Frequently Asked Questions

No. You can create or join a trip that stays connected to your current browser. Confirm your recovery email when you want to invite campers or use Camplist on another device. A password is optional.

Choose Plan a Trip to Host a new one. To join someone else, open their invitation link or enter the fun phrase-style invite code on Join a Trip.

Yes. Confirm your recovery email to create an account, then sign in with an email link, a connected Google or Microsoft account, or your optional password. More than one device can remain signed in.

Yes. Sign in to your existing Camplist account first, then connect Google or Microsoft from Account. The provider email shown there is only a sign-in label; your Camplist recovery email stays the same.

Yes. You can connect one Google identity and one Microsoft identity to the same Camplist account, then use either one to sign in. Camplist confirms each connection through your recovery email before it is added.

Camplist will not silently attach it or create a duplicate account. You can continue setting up a new Camplist account, or sign in another way and connect that provider from Account.

Open Account and choose Forgot your current password? Camplist will confirm the change through your recovery email before you set a new password.

If you created an account, use Get Back to Camplist. If the trip was still connected only to the lost browser, Camplist may not be able to prove it belongs to you. Create an account before changing or clearing that browser.

The Host owns the trip controls and invites. A Planner can help change shared lists, meals, and activities. A Camper gets the simpler checklist experience: claim or pack their gear, check groceries, and keep their own Personal list. Only the Host can change planning access.

A Managed Camper is someone an adult plans for-often a young child. They can appear on packing assignments and have a Host-managed Personal list, but they cannot sign in, receive access email, browse the trip, or participate directly.

Not directly if they are under 13. An adult can add them only as a Managed Camper and should use a first name or nickname with the minimum ordinary trip details. Campers 13 to 17 need a parent or guardian’s permission and supervision, and higher local consent rules still apply.

Camplist does not have an approval or chat flow right now. Most crews know one another, so a Camper can ask the Host or a Planner in person or by whatever messaging the crew already uses.

Only active members of that trip can open its planning pages and real-time updates. Invite codes and access links should still be treated like keys: share them only with the crew. People on the trip can see shared planning content, display names, badges, and progress.

Your Personal list starts private. If you turn on sharing, the trip’s Host and Planners can view it, but only you can change it. The Host looks after lists for Managed Campers and campers who have not joined yet. A trip booklet includes only the person downloading it.

No. Camplist is a packing checklist, not a medical record or medication reminder. Keep labels general, such as “Prescriptions,” and do not add medication names, doses, diagnoses, or medical instructions.

It is used for requested access links, six-digit codes, and essential service messages-not marketing. It is protected at rest, and a Host sees only access status and, where needed, a masked address.

For technical support, security, or incident response, the Camplist operator can use a private, audited Support Desk to see limited identity, email, trip-name, date, role, membership, access, and deletion-status information. It does not expose destinations, invite codes, access secrets, or Packing, Grocery, Meal, Activity, or Personal-list contents. This information is never used for advertising, marketing, sale, or profiling.

We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. We use cookies and browser storage for trip access, sign-in security, your choices, and lists or notes saved on this device.

Read about cookies and browser storage

Open Account → Data & privacy. You can download a JSON copy, sign out every device, or permanently delete your account. A Host can delete a single trip from Trip Settings.

Not yet. The installable app is an online experience and does not cache trips for offline use. Print the trip booklet or keep another copy of anything you absolutely need where reception is spotty.

No. It is a planning notebook. Check official weather, closures, permits, fire bans, equipment instructions, food safety, and emergency information before heading out.

Camplist is being built toward WCAG 2.2 Level AA, with keyboard access, visible focus, semantic controls, reduced-motion support, responsive layouts, and ongoing automated and manual checks. See the Accessibility page for the current, honest status.

Email campdirector@makeacamplist.com. Please do not post access links, invitation codes, personal information, or vulnerability details in a public issue, and never send us a password or confirmation code.