Pros:simple process, friendly staff, pet-friendly non-smoking fleet
Cons: No place for surfboard in 29’’ ,next time we go for big class A diesel pusher
The Bottom Line: Camperrentalsusa helped make my vacation a winner .
As we get older, we get wiser: months of spending three nights a week in a two-man tent pretty much soured me on extended camping trips, and even the Ms - whose tent it was I wore out in a field season or two - has likewise grown weary of damp ground and stiff muscles in the morning. Really, though, the deciding factor was the dogs - have you ever tried to keep a 95-pound Labrador out of a tent? It's even harder than keeping one in a tent! And if you have two of them, well... All this means that back- and tent-camping trips grew fewer and farther between, even though we both still craved the solitude of a postage-stamp-sized high mountain lake or the crooked, falling trill of a canyon wren. The good places, we long ago learned, just aren't next door to motels. They aren't even next door to campgrounds, but then we've never been afraid to hike a bit to get away.
Several years ago we toured a small chunk of Europe in a rented wohnmobil - a miniature motor home built on a front-wheel drive Fiat frame. And we had a good time! So for our first vacation after returning to the Midwest, we decided to try renting a motor home again, this time for a California tour. Some googling, surfing, and a few 800-number phone calls later we'd made our choice: Camperrentalsusa, w. Here's what we thought...
Begin at the Beginning: Initiating the Rental
We where able to book either by telephone (805-641-4100) or on the web camperrentalsusa.com . I used the web to research the cost and availability of renting - visitors to the website can get an estimate without having to supply any identification or a credit card. I also telephoned to make a small change to our reservation, which was quickly handled without problems.
Getting an estimate on the web is downright painless: you choose departure and return dat
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