PootlrHost vs CampManager: campsite booking software compared
CampManager and PootlrHost compared: published prices, contracts, Pitchup, websites and pitch maps, and when a bigger park is better off with CampManager.
Updated . CampManager’s details checked
CampManager, from Belfast, calls itself “the UK’s leading booking and park management system” for caravan parks, campsites and holiday parks, and says it has more than 800 clients. It says it’s “perfect for parks of all sizes”, and its tools for holiday-home owners, smart meters, number-plate barriers and a branded guest app suit bigger parks especially. Its website doesn’t publish prices, and its terms, dated 2018, set a 12-month contract that renews each year. PootlrHost is for small sites that want to set up themselves today, at a published price with no contract.
At a glance
| PootlrHost | CampManager | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Small UK campsites, CL and CS sites, pop-ups and glamping | Caravan parks, campsites and holiday parks, “from 15 pitches and 1 rental unit right up to group parks with over 1000 private owners” |
| Price | £1 a booking, or Pro at £25 a month with no booking fee (or £225 for a year paid upfront); £20 a month for a CL or CS (or £200 for a year paid upfront). No VAT to add | Not published on its website: “based on the size of your park, and the features required”. No booking fees or commission. Its Capterra UK listing gives a starting price of US$500 a year |
| Contract | None | 12 months, renewing for 12 months at a time, with three months’ notice to leave, unless its quotation says otherwise (its terms dated May 2018) |
| Getting started | Sign up and set up yourself, from your current website | A demonstration first. No trial |
| Website | Included: several pages, on a pootlrhost.co.uk address or your own domain | Booking pages styled to match your own website, with widgets for WordPress, Wix and Squarespace |
| Guests choose their pitch | On a map you draw, and it’s theirs if it’s still free | Guests can choose their preferred pitch. The interactive site map is for staff |
| Pitchup | By API key | Named on its booking-sites page, but not among its logos: ask CampManager |
| Booking.com | By calendar link | By API |
| Airbnb, Hipcamp | By calendar link | Airbnb is among its logos. Others “via API or calendar feed - please enquire” |
| Deposits and balances | Deposit when guests book, and the balance from their saved card before arrival | Deposit or full payment, with automatic reminders to pay the balance |
| Club membership numbers | Yes, if you ask for them | Separate rates for club members. Membership numbers not stated |
| Group bookings | Several pitches requested together, with one payment link (£1 a pitch on Pay As You Go) | Yes, including events and weddings |
| Texts | Booking confirmations and reminders, at no extra charge for now | Yes |
| Staff logins | As many as you need | No limit, with access levels |
| Guest app | A guest guide and stay page for every booking, saved on the guest’s phone | A branded guest app |
| Reviews | None yet: PootlrHost is new | 4.7 from 48 reviews on Capterra UK |
Where CampManager is the better choice
- A holiday park. Holiday-home owners with site fees and utility invoicing, holiday-home sales, and parks with over a thousand owners.
- Park equipment. Smart meter billing and number-plate recognition for barriers.
- Booking.com by API, and Google Hotel Ads.
- A branded guest app where guests book, explore and message you.
- Group bookings and events, including weddings.
- Track record. In its 20th year of business, with more than 800 clients, and 48 reviews on Capterra UK averaging 4.7.
Where PootlrHost is the better choice
- A published price. PootlrHost is £1 a booking, or £25 a month on Pro. CampManager quotes each park.
- No contract. Leave PootlrHost whenever you like. CampManager’s terms set 12 months at a time, renewing unless you give three months’ notice.
- Set up today. Give PootlrHost your current website’s address and it reads your words, photos, pitch types and prices to start your new site, ready to check and go live.
- Pitchup by API key. Pitchup bookings come into PootlrHost with the guest’s details within a couple of minutes, and Pitchup is told straight away when a night is booked in PootlrHost. CampManager’s booking-sites page names Pitchup in its description but not among its logos, so ask it how it connects.
- A full website included, with pages for each pitch type, a gallery, how to find you and your questions.
- CL and CS sites. PootlrHost can ask guests for a Caravan and Motorhome Club or Camping and Caravanning Club number when they book, and guests can choose their pitch on a map.
What it costs
CampManager’s website doesn’t publish prices, so we can’t work them through. Its Capterra UK listing gives a starting price of US$500 a year. For the two example sites on our overview:
- A 5-pitch CL taking 150 bookings a year at £20: PootlrHost is 150 × £1 = £150 a year, or nothing if guests pay the £1 as a service fee.
- A 20-pitch campsite taking 500 bookings a year at £60: PootlrHost Pro is £25 × 12 = £300 a year (or £225 for a year paid upfront).
CampManager’s sister product for glampsites, GlampManager, does publish its prices: from £20 a month plus £2 a unit, paid yearly, plus VAT.
Moving from CampManager to PootlrHost
- Check your notice date first: CampManager’s terms ask for three months’ notice before the end of each 12-month term.
- Bring your bookings and guests across from a CSV file, using our template if you need to. You check every row before anything goes in.
- Build your new website as a draft, and keep taking bookings on CampManager until it’s ready.
- Send your old web addresses to the new pages, and email guests with stays to come to say where their booking now lives.
Switching to PootlrHost goes through each step.
Sources
CampManager’s home page, about page, contact page, online booking, booking management, park management, booking sites, guest app, terms and Capterra UK listing, and GlampManager. PootlrHost’s prices are on our pricing page.
CampManager’s features on this page come from its own website, and its starting price from its Capterra UK listing, checked on 23 October 2026. PootlrHost isn’t connected with CampManager. If anything here is wrong or out of date, email [email protected] and we’ll put it right.
