Sleepervans

I am looking at renting a sleepervan versus a campervan to travel both
islands in New Zealand. Seems that it could accommodate a couple nicely
with a few less conveniences such as washroom, water and fridge which a
person can work around. Prices are considerably less which makes it bit
more attractive.

Wondering if anyone has done this and how they compare. Are they cheaper
to run (gas wise)? Seems they would be easier to handle driving on those
windy road?

Joyce,

Our trip to New Zealand will be in January. I can't speak from experience,
except to say that we did quite a lot of internet research and looked into
several companies, as well as an expeditor that was in the United States and
pretending (including the accent!) to be located in NZ. We corresponded
with several larger companies and finally received information from- Joy and
David Bishop, Affordable Campervan Hire- that was to our liking. The
company is family owned and located in Christchurch, so they do charge a
delivery charge to get the campervan to the Auckland airport. That charge
is little more than the ferry fee, I suppose. Since booking the hire, for
about a 4 week period in January, the Bishops have helped us by recommending
backpacker accomodations, ferry info, airport transport, etc.

We really like working with the "family" company.

If anyone else has contracted with them, please let me know. Right now our
instincts are that they are a good company with good customer service.



"Joyce Eberle" wrote in message
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I am looking at renting a sleepervan versus a campervan to travel both
islands in New Zealand. Seems that it could accommodate a couple nicely
with a few less conveniences such as washroom, water and fridge which a
person can work around. Prices are considerably less which makes it bit
more attractive.

Wondering if anyone has done this and how they compare. Are they cheaper
to run (gas wise)? Seems they would be easier to handle driving on those
windy road?

Joyce Eberle wrote in message
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I am looking at renting a sleepervan versus a campervan to travel both
islands in New Zealand. Seems that it could accommodate a couple nicely
with a few less conveniences such as washroom, water and fridge which a
person can work around. Prices are considerably less which makes it bit
more attractive.

Wondering if anyone has done this and how they compare. Are they cheaper
to run (gas wise)? Seems they would be easier to handle driving on those
windy road?

Also try http://www.newzealand-motorhomes.com/index.php they have huge index
of campers.
we did not end up booking through them, (due to other reasons) but they were
very helpful and can access all the hire companies and perhaps offer some
comment as to your enquiries.

We rented from Pacific Horizon in the end - found them to be very good. I
cannot comment on sleeper v other, as we had 5 people and hired a 6 berth
with everything that opened and shut.

My only reccommendation would be to stay in national parks and other
roadside stops - there are some amazingly nice places.
Traveller

[Late response. Just back from Oz.]

On November 23, Joyce Eberle wrote:
I am looking at renting a sleepervan versus a campervan to travel both
islands in New Zealand. Seems that it could accommodate a couple nicely
with a few less conveniences such as washroom, water and fridge which a
person can work around. Prices are considerably less which makes it bit
more attractive.

Wondering if anyone has done this and how they compare. Are they cheaper
to run (gas wise)? Seems they would be easier to handle driving on those
windy road?

Just out of interest, what is a 'sleepervan'? A URL to a picture would
be nice.

Yes I would be interested in knowing also

Julie

"Frank Slootweg" wrote in message
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[Late response. Just back from Oz.]

On November 23, Joyce Eberle wrote:
I am looking at renting a sleepervan versus a campervan to travel both
islands in New Zealand. Seems that it could accommodate a couple nicely
with a few less conveniences such as washroom, water and fridge which a
person can work around. Prices are considerably less which makes it bit
more attractive.

Wondering if anyone has done this and how they compare. Are they cheaper
to run (gas wise)? Seems they would be easier to handle driving on those
windy road?

Just out of interest, what is a 'sleepervan'? A URL to a picture would
be nice.

Frank Slootweg wrote:

On November 23, Joyce Eberle wrote:

I am looking at renting a sleepervan versus a campervan to travel both
islands in New Zealand. Seems that it could accommodate a couple nicely
with a few less conveniences such as washroom, water and fridge which a
person can work around. Prices are considerably less which makes it bit
more attractive.

Just out of interest, what is a 'sleepervan'? A URL to a picture would
be nice.

A sleepervan is as Joyce described them - a no-frills version of a
campervan, basically a van with bedding! Here are some pics:
http://www.rentalcars.net.nz/sleepervan.html
http://www.breakawaynz.com/display.php?PROD_ID=1419

These guys stick a bit more in the deal:
http://new-zealand-rental-cars.com/sleepvans.htm