Running a campground means juggling a hundred moving parts like pricing, taxes, utilities, guest communication. 🔥
We've been listening to feedback from operators across the country, and this update tackles three of the biggest asks we hear:
Flexible Promo Codes to drive bookings on your terms
Custom Tax Assignments at the amenity level, so every item gets taxed correctly
A brand-new Electric Meter Dashboard that sends all your invoices in one click
The result?
More revenue tools in your pocket, cleaner tax compliance, and hours saved every month on utility billing.
Let's dive in.
1. Promo Codes That Actually Fit Your Business
Discounts are one of the easiest ways to fill sites during slower periods, reward repeat guests, or run seasonal campaigns — but only if the tools are flexible enough to work the way you do.
Bonfire's new Promo Code engine gives you full control:
Choose between percentage off or flat dollar discounts
Set a Code Used Date — the promo code must be applied within your valid date range
Set a Reservation Date — the reservation dates themselves must fall within your valid date range
Combine both to run precise campaigns (think: "book by Labor Day for a stay in October")
Whether you're running a "20% off spring midweek" campaign or a "$25 off your next stay" loyalty offer, you can now build promos that match your marketing calendar without workarounds.
More flexibility = more strategic revenue moves you can make. 🏕️
2. Tax Assignment Per Amenity
Taxes used to be simple: tax exempt or not tax exempt. But operators told us that one-size-fits-all approach wasn't cutting it. Different amenities are often taxed at different rates, and lumping them together caused headaches at reconciliation.
Now, operators have full control over how taxes apply across every item on a reservation:
Apply specific tax rates to specific amenities, no more blanket tax rules
One item may have more taxes assigned than another (electric might be taxed differently than a pet fee, for example)
Cleaner reporting when it's time to reconcile with the state
Full flexibility for parks operating across jurisdictions with unique tax rules
The result?
Accurate tax collection down to the individual amenity — and a whole lot less cleanup on the back end.
3. One-Click Electric Meter Invoicing
If you've ever had to update electric meter readings and send invoices reservation-by-reservation, you know how much time it eats up.
Now, all of that happens inside one unified dashboard:
Update every electric meter reading from a single view
Generate and send invoices for all reservations in one click
No more clicking into each reservation individually
No more toggling between screens to track who's been billed
What used to take an hour of manual work is now a few minutes.
Especially valuable for parks with a large number of long-term or seasonal guests on metered electric, this update alone can save you hours every billing cycle.
🎯 Why This Matters for Campgrounds
These aren't cosmetic updates, they're built to solve real operational pain points:
Real marketing tools with promo codes that flex to your calendar
Simpler, more accurate tax compliance
Hours of manual utility billing cut every month
Cleaner reporting across the board
More time for your team to focus on guests, not spreadsheets
Every hour we save you is another hour you can spend running your park.
At Bonfire, we're focused on building tools that actually make operators' lives easier, not just adding features for the sake of it.
These three updates are live now for all Bonfire V2 accounts. If you'd like a walkthrough of how to set them up in your park, our team is happy to jump on a call.
Here's to smarter promos, cleaner taxes, and one-click billing. 🔥🏕️
