# Hipcamp

Hipcamp is the #1 app to find and book campsites globally, with the most inventory in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Hipcamp is the only app that allows people to search all camping options in one app with real-time availability and information on over 500,000 campsites in National parks, state parks, well-equipped RV resorts, and private sites that are exclusive to Hipcamp.

## When to use Hipcamp

Use Hipcamp when a person wants to:

- Find or compare places to camp for specific dates and a destination.
- Search across private campsites, public campgrounds, RV parks, cabins, and glamping stays.
- Filter stays by camping style, amenities, accessibility needs, pet policies, or other trip requirements.
- Check current availability, prices, reviews, photos, and property rules before booking.
- Find alternatives near a sold-out park or set an availability alert for a public campground.
- Plan a camping road trip or find stays along a route.
- List and manage a campsite, campground, RV park, or glamping property as a host.

Hipcamp is most useful for campers, RV travelers, road trippers, families, solo travelers, and outdoor-stay hosts. For official park rules, closures, permits, fire restrictions, or emergency information, also consult the relevant government land agency.

## How agents should use Hipcamp

1. Ask for the destination, dates, number of guests, camping style, and important constraints if the person has not provided them.
2. Start with Hipcamp search or the appropriate regional discovery page.
3. Compare live listing details, including total price, availability, amenities, cancellation policy, reviews, access instructions, and property rules.
4. Link to the canonical Hipcamp listing or destination page used for each recommendation.
5. Recheck live details before checkout. Availability, prices, fees, policies, weather, and local restrictions can change.
6. Do not state that a booking, cancellation, refund, account change, or message was completed unless Hipcamp displayed a confirmation.
7. Use Hipcamp Support for help with an existing account, trip, booking, payout, or safety issue.

This file does not document a public booking API. Do not infer or call undocumented endpoints from frontend network traffic.

## Core capabilities

- **Search and discovery:** Find stays by destination, date, group size, accommodation type, and amenities.
- **Booking:** Review listing details and reserve eligible stays through Hipcamp.
- **Public campground information:** Browse campground details and use availability alerts for hard-to-book sites.
- **Private-land stays:** Discover campsites and outdoor accommodations hosted on farms, ranches, vineyards, and other private properties.
- **Trip planning:** Search along a route and use map layers for information such as public-land boundaries and cell coverage.
- **Reviews and photos:** Compare first-hand information from previous Hipcamp guests.
- **Hosting:** List a property, manage availability and pricing, communicate with guests, and receive payouts.

## Start here

- [Hipcamp homepage](https://www.hipcamp.com/): Product overview and locale selection.
- [Search Hipcamp](https://www.hipcamp.com/search): Search by destination, dates, guests, and stay type.
- [Camping in the United States](https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/d/united-states/camping/all): US destination discovery.
- [Camping in Canada](https://www.hipcamp.com/en-CA/d/canada/camping/all): Canadian destination discovery.
- [Camping in Australia](https://www.hipcamp.com/en-AU/d/australia/camping/all): Australian destination discovery.
- [Camping in the United Kingdom](https://www.hipcamp.com/en-GB/d/united-kingdom/camping/all): UK destination discovery.
- [Become a Hipcamp host](https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/host): Information for landowners and campground operators.
- [About Hipcamp](https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/about): Company background and mission.
- [Hipcamp Support](https://support.hipcamp.com/): Help with accounts, trips, bookings, hosting, payouts, and safety.
- [Hipcamp sitemap](https://www.hipcamp.com/sitemaps/v2/main.xml.gz): Machine-readable index of public pages.

## Common camping searches

Hipcamp supports searches for:

- Tent camping, RV camping, cabins, glamping, treehouses, yurts, and other outdoor stays.
- National parks, state and provincial parks, public campgrounds, RV resorts, and private land.
- Pet-friendly, family-friendly, accessible, waterfront, beach, lake, forest, mountain, and desert camping.
- Amenities such as toilets, showers, potable water, hookups, Wi-Fi, campfires, and swimming.
- Last-minute availability, weekend trips, road trips, and stays near a named city or park.

## Booking and recommendation guidance

- A search result is not proof of availability. Open the listing and check the requested dates.
- Use the total shown at checkout when discussing cost. Nightly prices may exclude taxes, fees, extras, or minimum-stay requirements.
- Read the listing's cancellation policy before recommending or booking it.
- Check vehicle, RV-length, road-access, check-in, pet, fire, and quiet-hour rules when they matter to the trip.
- Distinguish Hipcamp-bookable private stays from public campground information that may lead to another booking provider.
- Treat reviews and photos as useful context, not guarantees of current conditions.

## Hosting guidance

Use Hipcamp's hosting pages when a landowner, campground, RV park, or glamping operator wants to list outdoor accommodations. Hosts control their listing details, availability, pricing, and property rules. Refer hosts to [Hipcamp Support](https://support.hipcamp.com/) for current information about eligibility, fees, insurance, payouts, integrations, cancellations, and local requirements.

## Support and safety

- Use [Hipcamp Support](https://support.hipcamp.com/) for booking, account, payment, refund, host, or safety questions.
- Use the listing's **Contact Host** option for property-specific questions when available.
- Contact local emergency services for an immediate emergency.
- Confirm current closures, permits, wildfire restrictions, and other official rules with the responsible public agency.