RV Across Canada Halifax-Vancouver
Hi, My first experience with RV travel South Island New Zealand. I'm planning RV across Canada begin from Halifax to Vancouver. Really need advises and tips to get my dream become reality. 1. How mu...
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Hi,
You have to be very keen on driving to do your proposed trip (over 6000 km without side trips) remember the rental will charge about $0.30 per Km, unless you can get an unlimited mileage deal (unlikely with such a long distance one-way), it might be better to do the Eastern bit from/to say Montreal or Toronto with a local rental, then fly to Calgary and do a one way from there to Vancouver.
Have a look at the BCAA route planner.
You did not say if your plan was for 2014 or the future. It is now VERY expensive to reserve a rental unit for June, July & August.
Best time for lowest cost rental reservations is around October/November the year before you want to travel especially with the companies offering so called Flex Rates.
My rental from Vancouver would today cost around twice the the price I paid for a reservation made last November!!
Another tip, if you use one of the three companies already mentioned try to get a quote from agents outside Canada/USA they can frequently offer better prices ( not usually available to Canadian/US residents).
Type of rental unit is dependant on the number of travellers, a "C" class works best for me, what ever you do don't "pack them in"
You have to be very keen on driving to do your proposed trip (over 6000 km without side trips) remember the rental will charge about $0.30 per Km, unless you can get an unlimited mileage deal (unlikely with such a long distance one-way), it might be better to do the Eastern bit from/to say Montreal or Toronto with a local rental, then fly to Calgary and do a one way from there to Vancouver.
Have a look at the BCAA route planner.
You did not say if your plan was for 2014 or the future. It is now VERY expensive to reserve a rental unit for June, July & August.
Best time for lowest cost rental reservations is around October/November the year before you want to travel especially with the companies offering so called Flex Rates.
My rental from Vancouver would today cost around twice the the price I paid for a reservation made last November!!
Another tip, if you use one of the three companies already mentioned try to get a quote from agents outside Canada/USA they can frequently offer better prices ( not usually available to Canadian/US residents).
Type of rental unit is dependant on the number of travellers, a "C" class works best for me, what ever you do don't "pack them in"
