Compare Car Hire and Campervan RentalRELOCATE a Motorhome, Campervan or 4 Wheel Drive rental in Australia or New Zealand and pay as little as $5 a day and even receive free fuel!
That's right, in order to re-position their vehicles where demand is greatest, rental companies are happy to charge a notional rental rate and in some instances even throw in free fuel. For those with flexible travel plans there's no cheaper way to explore Australia or New Zealand. Of course with an offer this good there are some conditions. Updated on a daily basis, details on the latest relocation deals can be found below.
Rental companies frequently need to move and relocate campervans around the country. These one way rentals can be due to seasonal changes or because demand for vehicles is greater in different cities due to festivals, sporting occasions or other events. Rather than pay for a driver to relocate a campervan, the rental companies offer them as cheap, extremely discounted, one way campervan rentals to the travelling public at knock down prices producing the perfect win-win outcome. The discounts involved cannot be overstated, a $250+ per day vehicle can be as little as $5 per day with fuel allowances often thrown in!
These one way rental deals are published on a daily basis, as and when, the rental companies need their vehicles moved. As such the pick up and drop off locations vary and you need to be able to travel at short notice, within the next 30 days. There is minimal flexibility in choice of pick-up dates and the vehicle must be delivered by a specific date with very limited, if any, options to extend the rental period (which would be at a higher daily cost). Each relocation comes with a free kilometre allowance that allows you to get from A to B with some exploring on the way, after which there is a per km charge.
Bookings are subject to last minute cancellation and here’s why. Vehicles that are about to be relocated can be pressed into service should another vehicle breakdown or should a booking come in at full price for the same travel dates. In our experience over 15 years, this rarely happens, but it is a risk to be aware of and comes with the cheap one way rental rate. Essentially your booking is like a standby airline ticket where a seat on a plane may or may not be available. Please take this into consideration when making your booking and planning your trip.
Although rental companies relocate vehicles throughout the year in Australia there are two peak periods. After Easter when Campervans are being moved north from the southern states for the winter season, the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland being two of the most popular destinations. Converserly in early spring vehicles are heading south for the Australian summer touring months. Having said that, generally all year round there are one way relocation rental deals to be found right across the country for those with flexible timeframes.
Campervan Relocation Terms and Conditions for Maui, Britz & Mighty - before submitting a request as these vary from standard rental agreements. If you are booking an let's Go Motorhomes, CamperMan, Cruisin, Redspot, Travellers AutoBarn relocation, please contact DriveNow to discuss Ts & CsBelow are some of the more popular questions asked of our Reservations team and many of these are covered in more detail in the Australian Campervan Relocation Terms and Conditions.
DriveNow charges no booking fees. We take a holding fee which is $75-$90 at the time of booking but this comes off the total cost of your rental. In the event that you cancel a confirmed booking or fail to pick up the vehicle AU$50 cancellation fee is charged by the rental company.
Once a DriveNow Reservations Team member has spoken with you on the phone and taken credit card details we will contact the campervan supplier, confirm the booking and email through details to you.
**Please note the vehicle type booked may change prior to departure or be cancelled at the rental company's discretion, even on the day of travel**
Sometimes! However all campervan relocations are last minute so they are generally in the next 2-3 weeks but definitely keep an eye out on the list!
Yes. The suppliers charge a $1000 security bond on collection of the vehicle. This has to be available on a credit card as the suppliers will freeze these funds. Unfortunately cash and American Express cards are not accepted by the suppliers. The credit card will be processed and credited back at the end of the rental providing the vehicle is returned on time, undamaged and with a full fuel tank and gas bottle.
**Time to time DriveNow receives campervan relocations from our other suppliers (Around Australia Motorhomes, CamperMan, Cruisin, Redspot, Travellers AutoBarn relocation) their conditions and security bond amount may differ, contact DriveNow to discuss.
Yes. Options are available by paying a daily fee. Regardless of which option you take out the $1000 bond is still required at collection of the vehicle.
Each campervan relocation deal will have a minimum and maximum number of days allocated to it. You pay $5 for each of the minimum number of days and can add in additional days at AU$75 per day up to the maximum days allocated. Sometimes the extra days are not available but we will always double check for you.
You will need to keep your tax invoices whilst you are travelling (EFTPOS & Credit Card receipts are not accepted). Please make sure these state that you have purchased petrol! You will be reimbursed up to the agreed value when dropping off your campervan.
Yes. The supplier uses your allowance to book the vehicle and the driver on the Spirit of Tasmania. All other travellers are required to pay their own way.
The depot hours for relocations are 10am till 3pm. You can pick up and return the vehicle anytime between the depot hours. You must return the vehicle no later than 1500 hours (3.00pm) on the last day otherwise there is a late fee of $150 if returned between 3.00pm and 4.00pm and AFTER 4.00pm this late fee becomes $1000!
No. Vehicles are not allowed to travel on any unsealed roads. Full costs will be charged for any damage occurring on these Roads. A penalty of $300 will be applied by the rental company for any driving on unsealed roads.
The number of free kilometres on each deal is the distance between the pickup and drop off location plus 550km (refer to chart below). Any travel beyond that is charged at AU$0.55 per km. For instance, Brisbane to Adelaide is 2056kms, including the added 550km, your free travel allowance would be 2606km.
For car relocations, the number of free kilometres is defined by each individual deal. In general, a fixed kilometre allowance will be provided for the minimum rental period, plus a daily allowance for extended rental days. Additional kms will be charged at $0.25 per km.
| ADL | ASP | BRM | BNE | BYR | CNS | DRW | HBT | MEL | PER | SYD | |
| Days | Days | Days | Days | Days | Days | Days | Days | Days | Days | Days | |
| ADL | 2090 | 2606 | 2597 | 3968 | 3615 | 1581 | 1279 | 3246 | 1971 | ||
| Min | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Max | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||
| ASP | 2090 | 3294 | 3533 | 3715 | 2970 | 2066 | 3121 | 2819 | 4152 | 3351 | |
| Min | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | |
| Max | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | |
| BME | 3294 | 2411 | 2805 | ||||||||
| Min | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| Max | 7 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
| BNE | 2606 | 3533 | 745 | 2262 | 3970 | 2535 | 2233 | 1512 | |||
| Min | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Max | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | |||
| BYR | 2597 | 3715 | 745 | 2455 | 4145 | 2166 | 1307 | ||||
| Min | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Max | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| CNS | 3968 | 2970 | 2262 | 2455 | 3408 | 3941 | 3639 | 3234 | |||
| Min | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Max | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | |||
| DRW | 3615 | 2066 | 2411 | 3970 | 4145 | 3408 | 4344 | 4598 | 4537 | ||
| Min | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Max | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
| HBT | 1581 | 3121 | 2535 | 3941 | 852 | 1744 | |||||
| Min | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Max | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| MEL | 1279 | 2819 | 2233 | 2166 | 3639 | 4344 | 852 | 3975 | 1442 | ||
| Min | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Max | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
| PER | 3246 | 4152 | 2805 | 4598 | 3975 | 4507 | |||||
| Min | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Max | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |||||
| SYD | 1971 | 3351 | 1512 | 1307 | 3234 | 4537 | 1744 | 1442 | 4507 | ||
| Min | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Max | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Rental companies frequently need to move and relocate campervans around the country. This can be due to seasonal changes or because demand for vehicles is greater in different cities due to festivals, sporting occasions or other events. Rather than pay for a driver to relocate a campervan, rental companies offer them to the travelling public at knock down prices producing the perfect win-win outcome.
New Zealand Relocation Terms and Conditions before submitting a request as these vary from standard rental agreements.Bookings are subject to last minute cancellation and here’s why. Vehicles that are about to be relocated can be pressed into service should another vehicle breakdown or should a booking come in at full price for the same travel dates. In our experience over 15 years, this rarely happens, but it is a risk to be aware of and comes with the cheap one way rental rate. Essentially your booking is like a standby airline ticket where a seat on a plane may or may not be available. Please take this into consideration when making your booking and planning your trip.
Some of the more popular questions asked of our Reservations team on Campervan Relocations in New Zealand.
DriveNow charges no booking fees. We take a holding fee which is NZD$75-$120 at the time of booking and this is deducted from the total cost of your rental. In the event that you cancel a confirmed booking or fail to pick up the vehicle, a NZD$50 cancellation fee is charged by the rental company.
Once a DriveNow Reservations Team member has spoken with you on the phone and taken credit card details we will contact the campervan supplier, confirm the booking and email through details to you.
**Please note the vehicle type booked may change prior to departure or be cancelled at the rental company's discretion, even on the day of travel**
Sometimes! However as all campervan relocations are last minute they are generally in the next 2-3 weeks but definitely keep an eye out on the list!
Yes. The suppliers charge NZD$1000 security bond on collection of the vehicle. This has to be available on a credit card as the suppliers will freeze these funds. Unfortunately cash and American Express cards are not accepted by the suppliers. The credit card will be processed and credited back at the end of the rental providing the vehicle is returned on time, undamaged and with a full fuel tank and gas bottle.
Yes. Options are available by paying a daily fee. Regardless of which option you take out the NZD$1000 bond is still required at collection of the vehicle.
Yes. Requests for extra days must be made at least 24 hours prior to the expected return date. Additional days are subject to availability and with a maximum of 7 days in total for relocation hires. The extra day rate will be NZ$50.00 per day for travel 01 April 2017 to 31 October 2017 and NZ$100.00 per day for travel 01 November 2017 to 31 March 2018, and must be paid by credit card immediately. Where a customer is paying for extension days, they receive unlimited free kilometres. No refund is available for unused days.
In July 2014 the New Zealand government introduced the Road User charge on diesel vehicles (petrol based vehicles pay through a levy on fuel) which is based on distance travelled. If you are relocating a diesel vehicle a Road User Charge Recovery Fee will apply, based on the number of kilometres travelled and is paid when you return vehicle.
thl reserves the right to amend the Road User Charge Recovery Fee in response to changes in Government Road User Charges. Road User Charge Recovery Fee will apply for all kilometres travelled.
Yes. A ferry booking must be made at the time of booking/pick up if the vehicle is to cross between the North and South Islands. Where a free ferry is included, thl reserve the right to choose an off peak sailing. Any amendments to the ferry booking will be charged an amendment fee of NZ$25 per change. If the customer fails to cross at their booked time, they will be required to rebook and pay at their own cost with no refund available. If customer fails to collect the relocation vehicle without prior notification to thl any cancellation fees applicable to the ferry crossing will be charged to the customer in addition to the cancellation fee applicable to the rental. thl will pay for the ferry crossing cost for the vehicle only. The driver and passenger costs are the renters own.
You can collect your relocation from 10am. You must return the vehicle on the last day before 1200pm (midday) on same island relocations and by 1500 hours (3.00pm) on cross Island relocation rentals. There is a late return fee of NZ$500 if vehicles are returned after these times.
| AUCKLAND | CHRISTCHURCH | QUEENSTOWN | |
| AUCKLAND | 4 Days/1350 km | 4 Days/2000 km | |
| CHRISTCHURCH | 4 Days/1350 km | 3 Days/600 km | |
| QUEENSTOWN | 4 Days/2000 km | 3 Days/750 km |
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Over the last two years we have been given so much pleasure by your generosity that we wanted to take this opportunity to Thank You for ourselves and probably many others...
Without the opportunities you have given us to relocate your vehicles we would never have had the great Great GREAT opportunities we have had to see So many parts of our magnificent country.
We take great pride in looking after your vehicles and when we relocate them we understand totally that without you allowing this our lives would never have had experienced so many magnificent special moments.
Our relocations have been from Alice Springs to Darwin, Darwin to Perth, Adelaide to Perth & Brisbane to Alice Springs.
We have seen Southern Right Whales at the Head Of The Bight, Endless stars at Devils Marbles, Enjoyed Australia Zoo, Hand fed wild dolphins at Monkey Mia, Watched the sunset over the water in Broome, Gazed on rainbows in the desert and so much more...
We want to do more and because of you we can always dream of our next holiday!
We Truly Thank You!
Please make our Thank You known to everyone who makes relocations possible