Thinking of a Scottish road trip with 4 riding buddies and therefore 5 bikes. Would like to hire a double (crew) cab van to accomodate us all, but struggling to find one on any of the hire companies web sites.
Anyone done this? Where from?
I've got a film/media account with Arnold Clark and one thing they do for film hires is take the rear seats out of minibuses so you have space for six crew and an area for props or gear. They might not offer that the the wider public though, and it needs to be a weeks minimum hire, but turn on the charm and see what they'll do for you. They're big vans mind. They also have crewcab 4x4s pickups and crewcab transit pickups - (which are alarmingly long!) but obviously not very secure for gear.
They also do 9 seat vitos, you can take some of the rear seats out and the windows are nicely dark for hiding kit. They're 7 seat vaneos are incredibly pimp but you would't get a lot of kit in the back. The vito / vaneos are pricy compared to vans though.