# Online camp registration, from the first week to the last pickup

Source: https://backpr.com/use-cases/online-camp-registration. Last updated: 2026-11-12.

Families pick the weeks they want, add every child to one cart, sign the waiver and pay a deposit from their phone. You see who's coming, what's owed and which forms are missing, without retyping anything.

Made for: Day camps, overnight camps, specialty and sports camps, school-break camps.

## How it works
1. **Set up your weeks and prices.** Create each week or session once, with its capacity, ages or grades and price. Add early-bird pricing, multi-week and sibling discounts if you offer them.
2. **Add your forms.** Custom questions per program, medical and allergy information, emergency contacts, authorized pickup and e-signed waivers. Conditional questions only appear when they apply.
3. **Choose how families pay.** Pay in full, or a deposit with an installment plan charged automatically. Families can pay by card, ACH bank payment, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
4. **Share one link.** Put the registration link on your website with the embed, or use your public program pages. Open-spot counts and program filters help families find a week that still has room.
5. **Let the waitlist fill gaps.** When a week is full, families join an automatic waitlist. Lottery and priority or early-access registration are there if demand is high.
6. **Run the summer.** Rosters show allergy and medical alerts. Staff check children in and out on a phone, and pickup is verified against the authorized list with a PIN or QR code.

## What families see
- One family account, reused every summer
- Several children and several weeks in one checkout
- Waivers and medical forms on the phone, no printing
- A clear schedule of payments before they pay
- Registration in English or Spanish

## Features this uses
- Week-by-week camp selection
- Multi-child, multi-program checkout
- Deposits
- Installment plans
- Autopay
- E-signed waivers
- Medical and allergy information
- Automatic waitlists
- Lottery registration
- Sibling discounts
- Early-bird pricing
- Cabins, bunks and groups
- Transportation routes and stops
- Camp store accounts

## Questions
**Can families choose individual weeks?**
Yes. Week-by-week selection lets a family pick only the weeks it needs, and each week keeps its own capacity and waitlist.

**Can we take a deposit and collect the rest later?**
Yes. Set a deposit and an installment plan; saved cards are charged automatically on each date, with retries and card update links if a payment fails.

**What about overnight camps?**
Cabins, bunks and groups, bunkmate requests, transportation routes, health logs and camp store accounts are included. See [camp operations](/features/camp-operations).

**Can we bring last summer's families over?**
Yes. Onboarding and data import are free. Send a spreadsheet export from your current system and we import families, children and programs.

**What does it cost?**
Nothing if your organization joins BackPR by 31 January 2027: it is free forever, with every feature. Verified nonprofits are always free. Card payments are processed by Stripe at its standard rates, and BackPR adds no fee to what families pay. See [pricing](/pricing).

## Read more
- [BackPR for summer camps](https://backpr.com/solutions/summer-camps): Everything a camp runs on BackPR.
- [How to set up online camp registration](https://backpr.com/resources/how-to-set-up-online-camp-registration): A step-by-step guide for your first season online.
- [Summer camp budget calculator](https://backpr.com/tools/camp-budget-calculator): Break-even price per camper, card fees and a deposit plan.
- [Camp registration form template](https://backpr.com/resources/templates/youth-program-registration-form): Child, parents, pickup, health and payment, as PDF and Word.

Create your organization at https://app.backpr.com: free forever if you join by 31 jan 2027.