UK campsite booking systems compared
An honest comparison of the booking systems UK campsites, glamping sites and pop-ups use, from each company's own pages: what each costs, what it does well, where it falls short and who it suits. We make one of them, Kipdown.
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There’s no single best booking system for a UK campsite. The right one depends on how many pitches and units you have, whether you have a website and what it’s built with, and how you’d rather pay. This page compares six that UK campsites, glamping sites and pop-ups use, from each company’s own pages on 9 November 2026.
We make one of them, Kipdown, so we’ve kept to what each company says about itself and said where Kipdown falls short too. For what each system would cost a pop-up, a glamping site and a farm campsite in a year, see what campsite booking software costs.
At a glance
| Booking system | Price | How you pay | Booking on your own website | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipdown | £49 a month, everything included, free until your first online booking | Monthly or yearly, no contract, no VAT | Yes, on any website, or a booking page of its own | Sites of any size that want one flat price and booking on their own site |
| Bedful | From £20 a month plus £1 a pitch and £3 a unit, and £10 a month for calendar sync, plus VAT | A year in advance, with a £100 to £180 setup fee | A widget or a link to its own page | Sites that want an established system with security deposits |
| Keydesk | £49 a month per site, no VAT | Monthly, no contract | A booking page on its own address, linked from your site | Holiday parks and campsites that want a Pitchup connection |
| Campsite Booking System | £25 a month or £250 a year for 10 pitches, then about £21 to £25 a year for each extra pitch, plus VAT | 12-month minimum | Yes, on a WordPress website with WooCommerce only | WordPress sites with up to about ten pitches |
| Outdore | £1 a booking, or £30 a month plus £1 a pitch | Monthly, no contract | Embedded on the monthly plan; every site is also on Outdore’s own app | Sites that want pitch maps and a marketplace |
| Freetobook | Free for direct bookings; card payments £139 a year; listing sites £1.50 a booking | Yearly add-ons | A widget | Holiday cottages and B&Bs on a tight budget |
Kipdown
Kipdown is £49 a month or £490 a year with every feature, no commission and no setup fee, and it’s free until your first guest books online. Guests book on a page that carries your name and colours, on your own website or on a booking page of its own, with the price shown before any form. Deposits are taken by card with the balance taken automatically, calendars stay in step with Hipcamp, Pitchup, Airbnb and Booking.com, checked every 15 minutes, at no extra cost, and the owner’s day runs from a phone.
Where it falls short: there’s no damage or security deposit, no pitch map, no payment in instalments and no native app (it runs in the phone’s browser). Gift vouchers are made by the owner when they sell one rather than bought online, and deposits are a percentage rather than a fixed amount. It’s new, so it has fewer reviews than the others.
Bedful
Bedful is the system many UK campsites already use, and it covers campsites, glamping, holiday cottages, B&Bs and hostels. Its plans are £20, £30 or £52 a month plus £1 for each camping pitch and £3 for each glamping unit, paid a year in advance, plus VAT and a setup fee of £100 or £180. Calendar sync with Hipcamp, Pitchup and Airbnb is £10 a month extra on the middle plan and isn’t on the cheapest.
It does more than Kipdown in a few places: security deposits on its Plus plan, payment in instalments and an Xero connection on Pro. It costs more as a site grows, because of the price per pitch. See Kipdown or Bedful for the detail.
Keydesk
Keydesk is £49 a month per site, the same as Kipdown, with no setup fee, no contract and no VAT. It takes deposits with automatic balances and instalments, syncs calendars with the listing sites, and has a full connection to Pitchup that sends its rates and extras. Its booking page is hosted on its own address, such as yourpark.keydesk.co.uk, and linked from your website rather than placed on it.
Campsite Booking System
Campsite Booking System runs on the owner’s own WordPress website through WooCommerce, at £25 a month or £250 a year for up to ten pitches, plus VAT. Each extra pitch is £25 a year on a monthly plan or about £21 on a yearly one. One pitch is free. Paid plans have a 12-month minimum, and leaving early makes the rest of the year due. It has apps for owners and guests, two-way calendar sync and a self check-in kiosk. It only works on WordPress.
Outdore
Outdore is both a booking system and a marketplace. It costs £1 a booking with no subscription, or £30 a month plus £1 a pitch, with no contract. It has satellite pitch maps where guests choose their pitch, and apps for owners. Every site is also listed on the Outdore app, which takes 10% from a guest’s first booking. Placing booking on your own website is on the monthly plan only.
Freetobook
Freetobook’s booking engine is free, with no commission on direct bookings. Card payments are £139 a year (£99 for a single unit). Its channel manager, which connects listing sites, costs £1.50 for each booking they send, at least £9 and at most £99 a month, plus £49 to connect each site. It’s mostly built for holiday cottages and B&Bs, and it doesn’t come up in answers about campsites.
How we checked
We read each company’s own price page, terms and help pages on 9 November 2026, and left out figures from directories and other companies’ guides where they differed from the company’s own. Where a company doesn’t say something, we haven’t guessed. If something here is out of date, email hello@kipdown.com and we’ll correct it.
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