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Do you have camper rental and route suggestions for the North Island??
We are thinking of renting a camper for eight days from Aukland and would
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Do you have camper rental and route suggestions for the North Island??
We rented from Pacific Horizon last week, nice people. Smaller outfit so
less process line attitude compared with one of the larger outfits we hired a car from later in the trip.. We did the South Island and a couple of days in North. I liked South better. If possible get a self contained camper (loo/shower)so you don't have to use caravan parks which are expensive and generally sub standard. You can stay in any picnic area or roadside stopover. Allow time for winding roads, ave speed will be slower than expected!! Traveller CT wrote in message news:85wfb.9770$da3.9278@edtnps84... We are thinking of renting a camper for eight days from Aukland and would appreciate any advice on rentals and possible travel plans. |
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Do you have camper rental and route suggestions for the North Island??
"CT" wrote in message news:85wfb.9770$da3.9278@edtnps84... We are thinking of renting a camper for eight days from Aukland and would appreciate any advice on rentals and possible travel plans. We had a Maui van from Wellington to Auckland. Nice van, but... radio didn't work (got it fixed for nothing on route though) horn didn't work (surely illegal) and then lost $100 on the currency exchange for the bond (over 5 days!). Still, had a great time. We stayed some nights on the road (had a 6 berth shower/toilet van) but other nights in Top10 parks- they were generally very good. Favourite area was around Mt Tarawera- the walk through the DOC park there was great. |
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Do you have camper rental and route suggestions for the North Island??
On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:50:40 GMT, "sdf" wrote:
"CT" wrote in message news:85wfb.9770$da3.9278@edtnps84... We are thinking of renting a camper for eight days from Aukland and would appreciate any advice on rentals and possible travel plans. We had a Maui van from Wellington to Auckland. Nice van, but... radio didn't work (got it fixed for nothing on route though) horn didn't work (surely illegal) This is why you MUST do a total and thorough check of everything before you sign the contract and depart the premises. and then lost $100 on the currency exchange for the bond (over 5 days!). Still, had a great time. We stayed some nights on the road (had a 6 berth shower/toilet van) but other nights in Top10 parks- they were generally very good. Favourite area was around Mt Tarawera- the walk through the DOC park there was great. |
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Do you have camper rental and route suggestions for the North Island??
On 07 Oct 2003 17:54:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg
wrote: wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:50:40 GMT, "sdf" wrote: "CT" wrote in message news:85wfb.9770$da3.9278@edtnps84... We are thinking of renting a camper for eight days from Aukland and would appreciate any advice on rentals and possible travel plans. We had a Maui van from Wellington to Auckland. Nice van, but... radio didn't work (got it fixed for nothing on route though) horn didn't work (surely illegal) This is why you MUST do a total and thorough check of everything before you sign the contract and depart the premises. No offense, but that is not really practical. You can and should check some things and perhaps even many things, but "everything" is not practical. Darn sure I would *never* sign a rental contract unless I had been over the thing inside and out including looking for little chips on the windows. As for those little scratches, dings etc, everyone gets noted on the check sheet! It does not take many more minutes to go through everything period - and we used to be regular renters [as well as I was a rental car agent myself]. If I had a vip corporate rental to go out, I'd do a check myself before the client arrived. On our four rentals we have had many 'little' things which we only discovered after we left the rental agency, even the last time when the rental agent took a lot of time and effort. In our experience the problem is often that people do not report anything when they drop off the vehicle, so the rental agency has to find the problems themselves. This is quite true and another reason why you should check everything. It pays to familiarise oneself with all the controls, the gear levers, etc etc, even where the power seat control is located/how it works [some are in the strangest places]; the heater works and the ac works, all the controls etc etc etc. We would gladly give a manual for the car upon request. You want to see someone do a check, just watch my oh - he used to travel worldwide as part of his job besides constant travel in the US. He does a more thorough check than I do. If not, the next hirer is the next victim. (Mind you, I am talking about 'little' things (which can be quite annoying and even problematic), not essential things like brakes, tyres, etc..) Don't forget once you sign that dotted line, you could be held liable for one or more of those little things! Cath |
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Do you have camper rental and route suggestions for the North Island??
wrote in message ... On 07 Oct 2003 17:54:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote: wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:50:40 GMT, "sdf" wrote: "CT" wrote in message news:85wfb.9770$da3.9278@edtnps84... We are thinking of renting a camper for eight days from Aukland and would appreciate any advice on rentals and possible travel plans. We had a Maui van from Wellington to Auckland. Nice van, but... radio didn't work (got it fixed for nothing on route though) horn didn't work (surely illegal) This is why you MUST do a total and thorough check of everything before you sign the contract and depart the premises. No offense, but that is not really practical. You can and should check some things and perhaps even many things, but "everything" is not practical. Darn sure I would *never* sign a rental contract unless I had been over the thing inside and out including looking for little chips on the windows. As for those little scratches, dings etc, everyone gets noted on the check sheet! It does not take many more minutes to go through everything period - and we used to be regular renters [as well as I was a rental car agent myself]. If I had a vip corporate rental to go out, I'd do a check myself before the client arrived. On our four rentals we have had many 'little' things which we only discovered after we left the rental agency, even the last time when the rental agent took a lot of time and effort. In our experience the problem is often that people do not report anything when they drop off the vehicle, so the rental agency has to find the problems themselves. This is quite true and another reason why you should check everything. It pays to familiarise oneself with all the controls, the gear levers, etc etc, even where the power seat control is located/how it works [some are in the strangest places]; the heater works and the ac works, all the controls etc etc etc. We would gladly give a manual for the car upon request. You want to see someone do a check, just watch my oh - he used to travel worldwide as part of his job besides constant travel in the US. He does a more thorough check than I do. If not, the next hirer is the next victim. (Mind you, I am talking about 'little' things (which can be quite annoying and even problematic), not essential things like brakes, tyres, etc..) Don't forget once you sign that dotted line, you could be held liable for one or more of those little things! We weren't held liable, it was just the trouble/time of going to the repair place for several hours (we reported the non-working items by phone within 2 hours of taking the van). We had gone over the van and recorded every chip, dent etc- next time I'll try all the electricals too! So we didn't actually get docked any money- they refunded the entire $5000 NZ bond. It was apparently the enchange rates with the Aussie dollar that lost us money- over $100 for a 5 day rental. Seemed a bit excessive. Anyone else lost on the enchange rates (or gained!?) |
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On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 22:26:01 GMT, "sdf" wrote:
wrote in message .. . On 07 Oct 2003 17:54:00 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote: wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 11:50:40 GMT, "sdf" wrote: "CT" wrote in message news:85wfb.9770$da3.9278@edtnps84... We are thinking of renting a camper for eight days from Aukland and would appreciate any advice on rentals and possible travel plans. We had a Maui van from Wellington to Auckland. Nice van, but... radio didn't work (got it fixed for nothing on route though) horn didn't work (surely illegal) This is why you MUST do a total and thorough check of everything before you sign the contract and depart the premises. No offense, but that is not really practical. You can and should check some things and perhaps even many things, but "everything" is not practical. Darn sure I would *never* sign a rental contract unless I had been over the thing inside and out including looking for little chips on the windows. As for those little scratches, dings etc, everyone gets noted on the check sheet! It does not take many more minutes to go through everything period - and we used to be regular renters [as well as I was a rental car agent myself]. If I had a vip corporate rental to go out, I'd do a check myself before the client arrived. On our four rentals we have had many 'little' things which we only discovered after we left the rental agency, even the last time when the rental agent took a lot of time and effort. In our experience the problem is often that people do not report anything when they drop off the vehicle, so the rental agency has to find the problems themselves. This is quite true and another reason why you should check everything. It pays to familiarise oneself with all the controls, the gear levers, etc etc, even where the power seat control is located/how it works [some are in the strangest places]; the heater works and the ac works, all the controls etc etc etc. We would gladly give a manual for the car upon request. You want to see someone do a check, just watch my oh - he used to travel worldwide as part of his job besides constant travel in the US. He does a more thorough check than I do. If not, the next hirer is the next victim. (Mind you, I am talking about 'little' things (which can be quite annoying and even problematic), not essential things like brakes, tyres, etc..) Don't forget once you sign that dotted line, you could be held liable for one or more of those little things! We weren't held liable, it was just the trouble/time of going to the repair place for several hours (we reported the non-working items by phone within 2 hours of taking the van). We had gone over the van and recorded every chip, dent etc- next time I'll try all the electricals too! Excellent idea to phone in any complaint including the smallest ones! If they don't have a 1-800 freely advertised do ask if they have one! If not, ask what after hours phone number/s are to be used. It is imperative that you have a contact phone number 24-7. Electricals - I often wonder how many prep peeps actually check these things out - they probably don't! I know our guys didn't. I couldn't think of anything worse than to be in the middle of the boondocks in unfamiliar terriotory and find the headlights don't work! So we didn't actually get docked any money- they refunded the entire $5000 NZ bond. It was apparently the enchange rates with the Aussie dollar that lost us money- over $100 for a 5 day rental. Seemed a bit excessive. Anyone else lost on the enchange rates (or gained!?) The NZ dollar is a "floating dollar" and can fluctuate considerably. I could call the bank and be told it was worth x amount to cash US$ but by the time I got there 10 mins later, it had changed. Cath |
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