If you’ve ever considered hiring a campervan for a holiday, or a festival the iconic experience of a VW camper hire is not to be missed. Active Kampers offer a full fleet of gorgeous VW California camper vans. All the vans are fully equipped and feature top of the line hi-tech features, cooking facilities, neat stowage solutions and fantastic creature comforts all in a modern spacious van that drives like a car!

Hire a Campervan – The VW California

An extremely popular vehicle the California harks back to the dreamy romance of the west coast movement in the 60’s. The T5 commercial van provides the base model and chassis end result is a beautiful mix of functionality and style. All vehicles in our fleet feature an electric raising roof with large bed area and the option to fold the back seats into a 2nd bed for two!  For an outdoor picnic, the van comes with a folding table and folding chairs to facilitate easy dining in a moment’s notice at any beautiful location or campsite. In addition the van includes the following;

Full cruise control

Efficient top of the range 180 BHP 2.0L diesel engines

AC (front & rear)

Heated Doors and Mirrors

Remote controlled locks

Premium sound system

Alloy wheels and full size spares

Extensive storage

ABS braking system

Acceleration Slip Regulator (ASR) – a traction control system

Power Windows

Customisable dashboard lighting

VW Camper Hire and Booking

Surely the best thing about a camper van holiday is you’re hiring a car, hotel, and living room all in one! When you start adding these factors up it doesn’t take long to see our camper van adventures are a great value proposition. The VW California offers amazing versatility, sleeps a maximum of 4 people and is perfect for a small family or group of friends. VW Camper hire is the prefect get away holiday, visit the Active Kampers website and ensure availability. Our simple and easy bookings page makes it a breeze to check and confirm your VW Camper hire dates, just head to the website and input your dates.  We offer very competitive rates that vary from low to high season, not to mention discounts for those who wish to hire for a longer period. With rates as low as £60 a day, you’ll have no problem finding a VW Camper hire to suit your budget.  Please feel free to look around the website for answers to most questions however if you require any further information please feel free to give us a call. Our knowledgeable and friendly staff are always happy to help.

You deserve an exciting, hassle free holiday so what are you waiting for book your next adventure with us.

Active Kampers – VW Camper Vans for Hire

Whether you’re travelling to a festival, taking a holiday, or just going on a romantic road-trip, a VW California campervan is a fantastic way to combine your transport and accommodation in one. A perfect way to a have a carefree holiday, hiring a campervan lets you explore, throw away the schedule and literally go where your heart takes you. The Active Kampers website has road trip itineraries which are the perfect resource for planning your journey.  We offer beautiful VW California campervans are available at competitive and just a phone call away… so what are you waiting for start planning your perfect campervan holiday now.

Stylish VW California

Our specialist fleet comprises solely of VW California campervans. If you’ve dreamed of a motorhome or caravan on holiday, but were concerned about operating such a large vehicle, a campervan can prove the perfect middle ground for you. They may be a home on wheels, but these new vans really drive like a car. No hassling with complicated hookups or trying to navigate tight turns a campervan through Active Kampers is as easy to operate as any vehicle you’ve ever driven. Just show up at our Brighton location and have our friendly staff talk you through the features of the van and advise on your booking.

VW Camper Vans for Hire – Booking and Rates

Head straight to our website, visit the booking page, and explore our campervan hire calendar where all you need is in one place. You’ll be able to see the actual campervans, the seasonable rates and quickly check the dates that work for you. If you need guidance on when you’ll book, or have special requests? Our staff are just a phone call away.

You deserve a unique, exciting holiday. Active Kampers offers you the complete package for just that! Our top of the line campervans, competitive pricing, and friendly service are sure to lead to a wonderful trip you’ll never forget.

Camper Van Hire – Active Kampers

It’s that time of year when our fleet of VW campervans wakes up from a winter slumber in their cosy garage unit under the stunning Preston Road viaduct. Well not quite true they are in and out every now and again over winter as people try them out for a short hire, or a snow trip, but its hardly busy.

In contrast, yesterday all our VW California camper van hire fleet went out for the first time since February half term. Easter is traditionally the start of our campervan season, which builds to the festival campervan hire season, packed summer holidays and has a long tail into October half term. It can be quite a wake-up for us too! All the jobs that we should have done are frantically carried out at the last minute. Replacement equipment, new tent awnings, plate sets, kettles, utensils, spare oil etc are all ordered and vehicles serviced. It will be busy from now on, and getting more intense for the May bank holidays.

Camper Van Hire – New VW California

We also have our new 2014 VW California camper van hire fleet arriving soon, which doubles our fleet size. We have increased from 5 to 6 vans this year so it going to be busy, but it’s all welcome with so much demand for campervan fun filled road trips. Due to the recent good weather bookings are flooding in and we are already fully booked on most of the bank holiday weeks and some of the festivals (yes Glasto is full!) so don’t leave your booking enquiries too long. There really is nothing worse than getting a month’s hire enquiry the week before, which we cannot fulfil!

The team of Matt, Petra and Simon are looking forward to seeing you this season.

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Campervan Hire Brighton – Touring

Brighton is a charming city on the south east coast of England.  It’s hip, it’s exciting and there’s always something to do.  However, getting to know a new city can be expensive.  There are sights to see, restaurants to try and people to meet.  Active Kampers can help!  Our VW California vans are fun and cost-effective.  Campervan hire Brighton is the best way to experience this coastal town and surrounding area.  But what will you do in your new van?
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VW California Hire – 3 Reasons to Consider a The VW California

Travelling by air can be frustrating.  Airports are noisy, flights are expensive and there are far too many delays.  Simply thinking about the chaos makes me want to get in a vehicle and take to the open road!  Camper vans are a great way to travel because they offer comfort and flexibility at an affordable price.  Here are 3 reasons why the vehicle you drive while on holiday should be a VW California.
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Hire A VW Campervan – New Vs Old

Being an eco-sustainable mad chap, keen on recycling and re-use, it can seem an odd contradiction that we at Active Kampers provide new VW campervan hire. At the moment all our fleet are the popular but expensive factory built VW California. The new VW California is the first and only manufacturer made camper van, everything else new or old has been mucked around with, to variable standards.
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Low season campervans to hire

So what to do with your lovely shiny or possibly getting dirty, campervan in the winter or early spring? Wait longingly for those May or summer holiday trips down to Cornwall? Well no, of course not, the advantage of a new VW California campervans to hire is that it’s warm inside, even without the heater on. This can be surprising to those that haven’t been in a new VW California, or similar campervan before. With the Cali, you just put the heater on and it quietly ticks away, sipping at the diesel, without the engine on and blows warm air out, before turning the van into something close to a tropical sauna, so you then turn it right down. So you’re good to go any time of the year. Our VW campervan hire business is still quiet this time of year, until Easter that is, so we get to go out on lots of camper van road trips.
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Running a Volkswagen Camper Van Hire Company

So I often get asked “do I enjoy running a Volkswagen campervan hire company?” It’s an un-resounding yes, despite the odd moments e.g. late night phone calls, and dirty post festival camper van hires – but even then made up for by the blissed out and considerably less knackered than they would be hirers!! How many jobs allow you to sell such a fun and enjoyable product and do it from round the corner from your home? After 200 odd campervan hires I still don’t remember a single customer coming back unhappy, even in the dire weather of spring 2013. Most have big smiles and massive enthusiasm, to the extent that some go and buy one, or even book another camper van hire straight away. Frankly, the new VW California campervan sells itself, they’re new, amazingly well put together, easy to drive, so many feature like a giant Swiss army knife van and well equipped by VW and us. Plus of course it’s the excellent customer service (ha ha) and convenient central Brighton station pick-up location.
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