Boondocking With A Host – Safe Stays

Boondock hosting is a member group system that allows you to stay on a host property for FREE OVERNIGHT. Instead of looking for a place to pull off of the road or find random boondocking spaces, you can use a host. Hosting offers you a safe place to stay and sometimes utilities (with cost) to use while you’re there.

The biggest benefit to using a boondocking host is that you are safe on a property and you have a reservation to stay. You won’t have to worry about strangers or sleeping soundly. You may even make a new friend with the host while passing through. 

Boondockers Welcome Hosting Company 

Is a membership group for camping on personal property hosted by the owners and used by passerby campers creating a link between property and travelers. 

What are your responsibilities as a guest boondocker?

• Be prepared to dry camp for your stay (fully self-sustainable)
• Sign a courtesy contract
• Be kind and leave nothing behind

What do you get as a boondocker guest?

• A safe place to stay between 1-3 nights (depending on the host)
• Friendly hosts
• Over 2900 locations around the U.S to visit
• Hosts may treat you to amenities, location knowledge, tours, food, & beverages.

Boondocking hosts are not a service, they are real people lending you a stay on their property. They may be looking into a lifestyle like yours or they just have a lot of space and want to meet new people. Hosts are inviting complete strangers to share a part of their life with you. They may hang out with you or point you to your spot. You never know who you’ll meet and if you’ll hit it off.

How do you begin to become a boondocking guest?

• Sign up with the company
• Fill out a guest profile – Tell your story, add a photo.
• Pay the $50 yearly membership fee
• Leave a review when you’re done camping (not required, appreciated)

How Do You Become a Boondocking Host?

• Sign up with the company
• Create a profile with images of the property and what is allowed
• Show your guest their spot
• Leave your guests a review (not required, appreciated)
• Membership is free

What do you get as a Boondocker host?

• The ability to meet new people
• Liability insurance up to $1,000,000 in the event of any damages

The details about the host and hosting:

Not Allowed:

Tents, mini-vans, cars, SUVs, or pick-up trucks will be allowed to join as guests. 

Allowed:

Travel trailers, motorhomes, and truck campers.

The host will make the rules about who and what is allowed on their property.

Hosts can charge a fee for hookups but never parking.

All fees (if any) will be included in the booking. 

Harvest Host Company

Harvest hosts is a company that hosts stays on business property including farms, breweries & museums. 

There are two membership plans 

Classic: 

• $99 per year
• No overnight camping fees
• 100% Money back guarantee
• Including stays at wineries, Breweries, distilleries, farms, museums.

Hosts + Golf:

• $139 per year
• No overnight camping fees
• 100% Money back guarantee
• Including stays at wineries, Breweries, distilleries, farms, museums.
• Access to spas, golf clubs and courses.

Becoming a host:

• Create a host page that links your business
• No cost participation
• No services required
• One night stay only with the option to offer an extension
• Business license and insurance
• Offering products for sale 
• Parking accessibility
• Make all reservations on your page
• Collect member verification 

Being a Guest:

• Purchase your membership
• Contact the property on their page
• Buy something from the host’s business
• Pets allowed at 90% of the properties
• Hookups are offered in some locations at a cost but hosts are not required to provide them
• Be kind and leave nothing behind

Summary:

Boondocking means free and if you’ve done your research you’ll find that you can camp free on some properties like, BLM, National parks, United States forest service, etc..

How cool is it that landowners are inviting travelers to come to their private property and stay for a few nights?. It’s a great experience for both parties, on one side as a camper you can check out what people have and it may inspire you to find something similar for yourself and on the owner with the flip side. A lot of the boondocking hosts are saying that they are interested in traveling and are looking for the best way to do it. 

Sharing information with others is a great way to gain perspective for new adventures and get personal advice. 

I love this whole idea. Keeping people connected, cost-free, at an unpopulated destination. 

With all of the campsites being taken up so often, this is a positive alternative that has many destinations, which means you could do an entire summer trip traveling from state to state and no budget for the actual stay saving hundreds to use elsewhere. 

If you went with the Harvest Hosts you get to visit some really great businesses, you could even set up an entire trip based on these properties. Don’t pay for the stay but buy a souvenir!? Okay!. I wish Vegas had the same deal. 

Thank you for reading.

Safe Travels!