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Hertz Launches New Sustainability Strategy

Posted on February 16, 2012 by noel in Uncategorized

February 13, 2012 in Rental Operations, Green Fleet The Hertz Corp. on Feb. 7 introduced “Living Journey,” which is a new corporate sustainability strategy for the company. Smart Mobility is one of the program’s strategic initiatives, which will include providing customers with fuel-efficient vehicle rental options that use clean, low-emissions technology such as electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrids. Other initiatives seek to minimize the company’s environmental footprint and operating costs...Read More

New Zealand Van Relocation | A Budget Adventurer’s Dream

Posted on October 27, 2011 by noel in Uncategorized

by Kaitlin on October 26, 2011 | two backpackers one world Funnily enough, we were first clued into the concept of “van relocation” on a sailboat returning from Capri, Italy back in June. We were chatting with an Australian couple after a long, strenuous day drinking beers and swimming through beautiful grottos in the Mediterranean. It’s a miracle we happened to remember discussing it months later when we booked our flights to New Zealand, but somehow it came to me about 30 seconds after pressing the...Read More

Getting from Australia to New Zealand

Posted on September 13, 2011 by noel in Uncategorized

by Brooke | Why Go Australia | September 11th, 2011 With a flight to Australia from many parts of the world taking so incredibly long, it just makes sense for travelers to make the most of their trip and hit New Zealand as well. A number of airlines travel between the two countries regularly, some at budget rates that will please just about anyone. Better than the price is the short flight distance. Taking just around three hours in travel time from major cities on the east coast of Australia to...Read More

Free Rental Cars & Campervans During the Rugby World Cup

Posted on August 26, 2011 by noel in News, Sights & Attractions, Transport, Travel Tips, Uncategorized

RWC New Zealand As the Rugby World cup kicks in, more questions are being raised about whether there will be any relocation vehicles, or any rental vehicles available at all for that matter, and if so from where. To be honest, I really do wish I had a crystal ball (as do many other businesses I’m sure) but I don’t (otherwise I would be filthy rich and not sitting at my desk right now :)). With an estimated 80,000 visitors said to be arriving into New Zealand for the World Cup Tournament, we can only...Read More

Why relocate a vehicle with Transfercar?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by noel in News, Rental Companies, Sights & Attractions, Travel Tips, Uncategorized

Every now and then someone will say to me, “Why would anyone relocate a vehicle” and I respond by explain all the benefits of using a cheap form of transport such as Transfercar and when it is a viable option (and not) for both vehicle owners and travellers. Firstly, just to clarify: A relocation vehicle, one-way hire or standby car is a vehicle (normally a rental) that has been dropped off at a specific location and needs to be brought back to another place or depot by a specific time. Transfercar is an...Read More

Scariest campsite ever!

Posted on June 27, 2011 by noel in Accommodation, Backpacking & Accommodation, Travel Tips, Uncategorized

Here I was looking at an article about the The Death Race (which is part of a circuit of obstacle-course competitions in the US, Canada and the UK known as Spartan Races), thinking, man what a bunch of sadistic people we humans are and also remembering the movie Death Race and Blade Runner and thinking how close we are getting to these movies…OK tangent now… when I saw a link that said “Scariest Campsite Ever!” I started to imagine campsites with crocodiles, bears or god forbid...Read More