. Select the Base Pricing page.
  4. Click the Upload Campsite Pricing CSV button.
  5. Select your Base Price Template for Add-ons file from the location you saved it in your computer and click open.
  6. Wait for the Upload Successful message to appear at the top of the page.

View the audio free screen recording below to view an example of how to upload the report into your Admin Site.

Troubleshooting Tip:

If you do not receive the "Upload Successful" message, your upload may not have been successful. Double-check dates, formatting, and the DOW row to ensure accuracy. Any errors in these aspects could lead to an unsuccessful upload.

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