We arrived early in Auckland and were picked up at the airport .

We were the first motorhome hirers on sight and expected to do the required paperwork and be on our way. We had agreed an insurance package but the woman serving us insisted we upgrade. This went on until I became uncomfortable and agreed the extra insurance . We then discovered that we had not been booked on the inter islander ferry that we had paid for in their package and we were not booked into the lounge experience on board , again paid for . There was then confusion over the vehicle , it was certainly not the top of the range that the 21 day hire at over $10,000 NZ had suggested . Other people were then arriving to collect their vehicles , there were only two people on duty and things became stretched to say the least ! There were four of us be we were only given 4 small towels , when we asked for more , we were told to buy some ! Later that evening when making the beds up we found that we had been given one single blanket for each of the two double beds !

By the second day there was a bad smell so we went to the dump station and did the necessary . The smell still lingered so we did it again, this time flushing water in to clear the grey water tank which had clearly not been serviced for some time. Then the bed wouldn't work and each day required one of us to crawl under it and push it back up. Then the gas stopped working so we replaced the bottle and it still didn't work , we then found that the regulator was faulty . Then the exterior step stopped working and was done manually each day. Then the water pump started playing up and finally packed up altogether on our last week. We complained and were allowed one night at a camp site on them ! The oven and the grill were filthy, how could you miss that ?

On the plus side the vehicle was reliable and when we returned it to the Christchurch branch we were greeted with a friendly professional outfit, unlike Auckland !

Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in January 2020