Would you use an app that routes you safely to cheap CLs and farm stays?

[robmacsparran]

Quick question — would you use this app?
I'm looking at building a caravan site discovery app and want to sense-check it before spending any time or money on it.

The concept:

• Finds CLs, CSs, independent farm stays, municipal sites and cheap alternatives to CAMC main sites — all on one map
• Filters for your outfit length, barrier heights, hardstanding, EHU availability
• Routes you there with caravan-aware navigation — avoids narrow lanes, low bridges, weight-restricted roads, tight turns — the stuff Google Maps sends you into
• Free basic tier, £9.99/year for full routing and offline maps

Would you use it? What would make you pay the £9.99?

Not trying to sell anything — just want to know if it's solving a real problem before building it. Be honest if it's not.

 

[otherclive]

Quick question — would you use this app?
I'm looking at building a caravan site discovery app and want to sense-check it before spending any time or money on it.

The concept:

• Finds CLs, CSs, independent farm stays, municipal sites and cheap alternatives to CAMC main sites — all on one map
• Filters for your outfit length, barrier heights, hardstanding, EHU availability
• Routes you there with caravan-aware navigation — avoids narrow lanes, low bridges, weight-restricted roads, tight turns — the stuff Google Maps sends you into
• Free basic tier, £9.99/year for full routing and offline maps

Would you use it? What would make you pay the £9.99?

Not trying to sell anything — just want to know if it's solving a real problem before building it. Be honest if it's not.

With the various site finder applications and websites available with selection I wouldn’t use it even if free. Never had a problem using Garmin, Google or AppleMaps as I always used the sites arrival directions and Streetview etc if necessary. Keeping such an app up to date could be an issue.

 

[GUMPY]

For CL there is already an excellent map

CAMC Certified Locations – Google My Maps

Maintained by a CAMC Member independently of the Club. Updated 1st March 2026. CLs with name and links to their info pages. Use the filters to show / hide CLs with / without EHU.

www.google.com

Runs within Google maps so directions are OK but it's always advisable to read the sites directions.

 

[robmacsparran]

With the various site finder applications and websites available with selection I wouldn’t use it even if free. Never had a problem using Garmin, Google or AppleMaps as I always used the sites arrival directions and Streetview etc if necessary. Keeping such an app up to date could be an issue.

Fair enough — if the current tools are working well for you, that's the honest answer I asked for. Thanks.

 

[robmacsparran]

For CL there is already an excellent map

CAMC Certified Locations – Google My Maps

Maintained by a CAMC Member independently of the Club. Updated 1st March 2026. CLs with name and links to their info pages. Use the filters to show / hide CLs with / without EHU.

www.google.com

Runs within Google maps so directions are OK but it's always advisable to read the sites directions.

That's a genuinely useful find — thanks for sharing it. It's a good illustration of the gap though: someone has had to manually maintain a Google My Maps layer to fill in what the official tools don't do. It has no CSs, no independent farms, no booking, and still hands routing off to Google Maps which doesn't know your outfit dimensions. That workaround existing at all is actually validation that people want this — they just shouldn't have to bodge it themselves.