Camping Trip Planner and Campground Log

About this template

This camping trip planner is for people who camp often and want to remember which campgrounds were worth it. Log one row per stay, from a tent pitch to rv camping with full hookups, and every trip works out its total and its cost a night.

Please read: This is a tracker tool only, not financial, tax, legal, medical or any other professional advice or advisory service. It records and calculates what you enter; you are solely responsible for checking all figures, rates, dates and results and for every decision you make. By purchasing, downloading or using it, you accept these terms (your statutory consumer rights are not affected).

The dashboard

Choose every stay, or just tent, RV, cabin and the rest, and the whole page follows. Nothing on it is typed.

• Nights camped and trips taken, with every kind of stay in a mini chart
• Your campgrounds, best rated first, with stars, nights, cost a night and a verdict
• The camping season: nights camped in every month
• The next trips booked, with a countdown in days
• What a night costs for each kind of stay: site fee, fuel, food and the rest
• Cost a night for your last sixteen trips
• Gear packed, gear still to buy and what it costs

Every campground, ranked

Each stay records the campground, the site, tent or RV, the hookups and the fee a night, then fuel, food and other costs once you are home, with a rating out of five. The Campsites tab turns that into a campground log, best first, with your rating, your nights there, the cost a night, the hookups and a verdict: Go back, Maybe or Skip it.

Cost a night, any way you camp

Site fees, fuel, food and the rest are shared over the nights on every trip, and per person too. Tent, RV, camper van, cabin and glamping are compared side by side, so you can see what each kind of stay costs you a night and how you rated it.

A camping gear list that ticks off

The Gear Checklist tab marks what you own, borrow or need to buy. Tick each item as it goes in the car, and the dashboard shows what is packed and what is still to buy, with its cost. It works as a camping checklist for every trip.

Six connected tabs

Start Here, Setup, Trips, Campsites, Gear Checklist and Dashboard.

Works with

• Microsoft Excel 2016, 2019, 2021 and Microsoft 365, on Windows and Mac, and LibreOffice
• Google Sheets with a free Google account. The Google Sheets version is a real workbook you take a copy of, not a PDF with a link in it.
• No dynamic arrays, no macros, no add-ins and no subscription

What you download

• The Excel workbook, filled with a worked example: 19 camping trips at 11 campgrounds, with a 60-item gear list
• The same workbook, blank and ready for yours
• The instruction guide, which has one-click links to the Google Sheets versions (filled and blank)
• The terms of use as a PDF

Your files are ready to download as soon as payment clears. They are for personal and business use on your own devices, so please do not share or resell them. Questions before or after you buy? Use our contact page and we will help.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need Excel, or can I use Google Sheets?

Either. You get Excel workbooks for Excel 2016 or later on Windows or Mac, and the instruction guide has one-click links to copy the Google Sheets versions with a free Google account.

Does it work for RV camping as well as tents?

Yes. Each stay can be a tent, RV, camper van, cabin or glamping, and the dashboard compares what each costs a night and how you rated it.

How are campgrounds ranked?

By your rating out of five, with your nights there, the cost a night and the hookups. Each one gets a verdict: Go back, Maybe or Skip it.

Is there a gear checklist?

Yes. Mark each item as owned, borrowed or to buy, tick it off as it is packed, and see the cost of what you still need.

Is there an example to follow?

Yes. The filled copy holds 19 trips at 11 campgrounds with a 60-item gear list, and a blank copy is included.