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We'd like to hire a motorhome to see if it would suit our family and the type of holidays we have, before potentially considering purchasing one. I've been looking into the cost of hiring a 4/5 berth motorhome for a week in august and the cost is coming out at around £900, which I was a little surprised by. My question is, are they worth it? Does anyone else on here hire one regularly or do you just hire it once to find out if you like it then buy one?  

These people are a bit more sensible with their prices  CLICKY  LINKY

 - and yes, it is worth it. The only danger is that having done it you'll be looking to buy one or build your own

Beware the insurance excesses.  I have looked into it recently too and the excesses are huge!  One company was £1,200.

Ali

Thanks for the link happybonzo - their luxury fleet look lovely! Prefer the prices of the budget fleet though!  They look like a nice company to deal with.

Thanks for the insurance tip snowy - that's a scarily massive excess!

Gotta remember that if you`re hiring something that cost well over £40,000 new they have to get the cost back somehow, so it`ll never be cheap to hire. I looked at hiring a couple of years back, a decent quality 4 berth coachbuilt was between £600 and £1000 depending on time of year (skool hols)

Look at the price of a hire boat on the Norfolk Broads, very similar money for something decent.

I would recommend paying the money for something good as a try-out, if you hire some old shed it`ll knock the enjoyment out of your hols before you have started, and may well put you off the whole thing entirely. Seen plenty people do this with tenting, how many people have you talked to that`s had a bad experience in a leaky tent that`s put them off for life? (or their missus says "no way" after having had a cold wet weekend during their Girl Guides years?)

Hello Superjules,

Try Rainham motor caravans tel 01708 864239.

A man called Steve say Terry&Ann sent you.

We have bought moterhomes from him and he is the nicest man and fair.

I think they have web site and I know they hire vans out.

Just a thought, but does anyone hire out older motor homes? After all, that's what most people end up buying.  It's all very well hiring a lovely new one, but it's not going to compare all that well to one that's a decade old.  Someone out there will know, I'm sure?

Sharon

That's a really good point actually Sharon. The new ones are lovely but we're certainly not going to be in a position to buy anything like that.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this thread, I will follow up your suggestions.