If you and some friends are heading down to Cornwall (or any of the other good surfing areas in the UK) to do some surfing, you may find that your normal wheels are not quite up to the job.

Either you won’t have enough space for you, your mates and your surf boards, or you just don’t want to turn up in your old Vectra – you want to live the dream with a VW Transporter.

The good news is that there are quite a few van rental companies that do offers VW vans – one vanrental.co.uk advertiser (near Dartford) only has VWs.

If you are planning to hire a van for a surfing trip and haven’t driven one before, check out our van driving tips – in short, remember that vans are wider, heavier and don’t handle as well as cars and have lower speed limits. That said, a VW Transporter is about the best-handling and most luxurious medium van you’ll find, so it you should still enjoy the drive.