Thread: Caravan Hire?

I found a Mauri rental that does 6--
Platinum River - 6 Berth Motorhome & Campervan Hire - Maui Australia

All the Motor Homes we have looked at only have seat belts for 6.
SWMBO & I had a long chat about the holiday last night.
We have decided that when I'm home next week we will drag out a map, decide exactly where we are going & for how long we want to stay, then 2 alternate routes between the places we want to go. Then we will work out that about 600km a day if there are towns that might have reasonably priced accommodation for us all.
If we can work it that way we will not need a van which has worked out much more expensive than I thought it would be.
I still like the idea of a van but it will not work out much cheaper than hiring cabins at caravan parks + extra fuel + extra wear on the car + things like brake controllers etc, etc.
I have suggested to SWMBO that we could just shoot a couple of the kids, they probably deserve it, but she didn't think that would be socially acceptable.
Anyway, I hope we will have a plan by the time I'm back at work, at least we have left ourselves over 12 months to get things sorted.
Thank-you all for the advice & if you have any more good ideas please let me know.
Jonesfam

You mentioned having camping gear.
I would take a trailer and the camping gear and mix camping and staying in chalets.
Worth the thought,plus having a trailer frees up a bit of precious room in the car.
Andrew

Caravan park cabins don't work out too cheap due to many of them now being set up as 'resorts' with play grounds, pools, games rooms etc - which may be good with your tribe.
However, I'd also look at (google) self contained accommodation. We recently toured Tassie for a month with another couple using SCA's and found that it worked out pretty reasonable with considerably more room than park cabins and often had use of bikes or kayaks etc.

As previously mentioned if you have camping gear mix camping and accommodation a few nights of free bush camping along the way could add to the adventure for the kids. Some of our best nights camping have been when we have found somewhere just off the road with no-one else around.

This stunning old 'van has your name written all over it

FRANKLIN FAMILY 5X BUNK 9 BERTH CARAVAN, TRI AXLE, A⁄C, ISLAND BE | Caravan | Gumtree Australia Geelong City - Geelong 3220 | 1082388570

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

This stunning old 'van has your name written all over it

FRANKLIN FAMILY 5X BUNK 9 BERTH CARAVAN, TRI AXLE, A⁄C, ISLAND BE | Caravan | Gumtree Australia Geelong City - Geelong 3220 | 1082388570

Holy crap that's a big van! Inside features are nearly identical to mine - it's just twice as long!

What a cracker.

Originally Posted by bacicat

Holy crap that's a big van! Inside features are nearly identical to mine - it's just twice as long!

What a cracker.

Being a franklin it's probably not very heavy .... maybe 1800kg ..... but imagine trying to park the damn thing and move it through tight corners in town. It would swing way more than a semi .................