How to get a Camphost job
If you are interested in how to get a campground host job, there are a few things you should know. Camphosts jobs are not a career job, typically they pay local minimum wage, they are jobs for people who enjoy people and working in nature. The camphost is responsible for keeping up the facilities, enforcing the rules, and collection of camp fees.
A person who is interested in becoming a camphost can go online and search for camphost jobs. You will find posting s for jobs all over the country. There are listings for the U.S. Forest, National Parks, RV Parks, membership campgrounds, BLM land managers, US Military campgrounds (you must be a veteran to apply). State park hosts, or County park care takers. Decide whether you want to work at the beach, a lake, river, forest, city, or country, there will be an opportunity at one of these.
There are a number of ways that people are hired to fill available positions for camphosts. There are unpaid volunteer jobs, site trade plus salary for hours worked over and above cost of site, and free site with all hours paid. Being retired and on Social Security, this works well. Usually there will be an application online that you can fill out and send in. So, you should decide ahead of time where you want to work.
What does a Camphost do?
The camphost, park host, or docent serves campers by offering information, explaining regulations, and collecting fees. They direct people to hiking trails, give information about nearby activities, and at times lead campers to their camp sites.
Campground rules are universal, they are designed to ensure that all campers have a pleasant camping experience. These rules are generally posted at the entrance to the campground, it is the camper’s responsibility to be informed of the rules. An apt saying for the camphosts is, “We don’t make the rules, we just enforce them”. Take it easy on the camphost, they are doing what they were trained to do.
Another duty of the camphost, is to make sure that fees are paid by campers. And that is right, you guessed it, the camphost does not make the fees, they just collect them. Once a week, a camper comes in and complains about paying their camp fees, then the camphost patiently explains that the camp fees are used to maintain the facilities these campers came to use.
The camphost cleans the restrooms, mows the grass, cleans the roads, empties the fire-pits, paints and repairs buildings, if needed, and enjoys the surroundings that they are privileged to live in.
Showing Respect for the Camphost
What does it mean, show respect for the camphost? In order for campers to have respect for the camphost, they perhaps need to know a little bit about the camphost position. A campground host is a person between 18 and 80, it is not a career job, it pays minimum wage. In fact, many camphosts are retired from another line of work entirely. Sometimes, the camphost may be a person who grew tired of the corporate grind, the busy city life, or wanted a job that allowed them to travel.
Although Camphosts jobs are not a career job, they are jobs for people who enjoy people, travel, and working in nature. The camphost is responsible for keeping up the facilities, enforcing the rules, and collection of camp fees. You can find a campground job anywhere in the country, at any type of location you desire, and they should be shown respect.
All of the articles on my blog come from being a camper from the time I was eight years old. I bought my first RV when I was 30, a tent trailer. I traded the tent trailer for a 26′ bumper pull trailer, then a 5th wheel, and I now have a 38′ Newmar Mountainare Class A motorhome. Once I retired from the Motion Picture Industry after a 39 year career, my wife and I sold the house, and moved into the motorhome. We have been traveling, managed an RV Park in Washington, worked at a lake in Southern California (I was the Maintenance Manager), and are planning our seventh season as the campground hosts at a campground in the Los Padres National Forest, in Southern California. We love the Full Time RV Lifestyle. See my course on https://howtofulltimerv.com
