Total Parks MCP Connector Guide

What the connector does

The Total Parks MCP connector lets compatible AI assistants answer travel-planning questions using Total Parks data instead of relying on generic web memory. It can help travellers find parks, check whether a stay looks feasible, understand room or site details, review planning availability, and continue to Total Parks when a stay looks viable.

Travellers can ask questions like:

• "Find family-friendly caravan parks near Eden with a relaxed beach vibe."
• "Find parks close to both a supermarket and a pharmacy."
• "Can two adults stay at BIG4 Aireys Inlet from 10 July to 13 July 2027 with one kelpie and a 6.5 metre caravan?"
• "Which August dates look open for a cabin?"
• "Will my 9 metre motorhome fit any sites?"
• "Tell me more about that powered site."

The connector can return Total Parks park and room URLs, public room or site details, on-park feature matches, nearby supermarket, pharmacy, EV, and beach-style proximity matches with measured distances, cached Google ratings and review counts, pet and rig-fit checks, planning availability, stay feasibility, indicative pricing where available, and a Total Parks booking link when a stay looks viable.

What the connector does not do

The connector is read-only. It cannot:

• Create carts, hold inventory, take payment, or confirm bookings in chat.
• Cancel, modify, refund, or manage an existing booking.
• Expose park phone numbers, emails, websites, or direct-contact details through the anonymous pre-booking tools.
• Guarantee complete national coverage outside parks and room or site types visible on Total Parks.
• Replace checkout verification. Final availability, restrictions, and payment are confirmed on Total Parks before booking.

How to connect

In a compatible MCP client, add a remote MCP connector with these settings:

• Server URL: https://mcp.totalparks.com.au/mcp
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Authentication: none, no authentication, or public access

If the client asks for SSE, leave it disabled. The production Total Parks MCP server uses Streamable HTTP.

In Claude, add the server as a custom connector from connector settings, then ask Claude to use Total Parks for park-specific stay-planning questions. Compatible Claude surfaces can also show Total Parks result cards with photos and a Book Now or View park button. Those buttons open Total Parks in a new tab; custom connectors show a confirmation before the link opens.

Suggested prompts

• "Use Total Parks to find family-friendly parks near Eden with a relaxed beach vibe."
• "Use Total Parks to find parks close to both a supermarket and a pharmacy."
• "Use Total Parks to find campsites with on-site dump stations near Byron Bay with at least a 4-star Google rating."
• "Use Total Parks to find a pet-friendly powered site near Eden for two adults from 12 March to 14 March 2027 with one dog."
• "Use Total Parks to check whether two adults can stay at BIG4 Aireys Inlet from 10 July to 13 July 2027 with one kelpie and a 6.5 metre caravan."
• "Use Total Parks to show which June 2027 dates look open for a cabin at BIG4 Aireys Inlet."
• "Use Total Parks to tell me more about the returned room or site option."

For concrete stay questions with dates, guests, pets, rig fit, price, or availability, the assistant should use Total Parks' stay assessment rather than assembling a verdict from separate helper checks.

Interpreting answers

• Confirmed means Total Parks has stronger structured evidence for the fact.
• Inferred means the fact is based on lower-confidence data and should not be treated as a guarantee.
• Unknown means Total Parks cannot currently confirm the fact.
• Calendar availability is planning-tier only.
• Powered-site searches use Total Parks' planning data: a powered site can be confirmed from a positive amp rating or an explicit PMS powered room or site label, while explicitly unpowered or no-power site labels are not treated as powered.
• Pet-friendly wording is different: a room or category label alone does not confirm that the park accepts online pet bookings; the structured pet-policy result remains authoritative.
• Nearby supermarket, pharmacy, EV charging, beach, and similar matches include measured distances from Total Parks' verified local-fact data.
• Parks near a named place or landmark should lead with the nearest matching park, even if a farther park ranks higher for vibe or quality.
• An explicit minimum Google rating is a hard filter: lower or missing cached ratings are excluded. Without a threshold, rating remains a ranking signal rather than a hidden 4-star requirement. Missing means unknown, not zero.
• A booking link is a handoff to Total Parks, not a reservation in chat.

When a stay looks viable, open the Total Parks booking link to review the park page, confirm details, and continue through the normal checkout.

Troubleshooting

If the connector does not connect:

• Check the URL is exactly https://mcp.totalparks.com.au/mcp.
• Select Streamable HTTP if the client asks for a transport.
• Do not enter a bearer token or OAuth credential for the public connector.
• If Claude asks for an OAuth Client ID, cancel. The public connector is authless; Claude only asks that when it finds OAuth protected-resource metadata. Do not paste an OAuth Client ID.
• Confirm your MCP client supports hosted remote MCP servers.
• Try again later if the client reports a temporary network or server error.

If an answer looks incomplete:

• Ask the assistant to "use Total Parks" explicitly.
• Include the park name, state or region, dates, guest counts, pet details, and rig dimensions if relevant.
• For flexible-date browsing, ask which dates "look open" rather than asking for a guaranteed booking.
• For final booking certainty, open the Total Parks booking link and continue through checkout.

Privacy and data

When your assistant calls the connector, Total Parks receives the structured information needed to answer the question, such as park names, search terms, dates, guest counts, pet details, rig dimensions, and public Total Parks property or room references. The connector does not ask for card details and does not complete payment or booking actions.

See the Total Parks Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Support

For help with Total Parks, email [email protected].