Setting up and managing Extras
- On your Host Dashboard, scroll to the 'Extras' section and click 'Manage Extras' or click the Extras link in the header dropdown outside of your Dashboard.
- From here, you can create brand new Extras or manage existing ones.
- For each Extra, you can set a name, description, price (per item, per person or per night), and the max number of Extras available to any Hipcamper booking a stay on your property. Extras can be turned on or off at any time at both the property and site level.
How pricing for Extras works
- Per item: If you choose to set a per item Extra, the cost for the camper will be the price you set X the number of units selected by the camper when booking.
- Per night: If you choose to set a per night Extra, the cost will be the number of nights on the booking X the price you set X the number of units selected.
E.g. Host offers a per night camping chair extra for $5. A camper has booked for 4 nights and wants to rent 2 chairs so selected 2 units of the extra. They will be charged:
$5 x 4 nights x 2 units = $40. - Per person: If you choose to set a per person extra, the cost will be the number of people on the booking X the price you set X the number of units selected.
E.g. Host offers a per person Yoga Class for $10. A booking with 2 people has booked 2 units (classes). They will be charged:
$10 x 2 people x 2 units = $40.
Types of Extras you can offer
1) Experiences
- Get creative with your experiences! Some ideas to get started:
- A farm tour to share how your farm operates
- A nature walk highlighting the local ecology, flora, and fauna of your area
- A talk about the conservation or nonprofit work you do on your land
- Yoga classes, apple picking, or horseback riding
- Every Hipcamper with a booking will be able to purchase up to your set maximum allowed guests.
- Hosts are responsible for coordinating experience details and logistics with guests.
- Be sure to review our guidelines on experiences here.
2) Rentals
- Every Hipcamper with a booking will be able to purchase up to your set maximum quantity.
- Hosts are responsible for coordinating rental details and logistics with guests.
- Hipcamp does not support waivers or the collection of guest signatures.
- Review our insurance policy here to review what types of rentals are covered under Hipcamp insurance.
3) Goods
- Every Hipcamper with a booking will be able to purchase up to your set maximum quantity.
- Hosts are responsible for coordinating goods details and logistics with guests.
- Every Hipcamper with a booking will be able to purchase up to your set maximum quantity.
- Hosts are responsible for firewood inventory.
Managing Extras on your upcoming bookings
As a Hipcamp Host, you have control over your Extras availability and quantities for upcoming bookings until the time of Hipcamper check-in. You can manage this in your Calendar—simply click on a booking and look for the Extra section near the bottom of the booking panel to manage the quantity.
At this time, you can only manage the quantities of Extras that Hipcampers purchased at the time of checkout—you can add or remove units from Extras they purchased, but brand new Extras can't yet be added post-booking.
You can either have your extra set to available or unavailable - currently it's not an option to allocate a certain number of an extra to a particular date or number of bookings.
Hipcamper Extras modification requests
As of May 2024, Hipcampers can now request additional Extras anytime until their checkout time. Campers can request additional Extras from their Trip Page, and Hosts can approve the request within 24 hours via to seamlessly be paid for the additional Extras and have them all clearly accounted for on Hipcamper and Host receipts. If the Extra is not available, there is an option to decline the request so the Hipcamper is not charged.
Hosts will receive Extras modification requests via email and push notification, so we recommend you have the Hipcamp app downloaded and that you have app notifications enabled to easily respond to requests as they come in.
You will be able to respond to the request via your email or push notification by hitting "Accept Extras" or "Decline Extras." You can also respond via your messages thread with the Hipcamper via web, mobile web, or the Hipcamp app.
Other information about Extras
If you do offer Extras, please make sure you are able to offer the item to Hipcampers and that you are abiding by our Extras policies and best practices.
If you have feedback or questions about this feature, please get in touch with Hipcamp Support.