Campervan hire is priced on a nightly basis, like with many renting services whether it’s property, vehicle or marine, the price is determined by the length of the stay.

In the UK, the average cost to hire a campervan is around £160 per night. There’s many factors which determine this, such as time of year, type of camper, area of the country, inclusions and exclusions, size of rental business etc. All hire companies have a base price, which is for the hire of the van itself, and that can go up depending on extra’s like premium insurance’s, extra mileage allowances, special collection and return times and booking and cleaning fee’s.

Hire company’s calendars are also dynamic, the nightly rate can change from one month to the next, this is because of seasonality and demand. Typically, through the winter months, the nightly rate will be less, and the summer months will cost more.

Not all Campervan hire businesses pricing strategies are the same, but they do all have similarities. All will obviously have a base nightly rate for the season, some will include unlimited miles and some will categorise this as a extra, some will have optional premium insurance coverage which will be charged as a extra per night, many will require a different size deposit to secure the booking/hire, this may be a full payment, a 50% payment and others may require even less.

There’s also a refundable security deposit; this forms the excess of the insurance coverage for your hire and provides the business with means to cover the cost of damage if the camper returns with some. This is required by every rental company, the payment always must be traceable, the correct amount and paid in full before or at collection of the Campervan. The reason is because insurance companies simply wont cover the vehicle if this hasn’t been done, and it leaves the hire company vulnerable to huge losses if something goes wrong.

Typically, the security deposit amount varies, but you’ll find it ranging from £500 to £2000, depending on which company, and which insurance package they offer/you choose.

Conclusion

There’s usually staged payments to hire a campervan. The booking payment/deposit, the balance (if deposit paid) and the security deposit. To be sure, make sure you read the rental companies website thoroughly, you may also want to either contact them to be sure of their cost’s, or another option is to do a ‘dummy’ test booking where you go through their booking system to select your perfect booking, and this will show you the prices and if there is any booking/arrangement fee’s you may originally be unaware of.