How to grow your payments app with caravan and holiday parks
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Caravan and holiday parks rent static caravans, lodges and touring pitches for short breaks and long summer stays. Many also charge yearly pitch fees to people who own a caravan on the park, and run a shop, bar, café, pool or entertainment on site. That means deposits, balances, instalments and lots of small payments every day. A payments app that sends booking and pitch fee links, splits fees into instalments and takes tap or QR payments across the park can win these parks, and every guest and owner who pays sees your app.
Talk to holiday park managers
Ask local caravan and holiday park managers:
- How do guests pay deposits and balances today?
- How do caravan owners pay their yearly pitch fees?
- How are the shop, bar and pool paid for?
- What do you pay in card and booking fees?
Take bookings and pitch fees by link
A deposit link when guests book, a balance link before arrival and a pitch fee link for owners, with instalments if they want them, means less chasing for the park office.
Take payments across the park
Tap to pay or a QR code at the shop, bar, café and pool lets guests pay quickly at busy times, and the park sees all its takings in one place.
Grow through the holiday trade
Park managers know campsites, glamping sites and local attractions. One park on your app can introduce the others.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about glamping sites?
The glamping sites guide covers deposits, balances and extras like hot tubs, firewood and breakfast hampers for yurts, pods and shepherd's huts.
Glamping sites →What about hostels and campsites?
The hostels and campsites guide covers deposits for bookings and payments at check-in from travellers from many countries.
Hostels and campsites →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.