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Campervan hire trip cost calculator

Hire, fuel at this week’s published price, campsites and parks and extras in one total, in AUD, litres and kilometres. Defaults come from published sources, each linked and dated; where nobody publishes a figure, the field shows a value labelled “Example” for you to replace.

AUD · litres · km

Your trip
Hire companies usually charge per calendar day.
Used for per-person camping fees and the per-person figure.
Total km you plan to drive, from your route planner.
Vehicle and fuel
Example Example figure, not a published average: no official L/100 km exists for most hire motorhomes. Replace it with the figure from your rental listing or your own fill-ups.
Source: AIP national weekly average, week of 25 October 2026 · checked 31 October 2026. Change it to the price on your route.
Hire quote
Example Example: the bottom of the mid-range band Motorhome Republic publishes (AUD 100 to AUD 180 a day). Prices move with season and vehicle, so type your own quote. Source: Motorhome Republic, Australia campervan rental (price guide and FAQ) · checked 31 October 2026
Leave empty if kilometres are unlimited.
From your quote. We don’t guess this: it varies by owner, season and vehicle.
One-off fee on your quote, if any.
Excess reduction, bedding, kitchen kit, chairs…
Only if your quote shows them as a percentage.
Campsites and parks
Follows your days until you change it.
Private holiday parks set their own prices: type the nightly price from your booking.
Multiplied by the people sharing.Queensland parks and state forests charge per person per night. Source: Queensland Parks and Forests, Camping bookings and fees · checked 31 October 2026
Anything else
Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have toll roads: add them from your route planner.
Park entry (NSW parks charge it on top of camping), gas bottles, laundry…

Campervan hire guides

Sources

  1. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles UK, California brochure (2026). Checked 31 October 2026. Brochure PDF dated March 2026; its footnote says the data were correct at 26.6.2023.
  2. Australian Institute of Petroleum (AIP), national retail petrol and diesel prices, data for the week of 25 October 2026. Checked 31 October 2026. AIP figures, quoted with credit. AIP is the fuel industry association; its retail data comes from Motormouth.. hand-entered from the AIP national retail tables (week ending Sunday).
  3. Motorhome Republic, Australia campervan rental (price guide and FAQ). Checked 31 October 2026.
  4. Queensland Parks and Forests, Camping bookings and fees. Checked 31 October 2026.