Carpools

Coordinate rides to and from summer camps with other families — right from the camp's page, without the back-and-forth texts.

Where to Find Ride Coordination

Carpooling in Camp PlanIt is built into every camp's detail page. Open any camp you're planning, scroll down past the Friends Status section, and you'll see Ride Coordination.

Camp detail page showing the Ride Coordination section with Request Ride and Offer Ride buttons

The Ride Coordination section on a camp's detail page

From here you can do two things:

  • Request a Ride — Let other parents know your child needs a ride to this camp.
  • Offer a Ride — Let others know you have seats available and are willing to drive.

Offering a Ride

If you're driving to camp and have room for other kids, offer a ride so other families can request a seat.

  1. Open the camp's detail page and scroll to Ride Coordination.
  2. Tap Offer Ride.
  3. Fill in your Departure Location — an address or a recognizable landmark works great (e.g., "Neighborhood Street" or "Corner of Oak & Main").
  4. Set the number of Available Seats using the + and − buttons.
  5. Select your Departure Time.
  6. Optionally add a Note with any helpful details — stops you can make, days you're available, etc.
  7. Tap Submit Offer.
Offer a Ride form with empty fields for departure location, seats, time, and notes
Offer a Ride form filled in with Neighborhood Street, 2 seats, 8:00 AM, and a note

The Offer a Ride form — fill in your details and tap Submit Offer

Once submitted, your offer appears in the Ride Offers section for other parents attending the same camp to see.

Ride Coordination section showing a submitted offer from Brody Wallace with 2 seats, Neighborhood Street, 8:00 AM, labeled Your Offer

Your offer is visible to other families on this camp's page

Requesting a Ride

Need a ride for your child? Post a ride request so other parents driving to this camp know you're looking.

  1. Open the camp's detail page and scroll to Ride Coordination.
  2. Tap Request Ride.
  3. Enter your pickup location and preferred time.
  4. Tap Submit Request. Your request appears in the Ride Requests section for other parents to see.
Tip: Other parents who have offered rides can also tap I Can Offer Ride directly on your request to respond to you.

Seeing What Other Parents Are Doing

The Ride Coordination section shows all active requests and offers from other families attending the same camp. You can see who needs a ride and who has seats available — all in one place.

Ride Coordination showing a ride request from Brody Wallace for Maddux with an I Can Offer Ride button, and a ride offer from Dean Smith

Ride Requests and Ride Offers from other families at this camp

If you see a ride request that you can help with, tap I Can Offer Ride on their request card. The parent will receive your offer and can accept or decline it.

Accepting or Declining a Ride Offer

When a parent responds to your ride request, it will show up as Pending in your Ride Requests section.

Ride request card showing Pending status with Accept and Decline buttons

A pending ride offer — tap Accept or Decline to respond

  1. Open the camp's detail page and scroll to Ride Coordination.
  2. Find the ride request card showing Pending.
  3. Tap Accept to confirm the carpool, or Decline if it doesn't work for you.

After a Ride Is Confirmed

Once a ride offer is accepted, the card updates to show Accepted and a Message button appears so you can coordinate the final details directly with the other parent.

Accepted ride request card showing Accepted badge and a Message button for coordination

An accepted ride — tap Message to work out the details

Full? When all seats in a ride offer are taken, it shows Full — No seats available so parents know not to request that ride.

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