Overnight camps

Plan the stay as well as the activities

An overnight camp is a home away from home. Meals, rest and feeling settled matter as much as the day's adventures.

By Bookify Camps · Working guide, awaiting expert review

This is a quick planning guide. For the full step-by-step book, browse all 30 chapters.

Make your plan

Choose the ages, length of stay and main activities. Think about whether this is a first night away for your group.
Describe sleeping arrangements, shared spaces and the support campers can ask for.
Build the first evening around getting to know people and places, with no pressure to join a big performance.

Picture it

A two-night first camp can keep activities close to the sleeping area and repeat the same evening routine to help new campers settle.

Put your choices into a plan you can change and share with your team.