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Your motorhome will include the following items by default, i.e. at no extra charge: sleeping bags with liners, pillows, all kitchen utensils and cooking accessories, mops, cloths, kitchen/toilet starter pack (cleaning fluid, toilet paper, toilet chemicals), two 6 kg gas bottles (one full, the other partially full), UK/European maps and campsite guides, first aid kit, fire extinguisher, and smoke/gas detector.

All the RVs feature driver's cabin (i.e. dash, engine-powered) air conditioning, radio CD player, TV/DVD player, microwave oven, large electric panoramic rooflight, and reversing sensors and/or cameras. All are right-hand drive (RHD) and have a manual transmission.

The rental includes unlimited kilometers, zero-excess (i.e. zero-deductible) insurance covering two drivers, plus RAC and manufacturer's UK emergency breakdown cover.

And all rates include the value-added tax (VAT).

However, if you want your England-based motorhome or camper van rental to include any of the following, you must order such extras upon placing a reservation. Our online order software will prompt you in this regard. Note: GBP stands for Great Britain Pounds (£s).

transfer to and/or from the rental depot: see below

child safety seats*: free of charge, on request

220 V, 2 kW air conditioning (i.e. "habitation" a/c): 15 GBP per night (Group C & E only; standard on Group F)

Ireland emergency breakdown cover (obligatory for travel to Ireland): 7 GBP per night (whole rental duration)

continental emergency breakdown cover (obligatory for travel to continent; covers Ireland too): 10 GBP per night (whole rental duration)

camping table: 0.50 GBP per night

camping chair: 0.15 GBP per night

gazebo (i.e. open-sided tent-shelter): 0.50 GBP per night

gas grill (i.e. barbeque): 20 GBP per rental

full bedding (duvet, cover, sheet, 2 pillows & cases) and 2 hand and 2 bath towels: 20 GBP per set per rental

towel set (bath towel, 2 hand towels): 7 GBP per set per rental

bicycle & helmet for adult: 25 GBP per adult per week (maximum of 4)

bicycle & helmet for child: 15 GBP per adult per week (maximum of 4)

bicycle rack: 20 GBP per rental (carries up to 4 bicycles)

4* generator: 50 GBP per rental

GPS navigation for UK only: 5 GBP per night

GPS navigation for UK, Ireland & Europe: 7 GBP per night

Transfer to and/or from the rental depot available for a charge. An associate will meet the clients at a specified meeting point (in an airport, train station, bus station, etc) and transfer the clients (up to 6 adults and their luggage) to the rental depot. For instance, the one-way charges for typical such transfers to the London-area depot are: GBP 45 from Heathrow (20 minutes west), GBP 60 from Gatwick (35 minutes) or Luton, GBP 90 from Stanstead. To the Manchester depot from Manchester airport (25 minutes) costs GBP 45.

One-way rentals are possible between London and Manchester for GBP 200, and to the continent for a negotiable price on the order of GBP 1 per mile (GBP 0.60 per kilometer).

* Child safety and booster seats:

We can address these safety devices in terms of law or, more wisely, in terms of one or another more general and more conservative (i.e. child-conserving) consensus about child safety. Nevertheless please note that IdeaMerge is neither obligated nor qualified to present to clients nor to the general public the full set of relative laws nor the letter of those individual laws; the comments below, whether about law or consensus are merely intended to indicate the nature of the general issue of child motor vehicle safety. In many cases (such as Canada and the United States) the law applies based on the state, province or territory in which the vehicle is registered or in which a particular rental commences. In Canada such law is strictest in Quebec and in Ontario. Which is to say, these are the only provincial units in Canada that require booster seats. The general North American consensus considers booster seats necessary for children weighing 18–36 kg (40–80 lbs), forward-facing safety seats necessary for children weighing 9–18 kg (20–40 lbs), and rear-facing infant seats necessary for children weighing up to 9 kg (20 lbs). Age-wise these ranges correspond to 4.5 years through 7 years, 1 year up to 4.5 years, and 0 years up to 1 year. In Germany however, the high-end figure is extremely conservative, in the sense noted above. German law puts this figure at up to 12 years or up to 1.5 m tall (4 ft. 11 in.); moreover, children under age of 10 may not travel in the front passenger seat of a car, the exceptions being: (a) a child younger than 1 year old seated in a rear-facing safety seat, (b) a vehicle with no rear seats or seats that temporarily cannot be used, and (c) a situation in which all rear seats are already occupied by children under 10 years old. French law puts said high-end figure at up to 10 years. The law in England and the rest of the United Kingdom is as strict as German law regarding said high-end booster-seat figure (12 years or up to 1.5 m tall); but the lower threshold for booster seat use is rendered somewhat lower: 3 years instead of 4.5 years. In Ontario a child need not use a safety seat if (a) his/her weight is over 36 kg (40 lbs) or (b) his/her age is over 8 years (i.e. he/she has turned 8 years old) or (c) his/her height is over 1.45 m (4 ft. 9 in.).… Generally a rear-facing safety seat should not be used in a seat equipped with a functional frontal airbag. Also generally speaking, children under 12 years old should sit in a rear seat.… In the context of the whole IdeaMerge Website it is appropriate to address a few more specific cases. The state of Washington in the USA is relatively strict: children up to 1 year old or less than 20 lbs must be seated in a rear-facing infant seat; children from 1 year old through 3 years old or 20–40 lbs must be seated in a forward-facing child seat; and children from 4 years old through 5 years old or 40–60 lbs must be seated in a booster seat (in the rear if the front passenger seat is equipped with an airbag). In the state of Oregon children from 0 through 3 years old or less than 40 lbs must be seated in a child seat, and children 4 years old through 5 years old or 40–60 lbs must be seated in a booster seat. In the state of California, children from 0 through 5 years old or less than 60 lbs must be seated in an appropriate child seat, perhaps a booster seat. In the state of Nevada children from 0 through 3 years old or weighing less than 40 lbs must be seated in a child seat. In the state of Colorado, children from 0 up to 1 year old or weighing less than 20 lbs must be seated in a rear-facing child seat; children from 1 year through 3 years old or 20–40 lbs must be seated in a front-facing child seat; and children from 4 through 5 years or less than 55 in. tall must be seated in a booster seat. In the state of New Jersey, a child 0 through 17 months old must be seated in a child seat; a child 18 months through 4 years old must be seated in a child seat if riding in front; and a child less than 8 years old or less than 80 lbs should sit in the rear, if rear seating is available.… In Australia a child from 0 up to 1 year old must be seated in a child seat, and this seat must be fitted with a top tether that is in turn attached to a suitable mounting point on the vehicle; other constraints apply per territory, but the general rules noted above should nevertheless be applied and are typically indicated by vehicle rental vendors. In New Zealand a child from 0 through 4 years old must be seated in an appropriate safety seat; a child from 5 through 7 years old must if seated in front be seated in a booster seat or, we are told, secured with an adult safety belt (although this latter option seems too lax); and again the general rules noted above should neverthless be applied and are typically indicated by vehicle rental vendors.