How to grow your payments app with holiday clubs and summer camps
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Holiday clubs and summer camps run sports, arts and activity days for children during school holidays, often in schools, leisure centres and parks. Parents book single days or whole weeks, sometimes at short notice, and extras like early drop-off or trips cost more. A payments app that sends a booking link, takes deposits for whole weeks and adds extras in a tap can win these clubs, and every parent who pays sees your app.
Talk to holiday clubs and camps
Ask local club organisers:
- How do parents book and pay today?
- Do you take a deposit for whole weeks?
- How do you charge for early drop-off or trips?
- How much time goes on chasing late payments?
Know your numbers before you staff up
When places are paid for at booking, the club knows how many children are coming and how many staff to hire.
Make extras easy to add
Early drop-off, late pick-up and trips can be added to a booking in a tap, instead of cash handed over at the gate.
Grow through parents
Parents talk to each other, and holiday clubs work alongside after-school clubs, sports clubs and childminders. One club 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 nurseries and after-school clubs?
The nurseries and after-school clubs guide covers collecting regular fees from parents and chasing late payments.
After-school clubs →What about sports clubs?
The sports clubs guide covers local football, running and martial arts clubs collecting fees and subs from many members.
Sports clubs →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.