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Hello,

We have now decided we would like to hire a campervan or something similar... you know the vans with the pop-up roofs and has a small stove top and mini fridge in it (no toilet or shower) like to old VW Combi vans. The problem is I have searched for days on the Internet and cannot find any hire companies that do something like this, I have found the California VW from a couple of companies.. but am told this is quite a bit larger then the old campervans.. which would make it difficult to travel in the little villages that we want to go to (so I am told)

So I'm hoping someone can point me in the direction of a hire company.. that hires what I am after..

Thanks

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You might start with the German Automobile Association ADAC:

http://www.adac.de/Autovermietung/Wohnmobile/default.asp?ComponentID=165619&SourcePageID=69193

No English page though. Phone: + 49 - 89 - 76 76 21 16

The California VW will be fine, I don't know of any campervan for rent that would be smaller (no one rents out these "old" campervans you wrote about, who would take the responsibility for breakdowns?). Production of the vans you might think about ("hippie van") was ceased around 1979. The VW California is the successor of the vans you probably wrote about.

There should be no problem with the villages as it's not larger than a normal car. Europeans do have to drive through these villages as well ;)

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The more modern equivalent to the old T1 (split screen) is the T4. There are plenty of them around.
But there are also other brands that have popup tops.
Toyota, Mazda are just tow that come to mind.


"Slow down; travel less and see more" wise advise from ribeira_sacra
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Hi Sacra

Thanks for your response, but can you give me some companies or websites that hire these out... as that is my problem I can't find anywhere that I can rent them from?

Hi Mattoni.

Thanks for your reply very helpful :)

Thankds

Patrizio

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This is the current model (T4): http://www.nextcar.com.au/i.vw.california.silver.05nov.jpg

These are available for hire.

This is the previous model: http://camper-blog.com/__oneclick_uploads/2007/09/wohnmobil-westfalia-ausbau.jpg

This is the older "hippie van" model: http://www.aidan.co.uk/md/VwVanBBJ6508.jpg

The latter are too old to hire out, unless you find someone who does this privately.

Please post a picture of what you are looking for, I still cannot understand what you are up to. There are no smaller campervents to rent.

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The OP simply wants someone to give him some websites that hire campervans. ANY campervan. I think he has now realized that the Calfornia would be fine but he can't find anywhere to hire one of them or a Toyota or a Mazda for that matter.

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#5: OP wrote:

The problem is I have searched for days on the Internet and cannot find any hire companies that do something like this, I have found the California VW from a couple of companies..

Apparently, OP already found what is available on the market, but nevertheless wanted something smaller and did yet not agree to that there is none.

Anyway, we're not toothpicking here:

http://www.erento.co.uk/hire/vehicles-boats-aircraft/campers-motorhomes-caravans/motorhome/?formSend=SearchList&land=3

OP, try to google "Wohnmobil Vermietung", shows many German companies like http://www.wohnmobilvermietung.de/ that have VW California (try babelfish to translate the pages and come back if you need further help).

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