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I don't know about you but we were quite confused about
what the
best route to go
for our campers for the Wifi Internet hook ups at Jellystone
Niagara. In
the end we
decided to put in our own hardware and routers. We used Jim
Ganley and his system.
Basically the system works like this. We provide DSL
highspeed Internet to the front door of our park. This Internet
router is plugged
into the master wireless router. (that we purchased from
Ganley). We have over 200 sites (20 acres) so we
had to add 8 other wireless repeaters around the park to
make sure we had coverage for all our sites.
The camper then connects to the network though a browser
window. A Jellystone Niagara page appears and asks for a
ticket number. The camper then has to go to the front office.
There our staff accesses a master administration page and
requests a system generated ticket number for the length of
time the camper has requested.
We then issue and print off the ticket for the customer and
put up a scheduled charge in Campground Manager
Software. Very simple, very clean and works great.
There is a plethora of systems out there and many different
revenue configurations however this is the route we went. It
was actually a suggestion from one of customers Mr. Scott
Crompton of Jellystone New York who suggested this system.
It works great. The only fly in the ointment is that we are
under pressure from the consumer to offer Internet for free.
That is a business decision and has nothing to do with this
set up.
Hope that helps people in decision making. Not saying this is
the only way to go but it worked out best for us at our park.
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Member Description
There is a field on the transaction screen located above the
"Lic. Plate" field that can be customized by you. You can
determine the description of this field in order to gather
specific information that better suites your needs. Common
examples are Group Name, Cell Phone, Mailbox # and so on.
To customize this field follow the directions listed below.
Log into Campground Manager with a master or manager
level password
Click on the Campground Manager top pull-down menu and
select "Setup" and then "Camp Setup"
Click on the "Parameters" (not the Parameters II button)
Click the "Edit" button
The second field from the bottom is called "Member
Description". Whatever you type within this field will now
show up on the Transaction screen.
This field can also be searched on when using the "Find"
button on the Transaction screen.
Scott Taylor
Sys Admin / Technical Support
Mission Management
800-547-9147
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Very soon as part of your support package you will
have access to a new Campground Manager Software User
forum. What is it? We believe our customer base own and
operate the best campgrounds and RV parks in North America.
This user forum will be a vehicle to connect these owners and
employees.
The Campground Manager Software user forum is a
discussion area inside our Esupport section on the website. We
have topics posted there for which you the customer can share
your opinions or thoughts. We also plan to use it as our main
vehicle to post suggested changes or upgrades to the software
and allow you the user to comment on these.
The user forum will be moderated by Scott Taylor. So all
comments and suggestions will go through him. If you
have an area of discussion you would like to start we would
be glad to consider it.
We ask for professionalism and proper decorum in all
communications. You must be on the support program to
participate. Hopefully we can create a community of
customers that can share ideas and processes not just limited
to Campground Manager Software. For example when we
get it up and running why not have a Recreation Activities
discussion area. People can share ideas and both profit.
So give it a try. We look forward to your response!
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As some of you may or may not know, Campground Manager
Software has a built in accounting module. The system
creates the journal entries in the background as you go about
your daily business.
At the end of your financial period you summarize the journal
entries. This creates an export file with the date in the file
name.
Then you open up Quickbooks and do a simple export. That
is
it. This can be done on an accrual or cash basis. We have
also arranged for a discount with Intuit on the Quickbooks
product. So if you have not thought about using Quickbooks
Pro and are
still using an accountant, cut your costs by doing it yourself.
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About 10 years ago we established a relationship with the
Leisure Systems Group. They are the license holder for the
Yogi's Jellystone Park franchise for North America. This
relationship has grown to where we have approximately 39
of their 70 parks on our system. We (primarily my partner
Jim Amadio and his brother Dave) were so impressed by the
people and their business acumen that we bought the
Niagara Falls Jellystone franchise when it came on the
market.
The one thing that separates out the Yogi franchises are the
ability to sell ancillary products. We noticed the amount of
ancillary revenue from our yogi is much more than our old
park Niagara Glenview. That list includes T-shirts, hats, pens,
towels and literally anything else can be imprinted with a yogi
symbol.
So if you have any interest in becoming a yogi franchise we
highly recommend it.
Please contact Rob or one of his staff.
Attn: Rob Schutter
Leisure Systems Inc.
50 West TechneCenter Drive Suite G
Milford, OH 45150-9798
Wk: (513) 831-2100 ext.10
Fx: (513) 576-8670
e1: rschutter@leisure-systems.com
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That is it for this month. We have our POS module on sale for $795 unitl the end of July 2006. So think about upgrading your store and treating it like another profit center. The three pieces of hardware you need to make it work are a card swiper, cash drawer and a bar code scanner. These items can be found at www.posworld.com. Hope we can earn your trust and your business.
Sincerely,
Peter Kearns
Mission Management
email:
peterkearns@gmail.com
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