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VW Camper Hire
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Meet the Campers ... Read the Blogs
We LOVE these and we know you will too. Introducing our 2006 registered, 2-4 berth Volkswagen retro-campers for hire; Betty, Pearl, Flo, Elsie, Matilda, Nell, Pru, Dot, Gracie & Daphne. These campervans are some of the very last to be built with traditional, air-cooled engines - giving the feel and that nostalgic, rumbling sound of the VW camper originals.
Pretty Ruby red is a 2007 camper with a modern water-cooled engine, and is the newest camper on our fleet.
Scroll down the page or click on the pictures below to meet the campers, read their blogs and to make your very own paper toy snailtrail camper (for your desk or for the kids!).
Which snailtrail camper is your favourite?
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Betty
Colour: Sky Blue under white - a gentle beauty, there's nothing ugly about our Betty.
Number Plate: SL06 BLU
About: Betty has a pop-up roof and seats & sleeps 4. She has a deep chest fridge .Traditional air-cooled engine. 2006 registration. In February 2010 we will have a new Betty! She is also a 2006 aircooled camper with excatly the same layout as our original Betty. She is a very similar sky blue, will be furnished with identical fabrics and will wear the SL06 BLU registration plate - photos of Betty Blue 2 will be posted here soon.
Career Highlights:
Model shoot for a High Street Retailer (Betty was heard to ask "does my bumper look big in this?" ... no Betty, your bumper is perfect and you always look effortlessly gorgeous - we love you just the way you are!)
Favourite Quotes:
"Driving Betty is like being with a film star - you get looks and waves wherever you go! Betty hosted an 11th birthday party then went on to the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. We love Betty!" - The Dash Family
"Took Betty to Southwold for Easter - she was fantastic fun, very comfortable, comes highly recommended. Steven & Lucy could not have done more! Super time was had by all. We would also recommend the Harbour Campsite in Southwold. Looking forward to our next adventure in Betty!" Daniel & Sophie
"What a fantastic girl Betty is. She looked after us touring the Isle of Wight and the Dorset coast. Nothing was too much trouble and we lost count of the admiring glances coming our way. We thoroughly enjoyed our special silver wedding week away in Betty. Can't wait for next time. Thank you Betty old girl, we were very impressed." Kate, Frank & Amy
Make your own Betty the camper van...
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Pearl
Colour: Retro Cream under white - inspiration for Pearl's cream came from a vanilla coloured Dualit toaster. Pearl is a classy camper who loves a wedding.
Number Plate: SL06 DUB
About: Pearl has a pop-up roof and seats & sleeps 4. She has a deep chest fridge. Traditional air-cooled engine. 2006 registration.
Career Highlights: Two weeks modelling in a fashion retailer's London Oxford Street shop window - Pearl loved the attention! Pearl was also invited to attend a celebrity wedding - she really looked the part.
Favourite Quotes: “We love Pearl! How cool! We had an amazing road trip. Excellent” - Vicki & Chris
“Pearl was a treat. Lots of admiring glances and plenty of memories” - Ken & Marylin
“We love Pearl! She's such a joy to be in and we did resist the temptation to pretend that we owned her on more than one occasion!” - Debbie & David
“A very special journey, special memories of many miles and laughs. Pearl ticked off a box on our wish list of things to do together. A very cosy, romantic holiday” - Rachael & Rafe
Make your own Pearl the camper van...
Make your own Just Married Pearl...
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Flo
Colour: Turquoise under white - a happy-go-lucky, gem of a camper. Flo is so named because of her sea colour and her free spirit - go with the Flo!
Number Plate: FL06 BUS
About: Flo can seat 5. She has a pop-up roof and can sleep 4 (or 5+ with an awning). Flo has a coolbox. Traditional air-cooled engine. 2006 registration.
Career Highlights: Heading West to Cornwall and Wales with GMtv and Keith Chegwin was great fun!
Isle of Wight Festival. Appearing in "OK!" Magazine alongside a singer celebrity.
Favourite Quotes: "Thanks for a great ride" - Cheggers
“Had the most amazing week in Flo! Toured Cornwall & Devon & got an amazing reaction wherever we went!” - Laura & Danny (Honeymooners)
“We love you Flo - what a looker! Wouldn't have wanted to tour Wales any other way! Hope to meet again!” - Adi, Jason & Liz
“Flo was an accommodating host, we loved touring the Norfolk broads in such a spacious, capacious turquoise beauty! She attracted lots of smiles and waves - what a flirt! We shall be back!” - Lucy & Catherine
Make your own Flo the camper van...
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Elsie
Colour: Apple Green under white - a real sweetie-pie to the core, Elsie is simply yummy!
Number Plate: EL51E VW
About: Elsie can seat 5. She has a pop-up roof and can sleep 4 (or 5+ with an awning). Elsie has a coolbox. Traditional air-cooled engine. 2006 registration.
Career Highlights:
Client picnic for a London catering company whose corporate colour is the very same shade of green! Elsie was featured in The Observer & Travel.Guardian.co.uk's "50 Best no-Fly Holidays".
Favourite Quotes:“Elsie kept us warm and filled our hearts on New Year's Eve” - Hannah & Simon
“Elsie took us to Cornwall so we could find a new home, which we did. The whole experience was a sweet wonder. We love Elsie” - Ben & Fi
"We loved Elsie, she took us to beautiful St Ives, the sun came out and we all smiled. Everything was perfect, even down to the spotty green oven glove! xx"
Annabelle, Lily & Dan
"We took Elsie to Cornwall for our honeymoon .... we had a great time, getting toots & waves & admiring looks wherever we went. She kept us cosy & warm at night (much better than a tent!) and we fell in love with her even if she is a bit of an attention-seeker! God bless her and all who snail in her!" Tara & Steve
"No TV, no pc - brilliant. Back to basics; games, conversation, making our own entertainment. Stayed local - Cambridge, Ely and Newmarket triangle - an unexplored part of the country for us. Great days and cost nights. Simple pleasures like a cuppa and cakes overlooking the racecourse made this short break for us."
Tony, Dawn & Darren
Make your own Elsie the camper van...
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Matilda
Colour: Primrose Yellow under white - always bright and sunny, a happy way to travel.
Number Plate: SL06 WAY
About: Matilda has a pop-up roof and seats & sleeps 4. She has a deep chest fridge. Traditional air-cooled engine. 2006 registration.
Career Highlights:
Out on hire together with Betty, Pearl & Flo making a fab four - fantastic!
Favourite Quotes: “Waltzed between Whitby & Keswick, uphill and downdale. Great time had by all” - The Beards family
“Fell in love with Matilda on our Honeymoon, we would like to adopt her and take her home” - Ben & Christine
“Little Miss Sunshine goes to Purbeck, Corfe Castle, Swanage cul de sacs, this trip had it all” - James & Holly
"What a wonderful week with Matilda, exploring from Cambridge to Cornwall and lots in between ... 'And he sang as he shoved that jumback in his tucker bag, you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me'" - Karen & Marty, "a couple of Australians from Melbourne - living in Cambridge"
"Matilda was a star" We had the best holiday we've ever had, the sun shone and lots of fun was had! Matilda's best bit was meeting her friend Nell on a campsite in Padstow! We travelled all over Cornwall and we didn't want to go home! We love Matilda!" Joe & Kirsty Charter (Newlyweds)
Make your own Matilda the camper van...
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| Nell
Colour: Very Orange under white - not at all shy and great fun to be with! Nell is kept pet-free for allergy sufferers.
Number Plate: SL06 FUN
About: Nell has a pop-up roof and seats & sleeps 4. She has a deep chest fridge. Traditional air-cooled engine. 2006 registration.
Career Highlights: Nell was once a Hollyoaks babe! (She didn't make the calendar though.)
Favourite Quotes:
" I love and I kist Nell" - Madeline B, age 5
"Just Wonderful! We had so much fun x" - The Barringtons
"Thank you Nell for looking after us so well and being a big orange superstar. You dealt admirably with the WOMAD mud and rollercoaster hills of mid-Wales, and were comfy and kind to us both (and fidget). We'll miss you."
Stu & Charlotte (& baby Fidget due in 5 weeks!)
"A special holiday to celebrate Alice's 18th birthday. We are all camper van enthusiasts now thanks to Nell. This is how driving used to be! The best! Nell took us all over Suffolk; Southwold, Dunwich Heath, Bawdsey Quay, Rendlesham Forest and to Cambridge on the way back"
Lesley, Andrew & Alice
Make your own Nell the camper van...
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Prudence
(Pru to her friends!)
Colour: Periwinkle Blue under white - Pru is a true beauty and with genuine 60's fabrics she is a hippy chick too.
Number Plate: SL06 BUS
About: Named by our customers - "Prudence" got the most votes and we love her name almost as much as we love her.Pru has a pop-up roof and seats & sleeps 4. She has a deep chest fridge. Traditional air-cooled engine. 2006 registration.
Career Highlights: Spending the week as "Archie" (see Pru's blog).
Prudence was featured in The Guardian's "100 Great British Breaks":
Favourite Quotes:
"Prudence took us to a new place everyday, Cotswolds, Exmoor National Park, Devon and then Cornwall, until we found paradise at Mother Ives Bay. A fantastic holiday - will never forget it."
Nick & Lisa
"Dear Prudence, thank you so much for letting us travel and stay in you, we had such a wonderful time! You did such a fab job taking us all the way to a sunny and beautiful Cornwall. It was our best holiday ever because we got engaged! Glad you helped make it so magical & memorable."
Frankie & Mark
Make your own Pru the camper van...
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Dot
Colour: Cool black under white - rock chick looks and attitude, Dot is a camper who gets noticed.
About: Dot has a pop-up roof and seats & sleeps 4. She has a deep chest fridge. Traditional air-cooled engine. 2006 registration.
Career Highlights: Helping to mark the grand opening of the Wolverhampton Art Gallery's £6.7m extension, which provides a permanent home for its acclaimed Pop Art collection. Dot felt so very cool and now considers herself to be part of the art set!
Favourite Quotes: "Haven't grinned so much in ages! Lovely scenery, lovely winding Suffolk roads, and the best home in the world. Thank you Dot - wish we could take you home!" Liz & Spencer
“We had an amazing week in The Lakes - thank you Dot!” - Lisa & Billy
“Fantastic long weekend - Dot really looked after us, kept us warm, dry and safe. Brill!” - Sue & Adam
Our trip is "best summed up by George's suggestion that we drop Dot off at Snail Trail then stop at a shop to buy a Dot for ourselves. Couldn't have put it better myself! A fab time!" Brigid, John, George & Sean
"Dot was fantastic, attracting comments and waves wherever we went. Camper vans appear to make everyone instantly friendlier :-) A wonderful holiday in Devon, we were sad to say goodbye to Dot and will certainly be asking for her again, if I can't persuade my husband to buy one of our own!!!. The best honeymoon money could buy - so glad we couldn't afford Bali!!" The Snailhams
Make your own Dot the camper van...
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Ruby
Colour: Red under white - Ruby is stunning and really turns heads.
About: Ruby can seat 5. She has a pop-up roof ancan sleep 4 (or 5+ with an awning). Ruby has a larder fridge. She is a 2007 camper with a modern water cooled engine.
Career Highlights: New to our fleet but Ruby is working on it!
Favourite Quotes:
"Made me make contact with the hippy within. Man. Marvellous!"
Family Brett-Iqhal
"We had a brilliant time with Ruby. She is a real Groovy Chick with lots of style! She caused a stir wherever we went. WHAT A STAR!!" The West's
"Took lovely Ruby to Norfolk coast in the sunshine. Great fun to drive her - got lots of waves and compliments from passers-by. Ruby kept us warm and cosy. We got engaged on 15th June in a field at Walnut Farm! We'll never forget this trip and Ruby! Ruby! Ruby!" Dave & Mair
"A long weekend just wasn't long enough! We took Ruby to the New Forest and introduced her to the ponies. She went to the sea-side at Mudeford for a glorious sunny day and she had ice-cream and beer. We loved living in her .... everyone admired her, and we'd like to keep her!" Julie & Rob
Make your own Ruby the camper van...
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Gracie
Colour: Elegant duck-egg blue under white with chrome bumpers and trim, and leather upholstery - Gracie is a sophisticated lady - the queen of our hire fleet.
About: Gracie has a pop-up roof and seats & sleeps 4. She has a chest fridge.
Career Highlights: Gracie is a modest star of the screen (albeit the tv screen!) having featured in an advertisement for a world famous fast food chain and worked for the BBC on more than one occasion. Gracie was also featured within the Marie Claire Magazine article "Carry on Camper".
Favourite Quotes :
"Gracie is ace! This week was a great way to start married life together. We didn't want to give her back! A very happy honeymoon!"
Mr & Mrs Pickering (Dave & Oonagh)
"The best car we'd ever seen - and we were driving in her! A total blast - she knows how to make friends and influence people! Wonderful!"
Deborah, Jane & Olivia
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| Daphne
Colour: Beautiful aquamarine under white with co-ordinating leather seating - Daphne is stylish through and through; a very pretty lady!
Number Plate: BU56 LUV (Daphne is a romantic!)
About: A right-hand drive camper, Daphne seats five on her luxurious aqua-coloured leather upholstery. She has co-ordinating furnishings made from genuine vintage 60's fabrics. Hob, grill, sink, coolbox and full width bed. What a stunning camper!
Career Highlights: Daphne enjoyed working for the BBC, starring in the programme Property Watch.
Favourite Quotes:
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