youcamp.co.uk

Good evening campers…

Well after a lot of planning, dead ends and a long build up, freecamping in the UK is now setup on youcamp.

Now when you register you can select whether you are a camper or campsite owner, once logged in you can access the freecamp database and see what sites are offering freecamping. If your a site owner you can check out the competition from other campsites as well as add your own campsite (more than one if your a campsite entrepreneur). Add a photo, web link, facility details and more.

Please take a look and see what you think.

 OTHER EXCITING NEWS:

After having such good success with the latest web guy, we have decided to go for a full youcamp re-design, improving the layout bringing up to date and adding some exciting features, a fully integrated blog (sorry to this one but your getting the boot). Photo and text reviews, and better google maps integration. Fingers crossed in around 4 weeks time it should be going live, with the whole new look perfectly setup and you won’t notice any changes to your accounts or videos.

Its all very exciting, and today we have over 70 videos watched in 24 hours….we’re getting busier…

 Good afternoon Campers.

QUICK YOUCAMP NEWS

1. The Google Maps function on the site is being rewritten this weekend so that the postcode finder will work perfectly. And map the dot/icons on the map perfectly.

2. EVEN MORE EXCITING NEWS: FREE CAMPING is finally on its way again, after the previous web guy disappeared its taken ages to get round to finishing it and finding someone else. But Lee from Design14 web development has stepped up to the plate, and by the end of next week (18th of September 2009) the freecampers database and registration will all be up and running.

Firstly I hope to get some UK campsites signed up to the free camping idea before making it available to the world of campers, so that there are some available when people sign up and there is no disappointment.

It would be great if people can spread the word to any campsites they go to, or even mention youcamp when booking a stay. You never know they may let you stay a couple of nights free in exchange for a video on youcamp right there and then.

Fingers crossed with a bit of effort calling/emailing/pestering campsites around the uk the site will soon be flooded with freecamping opportunities and eventually full to the brim with campsite reviews.

Afternoon campers.

Just a quick blog to say we are heading off to Croyde on Thursday in the new youcamp vehicle our Mazda Bongo. Been to Croyde once before and its an amazing places with Saunton beach round the corner and Croyde Bay in walking distance, plus a few pubs (The Thatch is excellent) and lots of campsites its possibly our favourite destination in the South West, either Croyde or Perranporth.

Anyway, heading off there on Thurday and staying at Ruda campsite right by the beach, can’t wait, so visit the website soon to see a video review/tour plus maybe a few other camping related vids….

Plus free camping should be coming to the website soon….fingers crossed our new freelance web guy knows his stuff.

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Evening campers.

Well after the success of incorporating google maps into youcamp.co.uk we are moving to stage 2 of the site design. Since the first day of youcamp the idea was always to work out a way to setup a deal so that campers could stay for free at campsites in exchange for making a video review or tour to go on youcamp.

Well after a good few hours with pen, paper and a lot of tea we think we’ve cracked it. So over the next month the site will be getting some add ons and hopefully set up a system so that campers can find campsites offering free camping in exchange for a video tour.  This should hopefully be ready to start getting campsites signing up by the end of September 2008 ready for campers in Spring 2009.

We will also offer a free service for those not so hot on the video editing, so that they can send the raw video footage to us (no more than 1 hours worth of footage for a site) and we will edit and upload it for you.

The ideas simple:

 Campers get a free camping weekend in exchange for filming a video tour of the site.

(Showing the views, facilities, local attractions, pitch sizes etc etc.)

Campsite owners get a nice video tour of around 3 minutes and it is showcased on youcamp for free. Including in the featured section for the first month.

Youcamp get a good collection of campsite video reviews/tours to increase the content of the site.

So come back soon to register as a ‘freecamper’ or a ‘campsite owner’

Also if you want to show your interest before please email us at:

Email: mail@youcamp.co.uk

and in the mean time please check out the current videos at www.youcamp.co.uk

Evening campers…

Hooray for the Russian web genius. We now have google maps incorporated into the site. So now you cna search for campsite reviews, places to visit and for sale videos by town name and postcode or just browse the map.

We also have a smaller google map on the main page which shows the whole of the UK and there are red dots for each video on the map.

So please take a look, upload some videos to youcamp.co.uk and lets get that map covered in red dots.

Cheers to the Russian.