October '08 Newsletter

You have the chance to win your car hire for FREE, ZILCH, NOTHING with our Rent It Free Promotion !

Our winner for September is John who travelled in Darwin.

Travel Tip

When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money. ~Susan Heller

A Few Moments with "Zhen"

What do you usually have for breakfast?
Corn chips (I know it's a bad breakfast...)

Are you a morning person or a night owl?
It depends, I can be both.

Your favourite computer game?
WarCraft III and Counter-Strike.

Fave childhood memory?
When I came 3rd in the long jump in the school sports meeting as a non sport professional student.

Favourite sporting team?
Dallas Mavericks - USA NBA

Why's Vroom cool?
Because Vroom is a passionate team, every one is working hard and ... CRAZY!

Press Release

Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery!

Support a Vroomin' Great Charity

Charel, from Global Bike Travels is vroomin' around the globe on his motorcycle to raise funds for the UK registered charity Motorcycle Outreach.

Motorcycle Outreach delivers medical aid via motorcycle to poor people in remote areas of developing countries.

Help support Charel's fuel fund today!

Vroomin' Good Times

September has flown by like a whirlwind! It only seems like yesterday that the last newsletter went out to all of our fabulous readers. For Vroom Vroom Vroom the month was packed to the rafters with School Holiday makers booking out everything in sight!

We also saw the return of Richard, one of the company's owners who has been working tirelessly in Las Vegas since May setting up our US Office - I think there has been some leisure too, the sights have not gone unseen!

There was a wedding in the office (well not in the actual office space) complete with a fire twirler and lolly buffet, and the honeymoon of another staff member (jetting off to Rome). Oh, and the swearing in of our new office mascot Hugo (well he is only temporary, he is a gorgeous little puppy who is learning the ropes at the Vroom Office).

A Vroomin' Good Yarn

Last month we received a number of fantastic road trip adventures from our readers. There was one in particular we thought we would share, as it is a great testament for investing in extra protection for your car hire. Thanks Lori for sharing your car hire adventure;

Hi, just thought I would share the following with all of you world travelers! We rented a Toyota Camry while we were in Alice Springs, Australia to drive out and see Ayer's Rock. This beautiful car had a grand total of 23 kilometers on it. Needless to say it had not a single scratch on it.

According to the car rental contract we were allowed to drive from 7 in the morning till 7 at night, this was due to the volume of Kangaroo's along the way after night fall. We were 10 minutes from our destination when a big red bounced out in front of us at 6:35 pm.. My husband was driving at well below the speedlimit but still had no chance to stop. Of course the kangaroo can not change direction in mid hop so..., yup, bang!

My husband was sick over the damage to the car, I was sick over the damage to the roo. We carried on to our destination, stayed the night, saw the sunrise at the rock and headed back to Alice Springs. The people at the rental agency were fantastic! We had taken out the extra insurance for a cost of $83. It was well worth the $83 as it cost us nothing for this unfortunate accident. The agents simply said, "No worries, it happens all the time."

We were in such a rush to just get this incident behind us that we forgot our reserve money pouch in the trunk! Believe it or not, we called them, they called the body repair shop, they called us back and yes, they found our money! We live in Canada and two months later every single penny came in the mail! We did indeed reward each one of the three wonderful people for their total and complete honesty, any of them could have easily said, nope, no money and pocketed the $1100 for themselves.

The other bit of good news is, we missed the wild camel that pranced out in front of us two miles down the road from the roo. Honest to God, true story!

Lori Brooks, Alberta, Canada.

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Write to us about your travels

Been on a road trip lately?? What did you do? Where did you go? If you have a story to tell - the kids had you in stitches, your hubby drove you insane, or your girlfriend had you stop at every roadside fruit stall. We'd love to hear about it and share your adventure with our fellow Vroomsters. If you like, send us a pic too! Email us at newsletter

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Handy Hint

If you take a look in your local shopping centre you will notice that the Christmas decorations are emerging! It is time to start that Christmas list of things to do and buy. Obviously, the pressies are top of everyone's list but don't put off your travel plans. Last minute preparations for your car hire and accommodation can lead to less money to spend at the theme park or on cocktails by the beach. So get in quick, secure a great deal and keep ticking things off your list!