The greatest problem in camping is finding a campsite. Travelers are flooding campgrounds in record numbers across the U.S. – sparking a new tool to help campers tour sites virtually.
The new Campground Virtual Tours by CampgroundViews.com enables prospective travelers to tour and pick from 3,500 campsites to book a stay.
“The virtual ability to see the roads, see the sites and click to book a campsite is what campers have demanded for decades,” company founder and CEO Mark Koep said, “by integrating with the Recreation.gov platform, we are solving a massive problem for millions of campers.”
COVID-19 restrictions sparked a chain reaction that drove travelers to the outdoors in RVs and campers. Record RV sales and outdoor participation have strained existing systems and popular campgrounds, the company stated. The “age-old problem” of finding a campsite still lingers and “would be” campers are left to guess in picking a good site with limited information.
RVs and equipment come in different sizes and groups have different numbers of people. Campers want different views and surrounding features, the company stated.
“Finding the right site is a visual problem,” Koep said, “with the need to actually see if the site will work for you as a camper. By providing high resolution video virtual tours and integrating an augmented reality information layer on the experience this new technology makes it easy for campers to see the exact site and campground they are booking.”
