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As someone who does not trust online reviews, I'm not sure how to confirm that this review is real, other than telling you, I am real and our experience was REALly amazing. From the beginning of the online rental process to the return of the van after our week long trip, Peace Vans was responsive and helpful. The Mercedes Metris ("Palouse" was the name of ours) was excellent to drive and incredibly well stocked. It was comfortable to sleep in -- we were three adult - but you could easily add a couple more people (we slept as singles: fold out bed, pop-up and passenger seat). Best experience, highly recommend!

Paulina Lake, near Bend, OR.

Peace Vans Rentals and the Metris camper van were both great. The reservation process, pre-trip planning help, van pick up and communication during the trip were excellent. All were done very professionally and it became obvious Peace Vans is a well run outfit. We found out a camper van is surprisingly comfortable to sleep in and the small kitchen meets all your food prep needs on rainy days. A special thank you to Jess. We'll see you again.

Camping on the Humptulips River
Jay S.

2020 has been a real nightmare year. We really needed to figure out some sort of socially responsible vacation. I read an article about Peace Vans and it just seemed like the perfect thing. We rented a van for 6 days to tour the Olympic Peninsula with our 10 and 13 year old kids. What a dream of a trip! The van was awesome, the campsites were absolutely gorgeous and the folks at Peace Vans did everything they could to ensure we had a wonderful experience. We can't wait to rent again!

Josh T.

I saw Peace Vans after searching for 70s VW Vans on Google to propose to my girlfriend (she said yes!). After talking to Jess via email it was really easy to reserve and sign documents online. I noticed that even though they were in the off season, their communication and customer service was spot on. I was thoroughly impressed. The van was SO fun to drive also and for a fair price. If you're interested in driving one of these classic vans, Peace Vans is the most professional company based in Washington to do business with. Message me if you would like to know more details from a customer's view. Thanks Peace Vans!

E C.

Cannot recommend Peace Vans company enough times over. We did the Olympic National Park Loop in their Mercedes Metris Van. The car was so clean / detailed that we thought it was on a maiden voyage. It was perfect for our family of 5 (though really ideal for 4) and drove like a mini-van / slept great (was warm and cozy) and had all the little things we needed to tool around ONP (mini-fridge, stove, cabinets) and fully stocked with all you need to camp (dishes/spices/ first aid kit, etc). The company is actually a really small core group of folks and amazing to work with (shout out to Jess and Sam!). They both rent and sell camper vans. They answered all my questions super quick, even setup a Zoom Q&A just for us and threw in a lot of extras for free! All super chill, no paperwork when I arrived or left. They just really want you to have a great time and want to share their love for camper vans and the outdoors with you. Their website was excellent resources and guide for traveling around ONP. Oh! And their private campsite in Kalaoch was amazing and one of our favorites (amazing views of the beach, semi-private beach experience). We are seriously planning our trip back again next summer and look forward to working with them again.

The van outside Peace Vans.
J P.

Peace Vans helped bring my dream to life. In the early 90s I owned an old vw bus. Our adventures included travels throughout the West, from Tucson to Klamath Falls, from Vegas to San Francisco to Santa Fe and Telluride. We saw the Grateful Dead in many of those places, many times over. Also Neil Young, Taj Mahal, the Allman Brothers Band, and countless others. We journeyed to visit a beautiful park ranger; she was having none of us, not then, and although one day she would come around, that is a story for another Yelp review. But after a few years I had to head East. That old bus saw the direction we were driving and it refused to go, refused even to approach the shores of the Wabash river. Her injectors melted, not once but twice, and I sold her for nothing in Effingham Illinois to a used car salesman with a lot full of Fords. I've regretted it ever since. Now older and wiser, with a bit more spending money, but with a family and responsibilities, too, I put in place a plan to reclaim some of that past glory. The internet does strange things to a man, and, having invested a fair amount of time searching through blogs and craigslist ads and other such things (and sites like the one you are looking at now), I hatched a plan to buy a van. The immediate justification was a family vacation - me, the wife, three kids, the Tetons, Yellowstone. The big time. But the more important justification was deeper, less instrumental -- it was the call of the open road, a love of adventure, a desire for movement that expressed itself in dreams of seats set atop wheel wells and steering wheels so big you need to use your whole body to turn them, throwing your weight into the turn, power steering be damned. I spoke with people at most of the well-known VW shops, and received any number of recommendations. Of all the people I spoke with, it was my conversations with Harley, the owner of Peace Vans, that really stood out for me. He had sage advice, and warned me in no uncertain terms about the real costs of pursuing the dream. When a van looked too good in an ad, he reminded me that they all need something. He urged me to be sensible and have the prospective vehicle checked out. He served as a combination godfather and Sherpa for the purchase and for the plan. In the end I bought an '87 Weekender in Las Vegas and drove it 1000 miles to Seattle to have Peace Vans give it the treatment. June is Vanagon season in the American West, and although it is invisible to most drivers -- automotive muggles in beemers and subarus and hondas and the like -- if you hang out in Seattle or Portland or San Francisco you will see the vanagons emerge, road beasts waking from hibernation and circling the oases that keep this invisible ecosystem alive. Peace Vans has become one of the most important of these oases in recent years. As you approach Seattle or Santa Cruz, after hundreds of miles of seeing not even one other Vanagon, all of a sudden you begin to have more frequent encounters, and joyous recognition passes from front seat to front seat as both drivers, in unison, flash the secret signal they reserve only for others of their kind: the peace sign. My van spent two weeks at the shop, while I went back home to fetch my family for our big adventure. Harley went out of his way to carve out space for us in the busy June schedule. Most of what they did was work on suspension, brakes, the cooling system, the fuel hoses. These are the un-fancy things that are needed to get one of these vehicles in shape. We were all aware that passengers 1, 2 and 3 were my kids. Leave the upholstery and paint for the future, focus on the important stuff. I had spent a not inconsiderable amount on fixing up the van -- almost as much as the purchase price, in fact. The results were noticeable from the moment I drove it. Above all, I felt a sort of security, knowing that the van had been gone over from top to bottom and that most of the important issues had been addressed. In fact, while camping with my kids the first night, we realized that one or two things had come out a bit off. There had been a miscommunication about the need for a seatbelt in the rear-facing jump seat. We brought it back to Peace Vans on Monday morning and they took care of it, and did not charge me for the work. It was, in fact, not an inexpensive fix, and I was incredibly impressed. Later on that same trip, when I ran into a problem with a faulty oil cooler, I called Peace Vans to inquire. They called on their friends at the local shop to take care of me. And, again, I was incredibly impressed. I recommend this shop completely -- they did such a great job and they are so dedicated to their craft. Thanks so much for everything!

My BFF Joanne and I a week ago getting ready to leave in our Peace Vans Rental to camp up and down the Oregon Coast.

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Peace Vans - autorepair - Updated October 2026

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