America's Best Summer Camps 2023

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METHODOLOGY

The ranking of America's Best Summer Camps 2023 identified the 500 best summer camps in the United States. The list is based on a study consisting of four main parts:
The evaluation and scoring was based on the following factors:
* Peer-to-Peer survey: Plant-A conducted a peer-to-peer survey beforehand with camp managers to validate the questionnaire for the parent survey regarding the relevance of the queried topics (offered activities, accessibility, food, etc.). Therefore, the camp managers rated the importance of the queried evaluation categories from a professional perspective.
* Social media reviews: Plant-A researched all camp reviews on the social media platforms Google and Facebook. Both platforms provided a significant amount of reviews as well as the reviews on a 5-point/star scale. Plant-A consolidated reviews on both platforms into a total amount of reviews and calculated the average rate on a 5-point scale. Plant-A collected in total about 670,000 social media reviews from both platforms.
* Parent survey: Plant-A conducted an online survey of 15,000 parents (U.S. census based) who have either sent their child to camp or plan to do so in the future. The surveyed parents were asked to rate up to 10 camps that they knew of either through direct experience (child attended camp) or indirect experience (e.g., knowledge gained through personal research or exchange with acquaintances). In total, 4,412 camps were evaluated, and 114,820 camp ratings were given (an average of 7.7 camps per respondent).
* Desk Research & Media Monitoring: Plant-A researched every single camp on the variety of programs, gender specification, address of the camps as well as if the camp is accredited by the American Camp Association (https://www.acacamps.org/). We also screened the press coverage for each camp over the last 24 month to identify legal disputes or disqualifying incidents such based on the following key words: abuse, child abuse, harassment, sexual harassment, lawsuit.

Disclaimer:
This work is based on primary and secondary market research and analysis of publicly available data or provided to Plant-A Insights Group LLC. Placement in the ranking is a positive recognition based on research of publicly available data sources at the time, the information provided in the validation survey and an extensive survey of parents in the U.S. The ranking is the result of a detailed research process which, due to the interval of data collection and analysis, is a reflection of data from the last 24 months. Furthermore, events following March 30, 2023, were not a subject of this ranking. Newsweek and Plant-A make no claim to the completeness of the companies examined. The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information. Plant-A nor any of its subsidiaries or their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, or agents accept any responsibility or liability with respect to the use of or reliance on any information or analysis contained in this document. The quality of the camps that are not included in the ranking is not disputed. This work is copyright by Plant-A and may not be published, transmitted, broadcast, copied, reproduced or reprinted in whole or in part without the explicit written permission of Plant-A Insights Group LLC. Copyright © 2022 Plant-A Insights Group LLC. All rights reserved.

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