Camper BMS is in beta. We use the word carefully, because "beta" gets thrown around to mean a lot of things - half-finished, free, a paid test arrangement, marketing speak that secretly means "you're a guinea pig." This is what it means for us.
The Product Is Live
The product is live. It takes real bookings. Real guests pay through your real payment provider. We're not running it on a staging server somewhere.
What we mean by "beta" is something more specific. The surface area of the product is built - booking flow, dashboards, leases, invoicing, payments - but there are rough edges we know about and probably some we don't. Some workflows still need polish. Some integrations are still on the roadmap.
We call it beta because we'd rather set that expectation honestly than ship version 1.0 and pretend.
What You Get
Two things worth being specific about.
The beta rate, locked in for the life of your account. Half price on the standard platform fee - and it stays at the beta rate as long as you're a customer. Not a six-month intro deal that quietly resets. Not a discount we yank back when we leave beta. See the pricing page for how the fee works.
A say in what we build. We want as much feedback as you're willing to give - what's working, what's broken, and your wishlist of what you'd love to see next. Beta park workflows shape the roadmap. We won't promise to build everything anyone asks for, but the things that come up repeatedly from beta parks tend to land near the top of the queue.
What We Ask in Return
Three things. None of them painful, all of them necessary.
Honest feedback. When something's clunky, tell us. When you wish a feature existed, tell us. When we've shipped something that breaks your workflow, definitely tell us. We can't fix what we don't hear about.
Patience with rough edges. This isn't a polished V3 product. Things will occasionally not work the way you'd like, and the fix might be a week away rather than an hour. We try to be quick, but we're a small team.
A willingness to actually use it. The beta only works if you're running real bookings through the system. We learn nothing from accounts that sign up, poke around for ten minutes, and never come back. If you're not ready to commit to switching at least your direct bookings over, the beta isn't for you yet - and that's fine.
Who This Is - And Isn't - For
Applications are reviewed. Not every park is a fit for this beta, and not every applicant will be accepted - the criteria below are the ones we weigh, and they're a useful filter for whether the beta is right for you in the first place.
Good fit:
- Owner-operators who are comfortable giving feedback and want a say in how the product evolves.
- Parks running on phone, paper, spreadsheets, or an older system they've outgrown.
- Operators who'd rather start with something they can shape than wait two years for a "perfect" product.
Not a fit (yet):
- Parks that need every conceivable feature finished on day one.
- Operators who want a hands-off "set and forget" rollout. The product is still learning, and getting set up will take attention from your end.
- Parks that want to be the largest customer and dictate the roadmap. The beta is structured as a partnership.
If that second list sounds like you, we'd genuinely rather you wait for the public release than have a frustrating six months in beta. Saying that out loud is uncomfortable, but it saves both of us time.
One More Thing: This Is an Australian Beta
We built Camper BMS specifically for Australian campgrounds and caravan parks. Local payment providers, local hours, local context, AU spelling. The beta is Australian operators only - international parks aren't in scope yet, and that's a deliberate choice rather than an oversight.
If you've read this far, you're probably the kind of operator we want in the beta. Apply and we'll be in touch.
Apply to the Camper BMS beta
Beta access is for Australian campgrounds. Applications are reviewed individually, not first-come, first-served. The beta rate is locked in for the life of your account.
