How to attract guests to your glamping business
Key Takeaways
- Glamping is a high-demand accommodation type
- Follow these 8 steps to fill your calendar with bookings
- Take great photos + Choose a booking engine software
- Add your details to your booking engine + Select the channels
- Connect your glamping pods to those channels
- Create a website + Create your social media pages + Start sharing.
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Get started free…Book a DemoGlamping is an exciting, high demand trend in short term rental accommodation.
To be a success, you need to understand how to reach potential bookers.
Glamping pods are a special way to provide an outdoor living space, but with comfort.
Are you ready to attract guests to your glamping business?
Whether you have Pods or Yurts, Shepherd’s Huts or Safari Tents, you’re opening yourself up to a new exciting market of glamping enthusiasts.
Are you ready?
Glamping pods are a special way to provide an outdoor living space, but with comfort.
As they are essentially little houses, there are lots of tools and companies that you can work with, to help you on your journey.
Here are 8 starters to running your glamping pod business.
- Take great photos.
You’ll need these for your website, your social media, and the booking sites like Airbnb. - Choose a booking engine software (also called a Property Management Software/PMS).
This will help you to take and manage your bookings. - Add your details to your booking engine.
This includes your photos, descriptions and location. - Select the channels (also called booking sites).
These could include Airbnb or Booking.com, that will attract your bookings. - Connect your glamping pods to those channels.
It’s often easier to use a Channel Manager software, which is part of your booking engine. - Create a website.
It needs to connect with your booking software to take direct guest bookings. - Create your social media pages.
As glamping holidays are all about the experience, the best options would be Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook. - Start sharing.
The more people who know your business, the better. So share your website and social media channels with your friends, family, contacts, and ask them to share it with their friends too.
Marketing your glamping pod business
Let's cover a little about marketing your glamping business.
Although camping is as old as time, the trend for glamping is new and in high demand.
These make them an exciting product to market to your guests.
In some cases, your guests already know that they want a glamping experience, so you just have to persuade them to come to YOUR glamping pods.
PRO TIP: Use your social media to help create demand for your glamping site.
Use lots of beautiful images of the glamping accommodation, as well as the local area.
This will create a strong pull for the experience you are creating for your guests.
In other cases, guests may be looking for accommodation in your area, and you need to persuade them that glamping is the way to go, and that they should book with you.
PRO TIP: Be visible on the Channels or Booking sites like Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com.
This will display your accommodation for your local area, creating a demand for the glamping lifestyle.
Create a strong listing with great descriptions, stunning photos, and don't forget to name and tag your photos.
Marketing your glamping business to guests is an exciting part of running your glamping business.
There are lots of tools and techniques to help you make a success of your business.
