AmeriCamp  Arvostelua 261

Laura has been an amazing coordinator, always there to help and very good communication. The whole AmeriCamp team are super helpful and so easy to work with!

Throughout covid, I was fully expecting for my plans for go out the window and my dreams of attending an American summer camp would be put on hold. However, I received continuous updates and support and cannot express my gratitude for how helpful the AmeriCamp team was. Over the last few weeks in particular, my main point of contact Laura has been incredibly helpful and genuinely invested in getting me placed in a camp. Looking forward to summer!

Laura was incredible!! Great support during my application. I feel so ready for this summer in America.

It has been a great agency because of their support, easy communication and help during the different steps of the process. Besides, my coordinator has helped me and my friend to get a camp and I am happy!!!

really good communication and super helpful, excited for summer 2022 :)

Help was there for me from start to finish - I could not be more thankful and grateful for it all. Amazing and super friendly staff!

The whole team is so helpful and my application and interview process has gone so smoothly and i am now placed in a camp for summer 2022 and have had great communication throughout. 100% recommend x

I spoke to a lovely gentleman called Callum (from Manchester area UK) on the phone who was absolutely excellent with all my questions and has peaked my interest further into this camp America.

The company itself is brilliant; what the staff say they'll do, they will do, and they'll be more than willing to help you every step of the way. However, through no fault of theirs, my application had to be terminated, since the external body responsible for checking over health forms did not deem me suitable due to the dosage of my antidepressant medication. Reason cited; they're being super-vigilant this year (due to the ongoing pandemic), and as I also found out, no US embassies anywhere are even offering appointments to those who aren't US nationals.

I can't fault AmeriCamp whatsoever - they even offered to refund me the fees I'd paid (a kind gesture which I wasn't expecting, so that's definitely a plus). Staff very pleasant and likeable. Just a pity that the powers that be C-blocked me from what would've been a rewarding and exhilarating American experience.

Here's hoping I will be more lucky next year.

I spoke with Jen and Callum separately on the phone about my application, they went through what I would have to do and how I could complete it, making everything very clear and gave in depth information about the next steps. Not only that, they were both so easy to talk to and very friendly.

***** < 5 stars for you guys thank you so much! Suzy x

I started my Americamp journey in January 2020 and it is still ongoing. I am just going to write down some of my experiences below.

At first my application was cancelled, I’m still not sure why it happened, I can only guess is that I was talking to a different person each time I had to email asking questions that someone got confused.

I went to a mandatory visa meeting (Spring 2020) and the staff members hosting the meeting were an hour and a half late! It also said on the email that this would be 5 hours long, it was barely 2 hours. Some people came from far away to London for this meeting and we’re annoyed that it was so short, me included. Seems like a waste of my time and money when it could’ve easily been done via zoom (they were setting up an online presentation but we were told you would have to pay £30 to access it).

Last year there was a group chat with staff and customers. It was actually quite useful but as soon as the questions started getting too difficult, without warning they just removed everyone from the group. They could have at least given a heads up or just removed the staff. Made it seem like they didn’t have any answers.

After camp was cancelled for the summer there were no signs of any refunds. I was told that it wasn’t possible although I’m sure some people did, instead they offered you money off another one of their packages or to be transferred to next year. Reading another review, they replied to say that refunds are not possible as the money is used for the application, but how do they make a profit then AND how have other companies given refunds? At least a partial refund would help the people that no longer want to participate. I understand not receiving a refund for my DBS.

Now onto this year...

One of the most annoying things about Americamp is the lack of updates. I haven’t really received any email updates since last year. You’d think that after the four step plan was discussed in the government yesterday they would have an email ready talking about the review of international travel in May.

Along with the updates. According to their Instagram they have been having online job fairs with the camps. I had no idea of this until I looked at their Instagram.

In my opinion this is a poorly led company with staff that don’t have a clue what is going on. I would not recommend Americamp to anyone and wish I had gone with another company. The only good thing about this company is Kyle, who answers emails very quickly and is helpful.

The whole process was easy to understand and so I know what I have to do next. Especially during these times it has been a great experience and all the staff have been lovely and answered any questions I had. Such a wonderful group of people

Such a great group of people who help you all the way through your journey to Americamp.I'd highly recommend people to volunteer as they will be provided by an amazing service !!!

The Americamp team has always been helpful and informative, keeping in touch frequently via email. They are happy to answer any questions you may have and responses are always quick. Kyle has been especially helpful and invited me to the virtual camp fair last week.
It was such an easy process and having a pre-interview room to sort out any technical difficulties and have a bit of a chat put me at ease.
I got placed at Camp Chipinaw! I am very thankful to of had the opportunity to go to the virtual camp fair, and very exited for summer!

I have enjoyed my experience with Americamp to date, they are all so lovely to talk to and so down to earth,
The virtual hiring fair was so easy to work and i felt so welcome and not nervous at all for my interview as i had a pre interview chat which helped alot :)
Got hired at Camp Chipinaw and im so excited to attend in summer!

The whole process for the camp fair was so so helpful. You had an Americamp staff member either side of the interview and made accessing it super simple. After your interview was complete, the Americamp team check everything was all good and asked if you had any questions. This made relaxed and felt like you were being supported through the whole system.

I attended the AmeriCamp Virtual Fair today and the whole process was stress free! From applying literally 15 days ago, to today, I have completed all the steps and have now been placed at a camp! Thanks to all the AmeriCamp team for their hard work!

Always kept informed and people were always just an email or phone call away for help with the process.

The staff at AmeriCamp were amazing. Both Laura and Jen in particular! Jen was incredibly helpful and answered all my questions no matter how daft they were.

Kyle from Americamp was very helpful. He was simply the best at getting me a placement