If you're looking to hire a campervan or motorhome in Australia, then you can guarantee that in your search, you will come across the company "Britz". However, before your commit to hiring anything from them, great as they are, you should at least consider some of the 60 alternative companies in the market. Below you can find out about some other well known, and not so well known alternatives.
Clearly the biggest player in the Australian motorhome hire market is the company Britz. They achieve this through their own brand of vehicles as well as the extended family brands of Kea, Maui and Mighty Campers. Together they have more vehicles than any other company. The biggest competitor to them would have to be the Apollo brand of campers. The Apollo family consists of Apollo, Cheapa Campa and Hippy Campers. Each one is positioned to go up against Britz in each market segment of superior, mid-range and budget respectively. In any research in to campervan hire in Australia, the Apollo range should be looked at as a key alternative.
If you are researching the budget camper market you will inevitably find the aforementioned Hippy and Mighty campers, however, you are also likely to come across Wicked Campers too. Wicked are a leading force in the budget campervan hire market world wide and Australia is no exception. They have a reputation of being unreliable, breaking down a lot and not really helping out in these situations. However, at the same time they have grown to be a mammoth company with depots world wide and a massive Facebook following. So, enough travellers must be happy with them to warrant this kind of expansion and love. If you are a bit worried about this reputation, then try looking at Travellers Autobarn and Awesome Campers as alternatives. Travellers Autobarn has been around since 1993 and over the last few years has been winning a plethora of awards for their service (as voted by users). Awesome has been expanding rapidly over the last couple of years suggesting that they are doing a lot of things right by their customers. They are both worth looking further in to.
But it is really the mid to upper price range where Britz is king of the campervans. So who else is worth taking a look at in this market range? Well, if, for now, we are looking an alternatives to the Apollo family as well, there are still plenty to choose from. One worth mentioning in the luxury range is Around Australia Motorhomes. This crowd doesn't skimp when it comes to vehicle quality with all their vehicles being top of the line Winnebago's to satisfy the traveller that wants everything. If you are in the luxury motorhome market for you next trip, then definitely look in to getting a price of these guys. They are family owned and large enough to have plenty of options, but small enough to care.
Another mid-range company worth mentioning is Energi Motorhomes. This company has been creeping up in reputation for some time. They don't seem to have a massive marketing machine so don't seem to come up regularly in Google searches (unless you are specifically looking for them), but they are worth the effort to look in to. Alternatively, if you are looking around at web sites that give booking results for multiple companies, then keep searching until you find a site that includes a price for Energi in the results. Until you include these guys in your search results you are not looking at the best field of options.
And one additional company to mention is Camperman Campervans. Camperman has been growing rapidly over the last couple of years, modernizing their fleet with the latest Toyota Hiace's which is the same model that all the major players use. Keep in mind, therefore, that you can get pretty much the same vehicle as the major players for a lesser price. It is something that should pique an interest when researching your campervan hire. They also have depots at all the major points along the east coast of Australia, so there is plenty of choice on where to pick up and where to drop off - just like Britz. All in all, they offer a strong alternative in the mid-priced campervan hire market, and should definitely be considered when doing price and style research.
So, if you are looking for a cheap campervan, a mid range motorhome or a luxury RV, there are definitely alternatives available to the dominant Britz range. I have only covered a handful here. If are hiring from Sydney, the largest Australian city, there are over 30 companies that have depots available to you. Make sure when researching which company to hire from, you look for a website that gives at least 20 different companies in the results for your search criteria.
Clearly the biggest player in the Australian motorhome hire market is the company Britz. They achieve this through their own brand of vehicles as well as the extended family brands of Kea, Maui and Mighty Campers. Together they have more vehicles than any other company. The biggest competitor to them would have to be the Apollo brand of campers. The Apollo family consists of Apollo, Cheapa Campa and Hippy Campers. Each one is positioned to go up against Britz in each market segment of superior, mid-range and budget respectively. In any research in to campervan hire in Australia, the Apollo range should be looked at as a key alternative.
If you are researching the budget camper market you will inevitably find the aforementioned Hippy and Mighty campers, however, you are also likely to come across Wicked Campers too. Wicked are a leading force in the budget campervan hire market world wide and Australia is no exception. They have a reputation of being unreliable, breaking down a lot and not really helping out in these situations. However, at the same time they have grown to be a mammoth company with depots world wide and a massive Facebook following. So, enough travellers must be happy with them to warrant this kind of expansion and love. If you are a bit worried about this reputation, then try looking at Travellers Autobarn and Awesome Campers as alternatives. Travellers Autobarn has been around since 1993 and over the last few years has been winning a plethora of awards for their service (as voted by users). Awesome has been expanding rapidly over the last couple of years suggesting that they are doing a lot of things right by their customers. They are both worth looking further in to.
But it is really the mid to upper price range where Britz is king of the campervans. So who else is worth taking a look at in this market range? Well, if, for now, we are looking an alternatives to the Apollo family as well, there are still plenty to choose from. One worth mentioning in the luxury range is Around Australia Motorhomes. This crowd doesn't skimp when it comes to vehicle quality with all their vehicles being top of the line Winnebago's to satisfy the traveller that wants everything. If you are in the luxury motorhome market for you next trip, then definitely look in to getting a price of these guys. They are family owned and large enough to have plenty of options, but small enough to care.
Another mid-range company worth mentioning is Energi Motorhomes. This company has been creeping up in reputation for some time. They don't seem to have a massive marketing machine so don't seem to come up regularly in Google searches (unless you are specifically looking for them), but they are worth the effort to look in to. Alternatively, if you are looking around at web sites that give booking results for multiple companies, then keep searching until you find a site that includes a price for Energi in the results. Until you include these guys in your search results you are not looking at the best field of options.
And one additional company to mention is Camperman Campervans. Camperman has been growing rapidly over the last couple of years, modernizing their fleet with the latest Toyota Hiace's which is the same model that all the major players use. Keep in mind, therefore, that you can get pretty much the same vehicle as the major players for a lesser price. It is something that should pique an interest when researching your campervan hire. They also have depots at all the major points along the east coast of Australia, so there is plenty of choice on where to pick up and where to drop off - just like Britz. All in all, they offer a strong alternative in the mid-priced campervan hire market, and should definitely be considered when doing price and style research.
So, if you are looking for a cheap campervan, a mid range motorhome or a luxury RV, there are definitely alternatives available to the dominant Britz range. I have only covered a handful here. If are hiring from Sydney, the largest Australian city, there are over 30 companies that have depots available to you. Make sure when researching which company to hire from, you look for a website that gives at least 20 different companies in the results for your search criteria.
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Hi Tim,
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning Travellers Autobarn. We really do make sure that we try and offer quality budget campervan hires throughout Australia.
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