Are you hiring out your VW California (or thinking about it) ?

[Martin]

They will do, it is quite specialised but the one we are dealing with will be the whole package including public liability insurance etc.

 

[Ady77]

Following this thread with great interest as this is something we would also be interested in doing next year.

 

[Wobble’s Mum]

What happened with this?

I’m trawling through the search functions trying to research Insurance options for hire, but so far drawing a blank.

 

[Martin]

Dawn, I obviously did not put you off?

We did not get any further with this as self drive hire insurance is very specialist and most companies won't touch you unless you have a trading history, your only real option is Alan Boswell, there are companies they are pay as you go but it can end up being very costly and the cover is not great.

 

[motacyclist]

Why go to all the risk of letting someone drive round in your Cali when you can get an old camper and charge people from £69 a night to to live in it, and not drive it?

 

[2into1]

Why go to all the risk of letting someone drive round in your Cali when you can get an old camper and charge people from £69 a night to to live in it, and not drive it?

Because if it was a Cali it would still get broken (unfortunately!)

 

[Wobble’s Mum]

Why go to all the risk of letting someone drive round in your Cali when you can get an old camper and charge people from £69 a night to to live in it, and not drive it? /

Funnily enough, the other thing I’m looking into is buying land and having some form of eco house, glamping pods, shepherds huts or similar to let out. That requires slightly more capital though and from what I can gather, one has to jump through many hoops

 

[Californication69]

Do you think there would be a market for this in the UK.
Especially with (he who shall not be named, (2020))
A lot of people are buying Campervans, but what about the people who cannot afford the monthly payments, and would like a week away in one ?
Is it something Admins might look into again to see if an insurance company would be interested ?

 

[reserves]

Do you think there would be a market for this in the UK.
Especially with (he who shall not be named, (2020))
A lot of people are buying Campervans, but what about the people who cannot afford the monthly payments, and would like a week away in one ?
Is it something Admins might look into again to see if an insurance company would be interested ?

There is 100% a market for rentals, problem is it's seasonal, or at least has been.

Most if not all hire companies can rent their entire fleet for the School Holidays, the problem is winter and outside of these times.

I've done a lot of research. Depends what people are trying to achieve, for example:

1) Someone who doesn't need their Cali for School Holidays but wants some income. Perfect for this in my opinion.

2) Someone who wants to run it as a full business: Very time consuming, again, only returns during peak times, depreciation etc.