Hiring a campervan for next year

[Spacey]

I am thinking of hiring a campervan for next year but don't want to commit until I know if I have a ticket and who's going with me. Does anyone know how late you can leave it before all the campervans in the world are booked up for Glastonbury weekend?

Edited July 8, 2015 by Spacey

[The Nal]

Just call a few places on the weekend before the festival and you'll be fine

[The Placid Casual]

These are pretty good. You can actually park these in the site too!

[ManchesterGlasto]

I want to do the same. So following with interest.

[The Nal]

Here!

[Spacey]

Here!

Thanks missed that.

Would be interested to know if everyone gets booked up very early

Edited July 8, 2015 by Spacey

[The Nal]

Thanks missed that.

Would be interested to know if everyone gets booked up very early

 

Very much so yep

[ThomThomDrum]

You can put a deposit down with some. If you are lucky you may find a place that does refundable deposits 

[ManchesterGlasto]

Can you recommend anywhere that does refundable deposits?

[neil999]

Be prepared to pay alot more than your thought you would

[Spacey]

Looks like they charge more for Glastonbury week.

[Funkyfairy!]

Looks like they charge more for Glastonbury week.

 

Lots of them charge more as they hire Saturday - saturday so effectively you are taking two weeks and the chances of them back to back hiring are slimmer

 

Plus its Glastonbury and supply outweighs demand

[Funkyfairy!]

I reckon you would get a van no problem if you rung around immediately after ticket day (if you're lucky) - had friends get vans much later with no probs at all

 

By a few months before you will/may have a lot more pain !

[balti-pie]

Find a mate, or someone local to you, and borrow/rent it off em, it's the only way. It might even be worth tapping on a neighbours door if they've got one, and taking them out for a couple of beers and a chat.

[Mardy]

slippery slope, I think we're hiring one for End of the Road this year. Can I go back to camping after that?

[carlosj]

slippery slope, I think we're hiring one for End of the Road this year. Can I go back to camping after that?

you may struggle. Trailer tents are not cabin luggage for you, but others may find them for sale for the same price as a cv hire, as an option.

[Dillyblue]

We hire a campervan from the same company every year on a pay a deposit now and pay in full later system.

They have reserved us a van for next year (T day fingers crossed!) but did say that the Grand Prix at Silverstone dates clash for 2016 with Glasto so lots of pressure/decisions on them as to who they will support! Perhaps others the same.

Just a thought, worth perhaps finding a company asap who will take a deposit if you wanted to go down that route.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I suppose it's a how long is a bit of string question but what sort of prices do these hire companies charge?

[mandolin]

We rented one in 2010 & 2011, both 3 berths and both years from the same place. They were a bit wrecked (before we got them!) and needed running "repairs" such as me holding on to the wing mirror all the way home while Mr Mandolin was driving in 2011. We paid somewhere around 650 the first year and 800 the second. That guy went out of business by 2013 and the cheapest we could find was 1200 for a similar sized but newer one - we didn't go ahead with it because we ended up not trusting the website we got the quote from. Haven't tried since but hope that's in some way helpful, Yog.

[balti-pie]

I suppose it's a how long is a bit of string question but what sort of prices do these hire companies charge?

You're looking at upwards of £700 for a week, and it can be extremely upwards of that. So all told a grand for seven days hire, various collision damage waivers and cleaning charges etc, and a good £500 deposit at least too. Not cheap. £200 to a mate for a lendsies is much more appealing!

[Crystal Waters]

Lots of them charge more as they hire Saturday - saturday so effectively you are taking two weeks and the chances of them back to back hiring are slimmer

 

Plus its Glastonbury and supply outweighs demand

This is what we have been told too.

We paid £1300 for ours this year .... we actually had the van for 10 days rather than the duration of the festival only. Sadly, I didn't have enough annual leave to take advantage of the extra days.

Something worth bearing in mind is that some small operators might offer a cheaper price but the larger operators at least have access to more vehicles. In 2013, we arrived to collect the van and found we'd be given one much larger than we had ordered. The previous hirer of the van we should have been given had an accident in it so it was unusable. We'd have been let down if they hadn't had another van to give us.

[Swine_Glasto2014]

I would suggest doing what another person said, ask a mate too borrow or a neighbor.

I keep my van at work and had a note on my windscreen a few months ago asking if I would rent my van out.

I declined because I didn't know who the person was and my van is my escape from the bollox of the week.

A neighbour or a friend might be different

Edited July 8, 2015 by Swine_Glasto2014

[Crystal Waters]

I would suggest doing what another person said, ask a mate too borrow or a neighbor.

I keep my van at work and had a note on my windscreen a few months ago asking if I would rent my van out.

I declined because I didn't know who the person was and my van is my escape from the bollox of the week.

A neighbour or a friend might be different

This would be the perfect solution. I only know one person who has one - and they take it to Glastonbury. It'd be a bit mean of me to hope they fail on T day!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Thanks for the information mandolin + balti-pie + Crystal Waters.

 

Some of those figures are eye wateringly steep. We have a two berth campervan already and will probably be trying to get tickets for Glastonbury next year. My wife has indicated that if she were to go again then it would have to be in the campervan (campervan and entry tickets permitting). This would be a novel experience for me as I have only ever camped before. It would also mean having a partial festival away from friends which would be weird.

[Neville Street]

An idea to put in the mix is buy a caravan on eBay or gumtree for a few hundred pounds and sell it afterwards. Need a towbar, but worth thinking about.