Hippie Camper

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    This Toyota Hiace model comes equipped with living equipment and is ideal for 2 people

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    Budget Camper for those wanting to spend more on experiences than their camper

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Hippie Camper

Hippie Campers - a backpacker's best friend!

Here at Hippie Camper we specialise in low cost campervan rentals for the budget conscious traveller discovering New Zealand. With Hippie Camper you are not sacrificing quality and service for price so make your next campervan rental a Hippie Camper rental. Let us show you how fun, flexible and inexpensive a self-drive holiday in New Zealand can be! Enquire now!

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Organisation

Apollo Car Rentals and Motorhome Holidays

Commercial organisation

Location

North IslandAuckland RegionAuckland

Categories

  • Activity__motorhomes_campervans_rvMotorhomes

Directions

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Directions

Auckland Office

Directions

Christchurch Office

Coordinates

-36.9000434856275

174.773046875

Latitude
-36.9000434856275
Longitude
174.773046875

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Reviews

    • Best time of my life.
    • Nothing to complain about.
    • Great value.
    • Cheap opportunity, not too much space, but okay.
    • The camper is ok!
    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 2
    5%
    9/10 2
    5%
    8/10 11
    26%
    7/10 4
    10%
    6/10 5
    12%
    5/10 6
    14%
    4/10 0
    0%
    3/10 2
    5%
    2/10 0
    0%
    1/10 10
    24%
  • 4.5/5

    It is probably the cheapest you can get but they charge you for every extra.

    Still really happy because they were honest and really helpful. All in all a cheap and good company.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in February 2017

    GERMANY
    Robin's avatar

    Robin

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Great value.

    Reviewed about 8 years ago and experienced in March 2016

    BRAZIL
    Bruno's avatar

    Bruno

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Comfortable camping set up but the vehicle was a bit the worse for wear.

    But more than expected for an older vehicle though and it was a very good price. The staff at Apollo were great and it was all very easy for us.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Robyn Kesby's avatar

    Robyn Kesby

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    The van was well used but we just loved it and it was totally reliable for the five weeks we toured round the South and North Island we drove over 4000k in all with no problems.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in November 2015

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Helen Butcher's avatar

    Helen Butcher

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Absolutely shocking.

    Hidden costs. Poor quality. Just not worth it.

    Do yourself a favour and avoid this company, and all Apollo motorhome affiliated companies.

    Sharks - straight up sharks. I can not stress this enough. Do not use this company.

    Reviewed over 4 years ago

    Hayley's avatar

    Hayley

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Office hours are ridiculous for a major airport and the customer service is horrendous.

    Our flight got cancelled from queenstown and we rang the office to inform them of our situation, the person I initially spoke to said that the office usually closes at four but given our situation the would allow “a couple of hours” after. The airline then worked tirelessly to get us into Auckland as early as possible, no small feat considering the amount of flights cancelled. They managed to get us on a flight arriving just after five, we then contacted the office and they backtracked on what was previously said, after pleading with the Auckland office to get them to understand the situation they said that they would be unable to wait an extra few minutes past the usual closing time to allow us to collect our camper. Not only should this not have happened in the first place as you would expect the office hours of a major airport to be longer, the blunt and rude manner in which the staff refused to help really has made me question why we booked with hippie in the first place. If we hadn’t already paid a bond we would be going elsewhere as I am very reluctant to give them any more of my money after their appalling customer service. I would recommend anyone looking to book a campervan to stay clear of this company as it appears that they really do not care about the customer at all. As a result we will be losing a full days worth of our holiday planned due to hippie campers, instead of a few hours due to a cancelled flight. We also had to fork out on accommodation and transport. My experience with hippie campers really has left a sour taste

    Reviewed about 5 years ago

    Kai Howard-Light's avatar

    Kai Howard-Light

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Office shuts at 4 and doesn't stay open when flights are delayed.

    This meant we had to book a hotel and come the following morning. Currently sat in an office with three other groups. We've all been waiting over an hour and are yet to speak to anyone. No staff in sight, the two they have on are both showing people vans and have been for half an hour.

    Staff need a talking to, they're way too slow. Bosses need to employ more too. We're going to have lost 20+ hours of holiday at this rate.

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

    Nick's avatar

    Nick

    Customer

    Hi Nick, we are sorry about the experience you have received, this doesn’t sound good at all. If you could please provide your booking reference number at your earliest convenience. The Apollo Team.

    AUSTRALIA
    Melanie Apollo Staff's avatar

    Melanie Apollo Staff

    Representative

  • 3.5/5

    Cheap option to have a campervan, had already a few problems, service could be improved.

    Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

    GERMANY
    Gloria Hanke's avatar

    Gloria Hanke

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Cheap opportunity, not too much space, but okay.

    Service has to get better.

    Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

    GERMANY
    Guido Dust's avatar

    Guido Dust

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Gopd so far.

    Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in March 2013

    IRELAND
    Ann Furlong's avatar

    Ann Furlong

    Customer

    Hi Ann

    That’s great to hear- hope you are having a fantastic trip.

    Cheers

    Hippie Team

  • 0.5/5

    Absolutely shocking.

    Hidden costs. Poor quality. Just not worth it.

    Do yourself a favour and avoid this company, and all Apollo motorhome affiliated companies.

    Sharks - straight up sharks. I can not stress this enough. Do not use this company.

    Reviewed over 4 years ago

    Hayley's avatar

    Hayley

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Office hours are ridiculous for a major airport and the customer service is horrendous.

    Our flight got cancelled from queenstown and we rang the office to inform them of our situation, the person I initially spoke to said that the office usually closes at four but given our situation the would allow “a couple of hours” after. The airline then worked tirelessly to get us into Auckland as early as possible, no small feat considering the amount of flights cancelled. They managed to get us on a flight arriving just after five, we then contacted the office and they backtracked on what was previously said, after pleading with the Auckland office to get them to understand the situation they said that they would be unable to wait an extra few minutes past the usual closing time to allow us to collect our camper. Not only should this not have happened in the first place as you would expect the office hours of a major airport to be longer, the blunt and rude manner in which the staff refused to help really has made me question why we booked with hippie in the first place. If we hadn’t already paid a bond we would be going elsewhere as I am very reluctant to give them any more of my money after their appalling customer service. I would recommend anyone looking to book a campervan to stay clear of this company as it appears that they really do not care about the customer at all. As a result we will be losing a full days worth of our holiday planned due to hippie campers, instead of a few hours due to a cancelled flight. We also had to fork out on accommodation and transport. My experience with hippie campers really has left a sour taste

    Reviewed about 5 years ago

    Kai Howard-Light's avatar

    Kai Howard-Light

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Office shuts at 4 and doesn't stay open when flights are delayed.

    This meant we had to book a hotel and come the following morning. Currently sat in an office with three other groups. We've all been waiting over an hour and are yet to speak to anyone. No staff in sight, the two they have on are both showing people vans and have been for half an hour.

    Staff need a talking to, they're way too slow. Bosses need to employ more too. We're going to have lost 20+ hours of holiday at this rate.

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

    Nick's avatar

    Nick

    Customer

    Hi Nick, we are sorry about the experience you have received, this doesn’t sound good at all. If you could please provide your booking reference number at your earliest convenience. The Apollo Team.

    AUSTRALIA
    Melanie Apollo Staff's avatar

    Melanie Apollo Staff

    Representative

  • 0.5/5

    BOOKED MONTHS IN ADVANCE WITH INSURANCE.

    VEHICLE BROKE DOWN, WEREN’T OFFERED A REPLACEMENT.

    We hired a hippie camper from Apollo late last week and within a few days, the clutch went and it broke down requiring towing to a garage.

    We should have been given a replacement - we purchased insurance with them after all?! However, we were told they had no replacements at all and couldn’t process this. They said they would refund us for the days we weren’t using the camper. GREAT.

    As it’s during Easter, all hotels etc have been booked up by other travellers and so we are now in a position where we find ourselves stranded having to pay over the odds for accommodation just to get by.

    During a lot of phone calls, it seemed blatantly apparent that Apollo were trying to get themselves off the hook and trying to get out of the problem - which, being their faulty vehicle, was completely their problem, not mine!

    Although they have offered us a slightly better compensation package (again, after numerous phone calls of me stating my complete disapproval of the way they were treating us), it turns out it’s nowhere near enough. We have had to change our trip plans as we can now no longer go to Milford Sound (all accom booked and no campers available from any other companies).

    I feel if their vehicles were properly serviced, a nearly shot clutch would have become quite apparent!

    We will be claiming the compensation for any further expenses we have to pay for accommodation during our stay in New Zealand. They’ve really let us down and you can tell their customer service operators are trained to try and offer you the smallest compensation packages to try not to offset their own margins. Pretty rank, really...

    We’ll be sure to keep you all updated about their response to cover our accommodation expenses. Failing a good response, I’ll be seeking advice from my solicitor.

    Reviewed over 5 years ago

    Alex's avatar

    Alex

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    The price on the web site is a lie.

    You have to pay a lot of additional options for cooking gas, sheets, additional driver and heater.

    At the end the price is the double.

    Reviewed about 7 years ago

    FRANCE
    Alexandre Pichon's avatar

    Alexandre Pichon

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    It is probably the cheapest you can get but they charge you for every extra.

    Still really happy because they were honest and really helpful. All in all a cheap and good company.

    Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in February 2017

    GERMANY
    Robin's avatar

    Robin

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Great value.

    Reviewed about 8 years ago and experienced in March 2016

    BRAZIL
    Bruno's avatar

    Bruno

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Comfortable camping set up but the vehicle was a bit the worse for wear.

    But more than expected for an older vehicle though and it was a very good price. The staff at Apollo were great and it was all very easy for us.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Robyn Kesby's avatar

    Robyn Kesby

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    The van was well used but we just loved it and it was totally reliable for the five weeks we toured round the South and North Island we drove over 4000k in all with no problems.

    Reviewed over 8 years ago and experienced in November 2015

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Helen Butcher's avatar

    Helen Butcher

    Customer

  • 1.5/5

    Van is small and can drive anywhere.

    It is also comparably cheap. All electronics are malfunctioning, no electricity = no fridge!

    Reviewed almost 9 years ago and experienced in February 2015

  • 2.5/5

    A campervan a little expensive (in January) when it is raining outside, it is raining inside the van.

    Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014

    FRANCE
    Guillemette's avatar

    Guillemette

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Cheap opportunity, not too much space, but okay.

    Service has to get better.

    Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

    GERMANY
    Guido Dust's avatar

    Guido Dust

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Cheap option to have a campervan, had already a few problems, service could be improved.

    Reviewed about 10 years ago and experienced in March 2014

    GERMANY
    Gloria Hanke's avatar

    Gloria Hanke

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    Do NOT book a Hippie Camper, our budget model is way over the promised max.

    5 years. Many things are broken or missing, rust is dripping from the ceiling onto the bed, the mattress is mouldy and so on. The bond is not a bond but they charge it to your credit card and then back again which results in high fees. You even have to pay the fees from the bank from hippie camper. Customer service is horrible. For all issues we had they offered us a 15% discount which is ridiculous as the did breach the contract in many ways. This is not over yet and we are very angry with the kind of service they deliver. The agent wrote us we took over the car in bad shape so its our problem now?

    Very dosappointed

    Reviewed about 10 years ago

    SWITZERLAND
    Ramona Urwyler's avatar

    Ramona Urwyler

    Customer

  • 0.5/5

    TERRIBLE customer service.

    WARNING: Do not pay full amount in advance!!!! We had a very unfortunate incident which meant that we were not able to pick up our hippie camper. We gave them two weeks notice of this and asked for a refund, little did we know that somewhere in the terms and conditions it says that if you pay the full amount prior to pickup, then you are not eligible for any refund whatsoever. What rubbish! Surely we were doing the company a favour by paying up front and 6 months advance?! When we emailed one of the staff, we explained what had happened back home to a family member and how we had to terminate our holiday immediately and go home. His reply explained these terms and conditions, and he ended the email 'have a great day'. This person is either completely stupid or just utterly insensitive. There are plenty of other campervan companies to hire from, hire from them instead and avoid what can only be described as abysmal customer service and care. Very upset and disappointed, never received any word of an apology or kind words.

    Reviewed about 10 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Mackenzie Leary's avatar

    Mackenzie Leary

    Customer

    Hi Mackenzie

    Thank you for your feedback. I have forwarded this feedback onto our commercial team who reviews terms and conditions. If you are able to send us the name of the staff member you spoke to that would appreciated. I am sorry that you had to cancel, you should have been given the option to move the hire dates or have a credit for you hire. Can you let us know if you were not offered this.

    Kind Regards

    Hippie Camper

    Apollo Staff's avatar

    Apollo Staff

    Representative

  • 2.5/5

    1. Tyres are bad.

    2.Brakes are terrible. 3. Clutch also terrible-We paid a lot of money for a very old camper. Buying one is probably a lot cheaper.

    Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in December 2013

    NETHERLANDS
    Roy Driehuis's avatar

    Roy Driehuis

    Customer

    Hi Roy - thank you for your comment. I would like to look into the vehicle you received, if you can please email us your booking reference to info@hippiecamper.com. We can then check with the operations team for the vehicle age and condition.

    Thanks Roy!

    Hippie Camper Marketing Team

  • 0.5/5

    They are scamers.

    Avoid renting a car from them. My car is in a very poor condition. Serval of things doesn't work (air condition, battery, cooker...). I asked them to replace the car and they told me, they won't replace the car. My entire NZ trip is ruined.

    On the phone they are very rude, after a short discussion the guy just told me, that they can't do anything for me and hung up the phone! They even don't answer e-mails.

    Thank you Hippie Camper for destroying my holidays!

    Reviewed over 10 years ago

    Hi

    I am so sorry to read your comments. This is certainly not the experience we aim to give our guests. If you can please email us your booking reference to info@hippiecamper.com with the above comments we would be happy to investigate who you spoke to and the issues you faced. We hope to hear from you.

    Kind regards, Melanie- Hippie Camper Media Team.

  • 0.5/5

    Hippie Campers are a terrible company whose phone staff are rude.

    Please read their terms and conditions very carefully because they are very limited in where you can take the campers and do not cover the break downs of most things.

    Reviewed almost 11 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Erin's avatar

    Erin

    Customer

    Hi Erin,

    Thanks you for leaving your feedback on Rankers.co.nz. Hippie Camper does have restricted areas when travelling so it is important to read through the terms and conditions.

    In regards to our call centre staff- if you would like to contact us on info@apollocamper.com and advise who you spoke to we would be happy to investigate this further.

    Kind regards

    Hippie Camper Team.

  • 4.0/5

    Gopd so far.

    Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in March 2013

    IRELAND
    Ann Furlong's avatar

    Ann Furlong

    Customer

    Hi Ann

    That’s great to hear- hope you are having a fantastic trip.

    Cheers

    Hippie Team

  • 2.5/5

    Very affordable for a campervan.

    Aggressively push buying insurance. The van is definitely not the fanciest but good for the price and function. We will see if they are a pain in the ass with charges once we return it.

    Reviewed over 11 years ago and experienced in February 2013

    UNITED STATES
    Sara Omary's avatar

    Sara Omary

    Customer

    Hi Sara

    Thank you for taking the time to give us feedback. We now have 2 models of Hippie Camper one being newly built Hippie camper Deluxe models. These have been recently reengineered so are great quality. We also have our Hippie Budgets still on fleet which are slightly older however they are still well maintained vehicles. We hope you had a good trip. Please do contact us if you have issues with charges on customerservice@hippiecamper.com

    Kind regards

    Mel- Hippie Camper Team

  • 3.0/5

    The van is fine.

    We were not expecting anything fancy but it definitely does not have much power and a few things are starting to fall apart inside.

    Reviewed over 11 years ago

    UNITED STATES
    Gary and Jen's avatar

    Gary and Jen

    Customer

    Hi Gary and Jen - Thanks for taking the time to leave a review on Rankers. Our Deluxe Hippies are 0-3 years old and our Budget models are 3-5 years old. Vehicles are still well maintained throughout the entire lifespan as they are then sold after. They are Mitsubishi express vans. If you would like to discuss any issues with the interior of the vehicle further please contact customerservice@apollocamper.com. I hope you had a great trip.

    Kind regards

    Melanie- Apollo Marketing Team

  • 3.0/5

    Friendly staff, old van - a lot of things in the van a little bit damaged, but still working somehow.

    Reviewed over 11 years ago

    GERMANY
    Christian's avatar

    Christian

    Customer

    Hi Christian

    Thanks for leaving you comment. Our vehicles are no older than 5 years and still regularly maintained. We hope you had a great road trip!

    Hippie Marketing Team

  • 4.0/5

    Horrible cooking pan (we bought a new one), expensive chairs for rent and quality bad, Perfect price for quality and perfect for young backpackers.

    Nice to pickup in Auckland and return in Christchurch.

    Reviewed almost 12 years ago

    NETHERLANDS
    Fam von Hattem's avatar

    Fam von Hattem

    Customer

    Hi Fam

    Thanks for your comments. I’m sorry that the frying pan wasn’t of the best quality - I assume that the branch reimbursed you for buying a new one on return. I hope you had a nice trip- The drive through from Auckland to Christchurch is so beautiful. We hope to see you again in the future.

    Cheers

    Hippie Marketing Team

  • 4.0/5

    Good price for good quality.

    Everything is in it.

    Reviewed almost 12 years ago

    NETHERLANDS
    Lotte Uneken's avatar

    Lotte Uneken

    Customer

    Hi Lotte

    Thanks for sharing your Hippie experience with us! We would love to see some photos of your trip if you would like to share on www.facebook.com/HippieCampers

    We hope to see you again sometime

    Melanie- Hippie Marketing Team

  • 2.5/5

    Some things missing that were 'promised', some items not working or damaged, problems with battery when starting.

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012

    GERMANY
    Chris Sylvia's avatar

    Chris Sylvia

    Customer

    Hi Chris,

    Thanks for your feedback. I would like to know what items were promised and not received as this is not usually the case. If you can email us at info@hippiecamper.com we would like to pass on this information. I hope that despite this you had a great trip!

    Kind regards – Hippie Marketing Team

  • 3.0/5

    Simple, small, estimated older than three years, camping chairs are broken, not very clean, but not very expensive.

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012

    NETHERLANDS
    Frank Claassen's avatar

    Frank Claassen

    Customer

    Hi Frank,

    Thanks for your reviews. Hippie campers range from brand new to 5 years old. They should be clean an comfortable and provide the basics for a great roadtrip. I apologize that the chairs were broken- this money paid will be reimbursed to you of course. I hope you had a great trip.

    Hippie Marketing Team

  • 4.0/5

    Nothing to complain about.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012

    FRANCE
    Pierre Boulanger's avatar

    Pierre Boulanger

    Customer

    Hi Pierre,

    Thanks for the post! Glad to hear :). Hope you had a great trip with Hippie!!!

    Cheers

    Mel - Hippie Marketing team

  • 4.0/5

    Good value for money, as described on website, free pickup from airport and helpful sales attendant explaining insurance and roadside assistance options.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012

    Graham Swinyard's avatar

    Graham Swinyard

    Customer

    Hi Graham! Thanks for your post. Great to see that you liked Hippie Camper and I hope you had a great trip!!

    Mel - Hippie Marketing Team

  • 3.0/5

    The offer in the internet showed a lot of space.

    The instruction was very short, a lot of things we have to find out ourselves.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago

    GERMANY
    Heini's avatar

    Heini

    Customer

    Hi Heini,

    Thank you for taking the time to review Hippie on Rankers! Feedback from our clients is always welcome and is taken seriously to improve our service. I would like to hear more about the service you received - if the show through of the vehicle was not detailed enough so i can pass this on. Please do feel free to contact me on marketing@apollocamper.com with any issues. I hope that you did enjoy your overall Hippie experience and exploring NZ.

    Melanie - Hippie Team

  • 2.5/5

    Hippie Camper, the roof is too low.

    Too little room to store your things. Inventory was not complete, we had to return to collect chairs, stove and table.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in November 2011

    Hi Jensen

    Thanks for your review! Our normal Hippie campers are Mitsubitshi Express vans which are not designed to stand up in- however we have exciting news for NZ and Hippie. As of the 1st of April we will have the Hippie Hitop vehicle which is built on a Toyota Hiace model- you can stand up in the back cabin so keep an eye out for this. Im sorry the added extras were not with the vehicle- that is not a common issue. Apart from that I hope you enjoyed your trip!

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