Australia Campers - Terms & Conditions 2024-2025

We advise all customers to read these general terms and conditions prior to sending in your booking form to Australia Campers. By doing this, you are always up-to-date with the terms at the time of booking our campervan or motorhome. These terms are an addition to the terms of the vehicle supplier your campervan or motorhome will be booked with.

Bookings: you can book a campervan or motorhome through our website using the online booking form. After we receive the completely filled booking form from you, the booking will be placed in the booking system of the relevant camper supplier. The supplier will send us the temporary booking confirmation which we should check in detail. After we accept it your booking is final. Within 24 hours after your booking we send you a booking confirmation by e-mail, followed by a rental confirmation form and invoice within a few days.

Deposit and remaining amount: customers can pay into the bank acccount of our department Discovery Campertours. The booking deposit has always to be paid after receipt of an invoice. Same for the remaining amount. This amount must be paid to our bank account 6 weeks prior to pickup. Visa and MasterCard incur fees of 2% and American Express 3.2%. In some cases, a remaining amount cannot be paid by credit card, this will be clearly stated by us in advance. Nevertheless, there are hirers who still pay the balance by credit card because it is better for them. In this case, you will receive a separate invoice for paying the credit card transaction fee. 

Security bond: on pickup of your campervan or motorhome a bond needs to be paid by credit card. The bond consists of making an authorised imprint of your credit card or is equal to the liability and will be deducted from your credit card. This will be refunded on return of the vehicle as soon as the vehicle has been checked for damage. 

Changes: it is possible to change a date or pickup/drop-off city after booking, availability permitting. Contact us for details in case you deem it necessary to change your booking as some of the rental companies charge a fee for doing this. Larger companies also will calculate the new flex rate after a change. This means that the balance amount will increase so please consider any changes carefully.

Cancellation: please choose carefully when confirming a vehicle. In case you need to cancel your booking, please note that the paid booking deposit is mostly forfeited, no admin costs may be charged. You will find the cancellation fees in your detailed quote.

Vehicle pickup: in the unlikely event that on pickup, you detect something on the vehicle that is not quite right, we advise you to report this immediately to the staff members of the pickup depot. The hirer should always check the inventory items and discuss possible missing/damaged items with the staff members so it can be rectified before you leave the pickup depot. As a booking agent, Australia Campers, cannot be held responsible for complaints of this kind, which are part of the contract between hirer and vehicle supplier. If you have any questions regarding the vehicle the depot managers and/or staff members are always there to help you. 

Rental contract: the booking confirmation and the rental confirmation form that you receive by mail is a confirmation of the booking and a proof of booking deposit and/or payment, it’s not a rental contract. If you approach a camper supplier before the rental contract has been signed, they will always ask you to liaise with us directly. After you book through Australia Campers, all communication goes through us until the contract is signed. The rental contract will be handed to you when you pick-up the camper. After you have read the contract and approve the conditions you need to sign the contract. This is a legal document in Australia and all camper suppliers use this way of working. By signing the contract you declare the state of the camper and the rental conditions that apply. It is rather common that a hirer detects a defect, doesn’t like the interior or finds out something that is wrongly charged. If this is the case you should directly contact the staff of the depot. You’re still on-site or close to the depot and a problem can be fixed on short notice mostly. Unfortunately hirers contact us, Australia Campers, with a problem instead of contacting the depot. Please note that the rental contract is between the hirer and the vehicle supplier and should be adhered to. Australia Campers cannot make any payments or any decisions regarding payments or compensations to the customers on behalf of the vehicle supplier. If the rental contract is signed only direct communication between the hirer and the camper supplier is possible. We’ll stay out of it because you signed a rental contract as a legal document in Australia.

‘No show’ on pickup day: if the hirer does not collect the vehicle on the day mentioned in the rental confirmation, he or she will be liable for the full outstanding rental amount. This will be invoiced to you and must be paid within 5 working days to the vehicle supplier. For this reason, please inform us and/or the vehicle supplier as soon as possible if your flight and therefore your vehicle pickup is heavily delayed.

Terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.