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The moderators have received a complaint about traders promoting their services on this thread.
In the interests of maintaining an ubiased reply to the O/P we would appreciate it in any members with a commercial interest in motorhome hire would desist from making any further posts.
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Just a response to tugs points - after which i will keep quiet and refrain from giving any advice to anyone.
I apologise to tug if he felt i was promoting anything - i do not promote things ever but do fight the corner for the honest operator when everyone advises them as being rogues that are after your van to make lots of money and rip you off!.
There are many companies that put massive amounts of time and effort and money into making sure everything is as good as it can possibly be - it does get a little insulting when you then get portrayed as cowboys! Although many feel that it is not their cup of tea - it hardly gives an objective answer to a question regarding hiring does it?
I may have gone a little overboard, but was trying to emphasise what effort goes into a good operation - not mine - any good operation.
I have never put any other company down, i never mention names at all, even those that clearly raise my shackles! - yes there are cowboys, and the advice is the same time and time again - research the company and take time on your decision - that motorhome may be all you have in the world. There are so many 'bad' stories and accounts out there. I do not promote or ask them to join us, nor contact anyone promoting anything - just state that there are good and bad and to research carefully!
I do not mean to lead anyone to our website - I have never hired to anyone through this site, and do not have any members on our list. Inclusive items are not on there as they are inclusive - we make no fuss about it. Higher damage reflects EU travel with higher risk and is set by insurers. If we wish to advertise we would buy a space and sponser the website! We do not advertise on the hire company list either as it would be a conflict of interest - you either post socially or advertise through sponsership of the site. I post socially, so do not advertise here.
Just as a point also, sub contract vans cost us money - we make little if anything out of them due to the extra work involved. For this reason we never actively seek these out - people may ask advice, and as always - research until you are happy and don't be afraid to ask questions to that company rep. It is YOUR van, Your investment! At no time do I ever suggest coming with us - quite frankly I am too busy to travel round the country assessing vehicles. It is time consuming.
I do make those aware of liability etc, as there are many who wish to hire their own vehicle and may not be aware of the legalities. Health and Safety is a minefeild and all must be done correctly, You must be able to produce lots of paperwork at the drop of a hat by law - there is a sue culture out there as well - it is all free advice, nothing more. But if it stops one person falling foul then it is all good, it helps people at the stage were it is just an idea know what is involved.
I also do declare i am a business due to a previous post complaining of companies not disclosing themselves - so i do clearly. It is not advertising, just being honest so everyone knows!
In answer to the helpful piece of string response - twice the distance from the middle to one end
I reckon you could probably expect to hire out your van for 50% of the school holidays ie 3 weeks summer, 1 week Easter, 1 week winter - assuming it is
A - affordable
B - drivable by Joe Average (less than 3500Kg)
C - fully equipped and in good nick
D - available
We hired before we bought but it was so expensive we bought early (originally meant to buy for retirement)
In answer to the helpful piece of string response - twice the distance from the middle to one end
I reckon you could probably expect to hire out your van for 50% of the school holidays ie 3 weeks summer, 1 week Easter, 1 week winter - assuming it is
A - affordable
B - drivable by Joe Average (less than 3500Kg)
C - fully equipped and in good nick
D - available
We hired before we bought but it was so expensive we bought early (originally meant to buy for retirement)
Cheers
Dave
Sorry if you thought my reply was "helpful" but it was simply meant to indicate that there is no such thing as an average hire season any more than there is an average length of string.
However you clearly have a short average length of string. If that was a typical hire regime nobody would do it.
Seasons vary greatly - this time last year our van was already booked for twice your average in just 3 bookings, this year it isn't anywhere near that yet. Last year the season ran from May to October, it doesn't start until June this year (so far).
Luckily hiring isn't intended to make us a profit just offset our costs, so anything we get is a bonus and hopefully we will actually get to use it ourselves for more than the 3 days we managed in 2010.
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