Group Info

Woods Deer

Information for Groups & Clubs

The Woods is a great place to bring a group of friends or members of a club. We have successfully accommodated a number of them already! Group camping is when you have 20 or more members camping together.

There are three options in regard to the camping area for your group: Standard Sites, Tent Grove Sites, or the Overflow Field

Standard Sites

You should reserve as many sites as needed to accommodate the size of your group (some sites can accommodate three camping units). The pros of these sites are that they have useful amenities such as a picnic table, fire ring, and utilities like electric, water, sewer, and cable TV. Please refer to our site descriptions and camp map. Standard site reservations can be reserved with our online reservation system or with the help of Guest Services. The con of these sites is that depending on the weekend and your timing, you may not be able to get adjacent sites because they sell out quickly. If you really want to be together, consider our overflow field.

TENT GROVE SITES

You should reserve as many sites as needed to accommodate the size of your group. The pros of these sites are that they are conveniently located near the clubhouse and have useful amenities such as picnic tables, fire rings, and access to electric (Note these amenities are shared in a community setting).  Please refer to our campsite map.  Tent Grove site reservations can be reserved with our online reservation system or with the help of Guest Services. The con of these sites is that camping units are limited to tents only.  Also, depending on the weekend and your timing, you may not be able to get adjacent sites because they sell out quickly. If you really want to be together, consider our overflow field.

OVERFLOW FIELD

The overflow field is a good choice for a group because you are all able to camp in the same area and arrange your site to best suit your needs. The overflow field has pros and cons. It does not have the amenities of a regular site but it’s cheaper and doesn’t have borders.

The overflow fields span the center of the property. There is a bathroom facility near each so the most you’d have to walk would be about 200 yards. It’s the same distance to the pool and clubhouse area.

Although the overflow campsite does not come with a picnic table or fire ring, for large groups, we can provide 8-foot picnic tables with advance notice. Also, you are allowed to have a camp fire as long as you bring or rent a raised fire dish for your area. Our goal is to prevent random circles of black ash throughout the field. We sell firewood at our store.

Other Useful Information

  • Our pricing system automatically discounts for groups. We will come up with an average price per person to make it easier for everyone. We can incorporate the membership fee in the per person rate if it is everyone’s first visit of the season. You can collect payment from your members and pay us for everyone or we can allow your group members to pay us individually if that is more convenient. All we ask is that the entire reservation is paid in full upon the arrival of your first member.
  • It’s best to have one person organize the camping trip with The Woods staff and pass on all information to your group members.  This group leader will be given access to manage the reservation as described below.
  • We ask that only essential vehicles remain on or near your site (for secure storage). All other vehicles should be parked in our designated parking areas with parking permits properly displayed.
  • We always suggest your group members create or update their account in our system prior to their arrival. This speeds the check-in process.
  • If you would like to pre-arrange meals with our café, we can either set up a private lunch for your group members (burgers, hot dogs, macaroni/potato salad, chips, etc) and/or arrange tickets for our breakfast buffet. Our Sunday brunch buffets is very popular.
  • Other special requests can be accommodated with advanced notice. Large party tents, porta-potties, large barbeque grills, or anything else from a rental facility can be ordered and organized by our Guest Services.
  • Outside excursions such as white water rafting, biking, amusement parks or sporting events can also be organized by our staff with advanced notice.

Group reservation self management

Groups can now self manage their bookings with new tools within our reservation system.  Once our Guest Services team creates your group event in our system, we will assign a group leader.  That leader has the ability to add or remove guests, adjust the # of nights of the reservation and make payments.

Adding guests will require the group leader to utilize the “My Camping Family” tool so there will be a bit of setup required prior to managing the reservations.  

Here is a draft of an email to send to your group invitees to help you get started.

As a group leader, you will see your group’s reservations listed when you log into your Woods account.  Once you have all your group invitees listed on your My Camping Family, you will be able to edit your group’s reservations as you see fit.

Club / Organization Event Hosting

If your group is a club or organization, you may want to consider hosting an event during your visit. Some examples are a leather club that hosts a cocktail party on leather weekend, a sports/recreation club that hosts a volleyball tournament, an exercise group that hosts a Yoga session, or a naturist group that hosts a gathering or hike. We have a covered picnic pavilion which can be used as well.  Just contact us to add your event to the schedule or do it yourself using The Woods app.

The Next Steps

Please fill out the form below and we will follow up with you.
Once reservations are created and a site tracking # is generated, we can add members or you can do it using our new Group Reservation management tool described above.
Encourage your group members to create or update their accounts in our system prior to their arrival. This will really speed up registration.
If your members want to call us individually with a credit card number or send in a check, we can apply the payment to the site.

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Please let us know if you have any additional questions. We look forward to hosting your group! Thanks for your interest!