Since we launched our van hire price comparison system around 18 months ago, we’ve had plenty of positive feedback on the system.

Unfortunately, we also get the occasional email from customers who believe they’ve booked a van with us — something which is impossible, as we don’t handle bookings or take payment. We’d hate to think that anyone was confused or misled by our website, which we’ve worked hard to make clear and simple.

So, to help clear up any confusion, I thought I would explain in a little more detail how vanrental.co.uk works.

Van hire price comparison in 4 easy steps:

Enter your location and hire dates into the search box:

You will be shown a list of results for each size of van. Where possible, we provide a ‘live’ quote that we have fetched from the company’s booking system. If not, we provide a link, or if we have no branches in your location, we’ll show you a map with the nearest van hire locations so you can choose an alternative.

This is our main results screen:

Once you have chosen your selection, click on the pink ‘Go’ button and you will be redirected to the hire company’s website, where you can refine your quote or make a booking directly with them:

You will see this screen before you are transferred to our rental partners’ websites to inform you that you are leaving vanrental.co.uk.

And that’s it! We do not add anything to the prices we receive from our rental partners, and you can compare prices from most of the UK’s major van hire companies and brokers in just a few seconds on vanrental.co.uk.

I hope that’s been useful – if you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to drop us an email, leave a comment below, or send us a tweet @vanrentaluk.