Turn your RV into extra income

If you’re like most camper trailer, caravan or motorhome owners, your often-sizeable RV investment sits idly in your driveway, carport or in an expensive off-site storage facility for most of the year, waiting until you and perhaps your family can find time to take it on holiday.

Meanwhile, all the special stuff you purchased to enjoy it with, like chairs, tables, ground matting and the like, sits idle and unused after leaving a hole in your bank account.

The logical solution is to rent it out when you’re not using it, earning some extra money on the side, and this is where Camplify, Australia’s largest and most trusted RV-sharing platform, comes in.

By connecting RV owners with potential hirers, Camplify puts your van to work at a time when one of the greatest ‘getaway’ periods of the year – Easter – is just weeks away.

Listing your camper, caravan or motorhome on Camplify before peak holiday periods like Easter is a really lucrative opportunity and with many people looking to get away, it means that owners will have some great results straight after joining.

Easy income for RV owners

Hiring out an RV through Camplify can be incredibly lucrative - as Ezy-Peezy Camping owners Linda and Luke have proved.

With more than 110 completed bookings so far, earning them over $80,000 since they joined in Jan 2020 and with more than $55,000 in future bookings already locked in, joining Camplify has proved to be a wise decision for the Western Sydney couple. 

With plenty of experience travelling Australia prior to getting married, Linda and Luke originally purchased their first camper trailer to help them get away with their three kids.

However, with an eye on covering the running costs, Luke suggested listing it when they weren’t using it to help pay it off, which led to them joining Camplify in early 2020.

“We love just being able to get away and get the kids off their devices,” said Linda. “We’re always looking for locations that have adventures nearby.”

After beginning their hiring journey with Camplify, their biggest surprise was how much they enjoyed meeting people and hearing about their adventures.

“One of our first hirers went on a seven-week trip for their honeymoon, travelling from Sydney to Darwin. It’s so nice to think we helped them create their own memories,” she said.

Fuss-free renting

Camplify makes it easy and safe for you to get started; giving you the training you need before your first booking, connecting you with other owners for advice, and even helping organise the special hire insurance you need. 

They also take care of all the tricky aspects like verifying the hirer's licence, handling the payments, and bond.

“We’ve only ever had one damage claim and the repair process was really easy: we just filled out the post-hire, submitted the quotes and the money was in our account pretty quickly,” Linda said.

“What people don’t realise is that they rarely have issues with their RVs if they use them regularly, because you keep them well maintained and look after them.”

Build an RV business

Linda and Luke have now set up their own business, Ezy-Peezy Camping, and Camplify has helped them build their own website to help grow their business online.

Along the way, their vans have been taken all across Australia, with Queensland next on the list.

Both are still working full-time, however, Linda is looking to quit her job in the future and manage the hire business full-time. This will also let her spend more time with their kids, who all help with the washing and cleaning between hires.

“The business has been fantastic for supporting our family and getting them involved,” she said. “In the beginning, the first few hires helped to pay for the off-road suspension upgrade for our camper trailer and we’ve since upgraded our tow car to a new Mazda BT-50.”

Now, their business has expanded to the point where they currently own two camper trailers, plus their tow car for hire, while a campervan is on its way.

“We also manage eight other vans for other families and investors, including a motorhome and several caravans,” Luke explained.

 “The feedback from hirers is that they love the information and advice we give them before their trip starts. We are also really flexible, and work around hirers' needs, often letting them pick up the night before if that helps them.

“Joining Camplify was one of the best things we ever did!”