We had the most wonderful experience renting from VanLife Chicago with our 10 year old. After…read morelooking into RVs and getting turned off by bad reviews, we saw this family own company on the Outdoorsy app, what a find! Great service, great vehicle recently outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment, enough storage and a large fridge vs the typical bar fridge. Easy to drive, 4 wheel drive which came in handy on some farmland roads. We highly recommend it and can't wait to rent again.

We were hesitant at first in sleeping in the RV. Hotel rooms were sold out so we had no choice. The…read moresalesman was a bit creepy but turnt out to be a decent guy. Don't go number two in the toilet, salesman said it's prohibited. Bed was comfortable, we were provided with tons of odd pillows and blankets, my favorite was the one that had a lion drawn into it. Refrigerator kept buzzing all night but not too bothersome. Someone needs to check the heater though. All in all it wasn't a bad experience. Sales guy though keeps calling me for some reason!

We rented a van from the Charlotte branch for a group outing. The group decided not to go and so…read morewe cancelled. It has been a week and no refund of our $100 deposit. I got on the chat line because no one returned my calls and was told it usually takes 3 to 5 days to process a return...funny it only took them one minute to grab the money in the booking process. Now three days before Thanksgiving they are using the "holiday" as an excuse. Folks it is called using the "float" they are using my money at no interest and my credit card is charging interest. They will not refund the money for more than two weeks according to the "support" folks. Color me PO'd in NC

We've rented with Bandago on 3 occasions. No issues for the first two rentals. This time we had a…read moremechanical issue. Bandago's customer service tried to find a Mercedes dealer within a reasonable distance of our location to rectify the situation. We didn't want to take any time away from our already tight vacation schedule and the van was operational. I appreciated their efforts to address the situation quickly. In the end, the issue was resolved to my satisfaction. Even with this small snafoo, I would definitely rent with Bandago for our next trip.

Simply the best! Everyone at Vacationland treated us like sincere friends. It was a great…read moreexperience all around! A hearty thank you to Ron for being the best salesman ever. He gave my wife and I absolutely "no pressure" during our buying experience and he had the sense to know when to answer our questions and when we needed some "private time" to talk though our options. Tom you were so kind and thorough in answering all of our questions during the walkthrough. Your tips will be so helpful in knowing what to expect and look out for. Thank you so much! Mark, I gotta say though that you're the one who can't be beat! My wife and I will always remember how helpful you were to fix a wiring issue we had with the harness on our car. I know you were busy and it was so kind of you to stop what you were doing to help us. So kind and so appreciated! We drove over two hours to get our teardrop from Vacationland and it was worth every mile of the trip. Both my wife and I feel very comfortable with the information we had been given and we feel we received a very fair and honest deal. Vacationland made our financing and entire purchase process a breeze. I can't imagine ever going anyplace else in the future!

Been having our Aliner serviced here last couple of years. Very friendly, helpful with any…read morequestions and timely service. Keep up the great work!

HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE !…read more Don't go here. Wanted to give everyone a warning about renting from cruise America. There are soooooo many other options , to make the most of your trip , go with a different company. We had such horrible customer service that we gave up our deposit drove down the road and rented from a different company. So thankful we did. Privately owned, they care about their customers. Cruise America is a corporation with 1 goal, to make money, not to make sure you have a great trip. Enjoy your trip, avoid cruise America

We had a great time, our first RV adventure. They were very…read morecordial and the Covid process was not too convoluted. We were a little concerned about actually having an RV to rent when we got there but there was no problem when we picked up. Our trip was good and the checkout process was fine however they could've spent a little bit more time explaining the ends and outs of RVing. Luckily we found lots of information on YouTube about things to expect on our adventure. We ended up returning our RV late on Saturday night as we came home early. We dropped our keys in a lockbox and never heard back from them until we finally got our refund on Tuesday or Wednesday after the return. I would've appreciated after spending nearly $2000 that I would've at least gotten a phone call or an email explaining what they charged me for. We left a $500 deposit and they refunded about 150 of it upon return. I did call on Tuesday to ask if they had received the RV and they said they were in the middle of checking it in nobody phoned me back. We had a number of issues some safety related and I would have thought that they would appreciate getting some feedback which since they didn't return my phone call didn't receive. So I will leave it here. The freezer stopped working during our trip and we lost all our frozen food. There was a check light that went on and I needed to read about how to reset it myself. We tried calling the one 800 number which is supposed to be the rescue number but after 25 minutes on hold nobody picked up. There was also a strange wire that was dangling between the gas and brake pedal and it was quite Dangerous and I would have hoped they could have fix that. All in all a very pleasant trip but quite expensive.

DO NOT RENT HERE they take no responsibility for their actions.....they did not infact pay the…read moreticket I was assured would be paid and it has double since they waited 3 weeks to let me know they would not be paying it! Judy the "manager" should be fired if you dont like customer service you should not be working your job.

DO NOT RENT!!!!! We rented an RV so we could have hot showers and air conditioning. Neither one…read moreworked. Then they pretty much told us we were SOL. Some sort of compensation should be made to the people that this company screws over.

Great service and staff. Storage for RVs is reasonably priced and secure. Highly recommend.read more

The first thing we did upon arriving in Chicago was call the company to confirm a pickup time for…read moreour camper. Initially, we were told that it would be ready at 1:00 PM, but later they informed us it wouldn't be available until 3:00 PM. No apology or compensation was offered for this change. Regardless, we decided to arrive early and be on time. We got there at 2:30 PM and unfortunately had to wait until 6:30 PM -- a total of three and a half hours -- to receive the camper. To make matters worse, we were informed at the moment of pickup that the two kits we had added to our reservation -- the bedding kit (which included towels, sheets, pillows, etc.) and the kitchen kit (with plates, cutlery, glasses, etc.) -- were not available. They told us we would have to go to Walmart ourselves to buy all those items, because they "didn't have time" to prepare them. On top of that, the camper was damaged. They told us that the awning didn't work and that if we wanted one, we would have to buy it ourselves. The camper was also handed over with the toilet tank completely full, which we had to empty on our own. The water tank was not filled either -- they only took care of it after we pointed it out. Additionally, the generator failed to start on multiple occasions and only worked on the third attempt. This gave us no sense of confidence, and we left feeling anxious about potential issues during the trip. The staff were not friendly at all, and the service we received was far from professional. We felt neglected and poorly treated throughout the entire process. Our experience with this company was very disappointing. After having to go to Walmart to buy all the basic essentials that we were counting on, and after waiting over three hours to receive a damaged camper, we were unable to reach the campsite we had booked as our first stop. We had to spend the night in a parking lot in Chicago, which was a complete disaster. We are extremely dissatisfied and will not book with this company again, nor will we recommend it to others.

I wish there was a negative star rating. This location Glen Ellyn give El Monte RV a bad name. We…read morego all the insurance offered when we picked up the RV in San Diego (better customer service). When we dropped off the RV to Glen Ellyn. Nancy was rude and staff also mentioned she was rude to us. Nancy tried to charge us for a chip in the windshield and a missing power cord that we never used. We did use this RV for camping just driving from California to Chicago. This location really does not give great customer services. Our entire morning was discussing damages that we did make. This was all new to us.

El Monte and Arts RV have some bad business practices. If you show up with your own car to rent an…read moreRV, Arts is going to charge you $10/ day to leave it there. El Monte requires you to show up for your pick up appointment after noon but on your return you have to be in by 11:00 or else they charge a $100 late fee. The return time isn't obvious either, it's hidden in the paperwork and was never mentioned at checkout. So they charge for full days but you don't actually get full days. It was a double screw job! Aside from this the camper was clean and everything functioned as it should.