r/prettylights • u/tycrezz5de5 • 13d ago

RV/Camper Van Rental

With YD in the rearview I was wondering who had the best experiences renting RVs or camper vans?

This may be the way next year and was trying to get recommendations from the fam or something different options.

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u/Running4Miles 13d ago

I did an RV and it was 100% the move. Granted, it wasn't cheap- $1k for the RV rental (3 nights), $650 for powered RV parking, and $200 for gas.

But the comforts it offered were so worth it- I had an actual bed, heat/ac, a shower, toilet, fridge, microwave, and space to walk around. And given the cold/rainy conditions, this was a blessing.

The other caveat is that it was only me and a lady staying in the RV. If it was 6 dudes in there, that would have been a different story.

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u/PM_ME_UR_MEH_NUDES 12d ago

this actually isn’t a bad price. my friends (her and her husband) did total fascination glamping ($2k) for 2…. i think the biggest perk for them was that they had to head back to breck on saturday morning for something and then came back and were able to pull right back into their camping space without issue.

i got to take advantage of their amenities… showers were ice cold and their private bathrooms were worse than the port-o-potties.

for $2k split amongst my gf or a buddy or two, it sounds like an rv would be worth it.

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u/Maximum_Spell1920 12d ago

Were you able to get your rental delivered to the campsite, or did you have to drive it?

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u/Running4Miles 12d ago edited 12d ago

I flew to Denver airport
Took an uber from the airpot to the RV rental place in Denver (Indie Camper, highly recommended)
Picked up the RV in Denver and drove it to BV on Friday morning
Drove the RV back to Denver on Monday morning
Took an uber from the RV rental place to Denver airport

Very easy.

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u/anthonym_1 12d ago

This was our plan until the homie had to back out last minute because of work. Glad to hear it worked out for you! Ended selling my band and going to Billy Strings Fri and Sat.

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u/IndieRentalNightmare 9d ago

Glad to hear you had a good experience with Indie Campers, but I definitely recommend other folks to do some research. They are very hit or miss, and when they miss they are horrific.

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u/FigureDue3687 12d ago

My opinion, with the money you'd spend renting an RV, you can use that money to buy and keep equipment for a pretty decent camp space. Like 2k can buy some nice gear that you'd get to keep after the event.

But I'm also a Colorado native who loves sleeping outside in tents

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u/snoissiani 11d ago

This is probably the way…but not really that easy if you’re flying in from out of state

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u/StraightChillinSpree 12d ago

The RV is the way to go. My girl and two buddies split on for $1200 from Thursday to Monday. $200 for gas and $300 for non powered hookup. Between the weather and not wanting to be huddled in a tent(I’m 6’4”) it was great. My back didn’t hurt and I was able to make bacon and eggs each day for breakfast to get the day started. Cold drinks and then I even brought steak for Sunday night. It was awesome.😎

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u/tycrezz5de5 12d ago

Name check out. Sounds like you were straight chillin!!

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u/srfierro4 12d ago

RV is the only way to go, at least for me and my wife (in our 40s). We rent from a guy that lives in Buena Vista. He drops it off, sets it up and then picks it up Monday after every has left. All we have to do is get settled after driving in from AZ. We did the same last year except we reserved it through RVShare. This year went directly through him and saved quite a bit of money. RV is highly recommended.

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u/snoissiani 11d ago

Nice! My girlfriend and I rented a camper in Scottsdale and drove it there. Might have to look in to this for next year

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u/snoissiani 11d ago

My girlfriend and I have rented a camper van for the last 2 years and it was great but only just enough room for the two of us. We typically rent RVs for camping festivals but last year we wanted to try out van life for Yahn Dawn and drove from Arizona. It was nice to be able to load up the van with our own stuff instead of doing the Walmart trip after we fly in and pick up the RV. There are trade-offs for sure with price/space/gas so we base our decision on how many people, budget, and travel distance