Hello and welcome to our new Blog/ Gallery page. In this we hope to record some of your adventures and stories from your trips with our fun campers. We are also running a competition for our favourite fun picture with Maizy or Sue. So please email us any stories and pictures from you adventures to info@retrorentals.ie for a chance to win some goodies
Galleries
Maizy´s first Appearance
Bill, Helen and Maizy
Maizy shows Jamie and Claire West Cork
Lyndsey and Ian´s Weekend in Northern Ireland
Electric Picnic in style!!
Roycroft´s Family Holiday
Mum, Dad, Jane, Laura (and Maizy too)
JP and Nienke´s Surf Trip
Tom & Peggy's trip to Antrim
NEWS
VOTED NO 67 ON 100 GREATEST FLIGHT FREE HOLIDAYS
The Guardian Travel Supplement 26 April 2008. “Campervan Craic” – Wicklow Mountains, Ireland by Simon Heptinstall
Get stuck into the green of the green isle on a camping tour of the countryside. Ferry to Dun Laoghaire or Rosslaire from Pembrook , Fishguard or Hollyhead (www.aferry.co.uk), then collect a classic VW Camper Van from Retro Rentals (www.retrorentals.ie, from €110/day min 3 days) in Wicklow. The company also offers drop off and collections at Dun Laoghaire. Picnic at Powerscourt House (www.powerscourt.ie) , peep at blessington lakes then park up at Moat Farm Campsite (www.camping-ireland.ie, €18) in Donard. A day touring the monastic ruins of Glendalough (www.glendalough.ie) and the peaks and lakes of the Wicklow mountains ends at camp in the foothills, in Roundwood Park (Dublinwicklowcamping.com, €24). The Georgian manor and parkland at Avondale (www.hertiageireland.com) is on the way to the rugged Glenmalure valley, where you can hunt waterfalls, before bedding down at the Hidden Valley campsite (www.irelandholidaypark.com, €18). On your last day, visit the sculpture in Woodland (www.sculptureinwoodland.ie) park near the seaside town of Wicklow, before the ferry home.
Irish Mail on Sunday "Great Escape" article
Taken for the Irish Mail on Sunday Feb 10th 2008 and written by Aisling Breen.
"Hippy Days"
"Things are set to change as touring the highways and byways of Ireland is about to become far more interesting and nostalgic. Its all thanks to the arrival on the scene of Maizy and Sue, two classic VW camper vans at Retro Rentals. Both are brand new, having come all the way from the VW factory in Brazil and are not 30 year old vans that have benefited from a face-lift.
Each one sleeps 4, with a double bed and a rock'n'roll pull out bed. These two ladies are also kind on the environment and can be run on biofuel as well as regular unleaded. Retro Rentals prices start from €90 per day and to book click on www.retrorentals.ie"
Maizy's first public appearance.
Maizy got a taste for the stardom at the recent Holiday World Show in the RDS Dublin at the end of January. Many thanks for all the interest and to all the fun people we met.
Happy Campers written by Paddy Digham, Travel Editor
The Irish Daily Star Wed February 20th 2008.
Retro Rentals is a brand new concept for Irish Tourism – the country’s first Volkswagen classic camper rental company.
The company’s 2008 registered fleet is manufactured in the Volkswagen plant in Brazil, then imported to Ireland.
Customers are being offered the chance to leave their hectic lives behind and travel the Irish countryside in relaxed and enjoyable style. Each camper van is uniquely named (Maisie being the most recent arrival) and offers adventure, imagination and fun through its original personality.
Each camper contains a whole host of home comforts, including a modern hob and grill, fridge freezer and a sink with electric pumped water. A mains hook up is preformed on site to give you plenty of additional power, while all the campers are fitted with an independent air heater. You can even soundtrack your holiday using an iPod dock and CD player.
All the campers can be run on bio-fuel as well as regular unleaded, giving the peace of mind to know that Ireland’s beauty is being protected while you explore.
Campers can house up to four people, as the rear bench seat converts into a double bed, with a second double bed in the raising roof. An awning is supplied to accommodate an additional two people, while still leaving room for visiting friends.
