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The RV rental pick-up/return depots are located at Denver*, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York (New Jersey, actually), and San Francisco.

The minimum official motorhome rental duration is 7 nights.

One-way motorhome rentals are possible between these depots for the following fees:

  • San Franciso to / from Los Angeles for US$ 200
  • Las Vegas to / from California for US$ 200
  • Las Vegas to Denver for US$ 300
  • Denver to Las Vegas for US$ 400
  • California to Denver for US$ 300
  • Denver to California for US$ 400
  • between the other depots for US$ 600 (US$ 700 after 15 March 2008)
  • to other major US cities (per request) for up to US$ 1200
  • * No one-way motorhome hire fee for: motorhomes traveling one-way from New York/Jersey or Denver or Las Vegas to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, or San Francisco with pick-up and drop-off April 2008 through May 2008. No one-way motorhome hire fee for: motorhomes traveling one-way from New York/Jersey or Denver to Las Vegas or Los Angeles with pick-up and drop-off in October 2008.
  • Our online reservation software accounts for such itineraries and fees.

    IMPORTANT: motorhome rental clients arriving on flights from overseas are not allowed to pick-up their motorhome on the day their flight arrives, this constraint being imposed by Road Bear RV's insurance company in recognition of the naturally fatigued state of such clients upon their flight arrival.

    Shuttle transfer is offered 11 am to 1 pm only free of charge from/to the relevant airport and airport area hotels — i.e. departing the rental depot at about 11:00 am, arriving at the airport about 11:30 am – 12:00 noon, and returning to the rental depot by about 1:00 pm — and to/from the Las Vegas "strip"; but it is not offered to/from Manhattan nor to/from New York's JFK and Laguardia airports (only to/from the nearby Newark, New Jersey, airport, i.e. EWR, and its airport hotels), and it costs US $35 to/from certain locations in the other metropolitan areas. Clients opting for such transfer should telephone the depot the day prior to the pick-up day, to finalize and confirm plans. The complimentary permitted amount of luggage the shuttle will take is in accordance with the airline regulations: two suitcases weighing no more than 50 pounds (23 kilograms) plus two pieces of hand luggage per person. Excessive luggage is the client's responsibility.

    Note: for motorhome travel soft-sided or collapsable bags are the best sort to use.

    Motorhome rental pick-up (or return) is not possible directly at locations other than the depots.

    The motorhome rental depots are open for pick-up Monday–Friday, noon to 4 pm, i.e. weekdays in the afternoon; and on Saturdays from noon to 1 pm and perhaps (by special appointment) later on Saturdays. Morning pick-up is not bookable. The depots are open for standard return Monday–Saturday, 8 am to 10:30 am, i.e. mornings. A non-standard return time (i.e. an afternoon return) entails an extra night's worth of cost, and a Saturday afternoon return entails charge for Sunday night as well. The Road Bear RV imposes these standards such that most of its motorhomes can be prepared during regular business hours and delivered to a client on the same day that the motorhome is returned by the previous client. Thus the vendor doesn't lose out on renting that motorhome for that night. A Saturday afternoon return means the vendor doesn't have time to prepare and rent the motorhome to someone else for Saturday night; and because the vendor is closed Sundays, the vendor cannot rent the motorhome Sunday night too. The IdeaMerge software accounts for non-standard pick-up and non-standard return times.

    A fee of US$ 30 per hour or US$ 300 per night applies to late return of the motorhome. The depots are closed during certain holidays, which are accounted for by our online reservation software.

    Road Bear RV provides free storage of luggage at the rental depot (but at the client's risk). Again, for motorhome travel soft-sided or collapsable bags are the best sort to use.

    If you want to park a car at or near the motorhome rental depot for the duration of your camper rental, please contact the depot directly a day or so before your rental, this to learn whether they happen to have room. Such parking is generally at the client's risk.

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

    Travel with the rental motorhome to Alaska, the Yukon, or the NW Territories requires authorization from the vendor. The vendor does not allow travel into Death Valley from 15 June through 15 September. Travel into Mexico is not allowed.

    Where/when the ambient temperatures of the low-altitude regions near the depot are expected to be below the freezing point during a client's rental, the motorhome will be delivered to the client with its water/waste system drained, hence neither the sink, the shower nor the toilet can be used; and if the client re-hydrates this system during the rental and returns the motorhome as such, a USD100 fee will be charged to the client upon return. In contrast, if such temperatures will or may be encountered only at higher altitudes or otherwise sporadically during a client's rental duration the motorhome may or will, respectively, be delivered to the client with its water/waste system hydrated. Regardless, in all cases the client is responsible for any damage to the water/waste system due to freezing. Which is to say, the client should be sure the water/waste system is drained of water before using the motorhome where that water system might freeze. Of course upon the pick-up occasion the vendor can provide instruction regarding the draining and rehydration of that system. In this light note that the Denver depot is closed December through February.

    The Road Bear RV motorhome rental depot addresses and contact numbers are as follows:

  • Denver*: 7685 Dahlia Street, Commerce City (Denver suburb), CO 80022, tel. (+01) 720 570 1100. The depot is 20 miles (33 km) from Denver DEN airport, 15 miles (25 km) from downtown Denver.
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  • Las Vegas: 4730 Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, NV 89121, tel. (+01) 702 450 1109. The depot is 5 miles (8 km) from Las Vegas LAS airport, 7 miles (12 km) from downtown Las Vegas.
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  • Los Angeles: 28404 Roadside Drive, Agoura Hills (LA suburb), CA 91301, tel. (+01) 818 865 2925, fax (+01) 818 991 2744. The depot is 40 miles (67 km) from Los Angeles LAX airport (free shuttle service from Road Bear; see above) 30 miles (50 km) from Marina del Ray and Venice, 25 miles (42 km) from Santa Monica, 35 miles (58 km) from downtown Los Angeles (no paid shuttle service from Road Bear), 35 miles (58 km) from Burbank BUR airport (no paid shuttle service from Road Bear; although domestic flights into Burbank are often cheap), 70 miles (117 km) from Anaheim/Disenyland (no paid shuttle service from Road Bear). The nearest car rental stations are Avis, Budget and Hertz in Thousand Oaks. For bicycle rental near the depot, contact the Newbury Park Bicycle Shop.
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  • New York: 42 Highway 36, Middletown (near New York City), NJ 07748, tel. (+01) 732 495 0959. The depot is 35 miles (58 km) from the Newark EWR airport (free shuttle service from Road Bear; see above), 50 miles (83 km) from Manhattan (no paid shuttle service from Road Bear), 60 miles (100 km) from New York's JFK and LGA airports (no paid shuttle service from Road Bear), Hertz has a car rental depot in Middletown; one-way from New York City should cost about US$ 65, this compared to 4–8 passenger limousine service for about US$ 120–160. You can travel by train from New York City’s Pennsylvania Station to Middletown, New Jersey, on the North Jersey Coast Line: www.njtransit.com. Here’s a direct link to a useful map of that New Jersey transit system. A good resource regarding connections to/from Newark airport (airport code EWR; here the vendor’s shuttle can pick you up at about 11:30 am) is http://gonyc.about.com/cs/airlinesairports/a/getto_ewr.htm. There’s also www.nyctourist.com/travel_newark.htm. A good resource for information on New York City public transport is www.mta.nyc.ny.us.
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    Regarding campgrounds, one of the best resources is www.woodalls.com/search/camp/index.cfm. There’s also www.gocampingamerica.com and http://camping.about.com/cs/campgrounds/a/newjersey.htm and http://camping.about.com/cs/campgrounds/a/newyork.htm and www.newjerseycampgrounds.com/Default.php. Please don’t forget the many relevant links on IdeaMerge’s USA “Resources” page (at left).
     
  • San Francisco: 847 Industrial Parkway West, Hayward (San Francisco suburb), CA 94544, tel. (+01) 510 247 1119. The depot is 25 miles (42 km) from San Francisco SFO airport (free shuttle service from Road Bear; see above), 15 miles (25 km) from Oakland OAK airport (free shuttle service from Road Bear; see above), 30 miles (50 km) from downtown San Francisco, 3 miles (5 km) from the nearest BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) metro station (free shuttle service from Road Bear; see above). The journey between that BART station and downtown San Francisco via the SFO airport takes 75 minutes and costs about US$ 7 per person.
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  • You can visit mapquest.com to generate your own interactive maps.

    * Again, the Road Bear RV Denver depot is closed December–February.