Hiring a campervan/motorhome - newbie advice needed

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:36 pm

One of this year's race meetings is about as far away as you can get up in Wales. Well it feels that way.

So far I have used travelodges for me and Miss Ridgway to stay at the races. As this one will have a sat night BBQ as well, we fancy renting a van/motorhome for the weekend (thurs, fri, sat nights).

I am a complete camp novice (!) so have no idea what they are about. So I thought I'd ask here.

So what do you need in a campervan, what are the options and where can one hire one in Surrey? In fact can they be hired for the weekend?

Cheers
Graham

james912 · Post by **james912** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:44 pm

I have used this place before and they were very good if you fancy a retro bus or something a bit newer.

http://www.vanillasplits.com/html/home.html

Winston Teague · Post by **Winston Teague** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:43 pm

Hiring an old VW is a dangerous way to a new hobby! Do you need to tow a race car with it, if so you may struggle to find a hirer that can handle towing. Why not arrange an "extended test drive" from a dealer.......
The big questions are imho 1: how much power you want?, 2 do you need or want a bog and or shower? 3. how small a parking space do you want to use? currently asking myself these and other questions for a trip to Aus. we love our T25 over here. W

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:48 pm

We are not towing a race car, but we have a fairly long trek up to Anglesey. Also I suspect Miss Ridgway would appreciate an in-van shower rather than the circuit facilities.

So I suspect we may be hiring a more modern van.

Graham

smallspeed · Post by **smallspeed** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:15 pm

can you hire one from closer to the track? takes a bit of the "road trip" out of it, but for me i'd rather be driving my car than my sisters motorhome, so the further i can swing the bias in my favor the better

while i love the old VW campers, if you're going for a weekend you might be better getting a more modern larger motorhome with shower, kitchen, toilet, etc.. there is a place somewhere just south of oxford that does the big american ones if you want to go all out, although might be tricky around some of the welsh lanes!

gridgway · Post by **gridgway** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:18 pm

That's an interesting idea if the pickup and drop back times can be made to work!

This looked like a good starter that had stuff in it, but wouldn't be too challenging to drive through Wales!

http://www.kvmotorhomehire.co.uk/berth2.html
GRaham

myatt1972 · Post by **myatt1972** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:24 pm

Also worth thinking about the facilities at the site ie, electric hook-up , toilet emptying and so on, could have an effect on the van you hire.

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:10 am

james912 wrote:I have used this place before and they were very good if you fancy a retro bus or something a bit newer.

http://www.vanillasplits.com/html/home.html

I helped assemble some of these.

markm · Post by **markm** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:11 pm

We hired a modern california from Mark @ Kamperhire for 3 weeks last summer, http://www.kamperhire.co.uk/index.html

It accommodated the four of us very nicely indeed for a 2,100 mile trip.