Which city to collect from: the first road, not the price
Ranked by distance to the first road worth driving, not by rate.
Guides for the decision, not the route
Every guide here answers one question that changes what a trip costs or where it starts. None of them reproduce a price, because prices belong to your dates, not to a page.
Why the same route costs more one way round
Where vans pile up, and who pays to bring them back.
The wet season is a different map, not a discount
What closes before the price changes.
Berths, seats and how many of you are actually sleeping
Where per-person cost drops, and where it is wasted.
Reading a depot quote: what is actually city-specific
Separating what moves between cities from what moves between dates.
Manual only: how transmission narrows your cities
One fleet fact that rules whole depots out before price matters.
Where a guide points at a city or a direction, the cheap campervan hire Australia comparison is where the two get tested against your own dates.