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| Since 1997 IdeaMerge has helped savvy,
independent-minded people worldwide realize their unique motor travel dreams.
In this respect IdeaMerge carefully, expertly, and successfully represents
motoring options which most other agencies do not command. Inasmuch, we also command the
respect of our several, choice vendors — often allowing us to achieve for you
what you could not achieve on your own.
At IdeaMerge, customer service is more than a concept —
it's an ethic.
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| If IdeaMerge
was born on a certain day, however, it was 5 May 1993. That's the
day our founder and president Eric Bredesen landed in Paris
and took delivery of his Renault Eurodrive tax-free, short-term French auto lease (namely a Clio diesel manual transmission).
Such leases are outstanding alternatives to car rentals.
Certainly Eric's long-term, one-way itinerary called for
such lease. The trouble was, Eric (who hails from Dubuque, Iowa, USA)
had never been to
Europe, nor abroad — and he had never driven a manual transmission car!
While tentatively driving in circles inside the garage of Renault's Paris delivery
center, Eric fatefully happened to meet the president of Renault USA.
Graciously the urbane man offered Eric a cigarello and discussed with him the possibility
of procuring an automatic transmission model instead.
Eric considered but declined the suggestion, mustered his courage, and rolled
onto the streets of Paris — to the tune of
Lenny Kravitz' "Are You Gonna Go My Way?"
Before long Eric had logged tens of thousands of
miles/kilometers on European roads: France, Germany, Spain, Portugal,
Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, England, Scotland, Ireland.
In turn he wrote and self-published the
Moto Europa guide to European motor travel.
Eric holds a degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Iowa and he spent several years
working as a computer analyst for Accenture and Deustche Bank. In 1996 he applied
his technological skills and savvy to his guidebook project,
placing the entire text online for free
— where it remains (updated frequently) under the aegis of
www.IdeaMerge.com. That aegis itself became important
in 1999 when Eric made it the homepage for his newly conceived
representation of Renault Eurodrive leasing. In
conjunction with that step Eric
designed and implemented the world's first online reservation
system offering this French purchase-repurchase or buy-back
program. Quickly IdeaMerge became one of Renault's
top-selling agencies.
In 2002 IdeaMerge began selling
worldwide motorhome rentals as well. In the process,
Eric and company created one of the world's first — and still very few —
multi-vendor online motorhome hire reservation request systems.
Eric still captains IdeaMerge; and his camper rental software especially continues to be refined, elaborated and expanded as IdeaMerge adds
choice motorhome hire vendors throughout Europe —
Germany,
France,
Spain,
the Netherlands (alias Holland),
Norway,
Sweden & Finland,
England & Scotland — as
well as RV rentals in
Australia & New Zealand,
Canada,
and the United States of America (the USA is home to IdeaMerge).
… Call such a home-on-wheels what you may —
motorhome, motor home, RV, recreational vehicle, campervan,
camper van, camper, caravan, autocaravan, auto caravan, motorcaravan,
motor caravan, wohnmobile, truck camper, campingcar, camping car,
autokaravanu, auto sleeper, camp mobile, campingvogn —
and plan to start and/or end your camping holiday in
Frankfurt, Munich, Duesseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg,
Amsterdam,
Paris, Nice, Toulouse, Lyon,
Madrid, Malaga, Barcelona,
Rome,
Oslo,
Stockholm, Helsinki,
London, Glasgow, Edinburgh,
Sydney,
Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane,
Darwin,
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington,
Queenstown,
Las Vegas,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, New York,
Alaska, Whitehorse, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Halifax,
perhaps with a long-term, student, teacher, senior citizen or military discount …
IdeaMerge aims to be your one-stop shop.
Our super-responsive e-mail and
phone support personnel are
ready, willing, and truly happy to assist you.
IdeaMerge is likely the expert motor travel
agency for you. We want to be your facilitator in this respect and, insofar as necessary, your advocate.
Nonetheless we honestly manage expectations, so disappointments are carefully avoided.
Experienced, knowledgable, reasonable — IdeaMerge also has
heart.
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