The pick-up/return depots for the DRM vehicles are located at Berlin, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. The one-way costs for DRM rentals between these depots are quite high, as our online software will delineate.

The DRM depot addresses and contact numbers are as follows (drop the leading zero if dialing from outside Germany):

You can visit www.maps.google.com to generate your own interactive maps of these locations. The headquarters in Munich can be reached at the following numbers: tel. (+49) 08121 995-0, fax 08121 995-19.

Pick-up (or return) is not possible directly at airports, city centers (i.e., downtowns) or rail stations. You must make your own way to the depot locations. Any indications to the contrary are misleading. These depots are open for standard pick-up Monday–Friday, 3 pm to 4 pm (i.e. weekday afternoons; until 5 pm April–September); and (for an EUR75 surcharge) on Saturdays, 10 am to 11 am (except during the period October–March, when the depots are closed on Saturdays). They are open for standard return Monday–Friday, 9 am to 10 am (i.e. weekday mornings); and (again, for an EUR75 surcharge) on Saturdays, 10 am to 11 am (again, except during the period October–March, when the depots are closed on Saturdays). A non-standard pick-up time entails an extra night's worth of cost. The same is true of a non-standard return time. (The vendor accounts for cost according to standard pick-up and return times so that most vehicles can be prepared during regular business hours and delivered to a client on the same day that the vehicle is returned by the previous client. Thus the vendor doesn't lose out on renting that vehicle for that night.)

Generally the depots are open Monday–Friday 9 am to 5 pm, although in the duration April–September they open at 8 am and close at 6 pm and are open Saturdays 9 am to 11 am. Actual pick-up and return times, however, are constrained along the lines indicated in the previous paragraph.

A thorough explanation and demonstration of the rental vehicle will be provided upon pick-up. This orientation, together with completion of the relevant paperwork, requires approximately one hour.

You are welcome to transport your rented vehicle by ferry and/or the Channel Tunnel.

Again, see our "Insurance, etc." page for more details concerning the included insurance.

Motorhome and campervan rentals in Germany are considerably less expensive than anywhere else in Europe. Indeed, you should strongly consider starting and ending your motorhome/campervan tour in Germany — even if the bulk of your itinerary lies elsewhere. Germany lends its outstanding vehicles, and its central location and leading international airport at Frankfurt to tours of the more extended parts of Europe, including Scandinavia (now much more accessible, via a bridge between Denmark and Sweden), Eastern Europe and Greece (where, yes, the included insurance is effective), neighboring France, the Alps and Italy.