Exeter Airport Motorhome Hire
Exeter Airport Motorhome hire is now available online. Book early to avoid disappointment, and make your trip more enjoyable with a motorhome hire. See friends and relatives or drive to tourist attractions in Southern England, with your very own Exeter based hire.
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Delivery and Pick up Charges
On some of the vehicles additional charges may apply for airport pickup and delivery. This maybe due to heightened airport security not allowing a handover to be conducted at the airport terminal, you may have to travel a short distance to a local service station or car park to pick-up the motorhome hire. Any additional charges will be displayed in the vehicle additional extras section for each vehicle.
Reasonable Pick and Return times
After 4 p.m. pick-up on the start day of the hire, with return before 10 a.m. is expected unless otherwise stated in line with our terms and conditions. If you are unable to meet these requirements please do not hesitate to contact us for further help and assistance.
motorhome Bedding and linen costs
We do not expect international travellers fly to Exeter to have bed linen in their travel luggage. This is provided on selected vehicles, an additional fee may apply. This fee is payable on vehicle collection. All Additional fees are shown in the Additional Extras section of the vehicle description.
Kitchen cutlery, pots and pans are provided free of charge as standard with all hires.
Exeter Motorhome Handover Times
Exeter Vehicle handover times normally take 40 minutes. You should allow extra time due to heightened airport security. It may not be possible to do a vehicle handover at the airport terminal. You may have to do the handover at a nearby service station or car park facility.
It is recommended for international hirers that someone in your party speaks good English. The motorhome handover demonstration and insurance documentation are all in English. Generally if English is not the first language of the international group, an interpreter from the party interprets to the rest of the group during the demonstration.
Exeter Airport History
The Airport was developed from a grass airfield base in 1937, by Exeter airplane enthusiasts.
During the Second World War the base had a varied use as a fighter base then base for the following operational squadrons: No 213; No 87 and No 601.
RAF Exeter was used during D-Day by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Ninth Air Force as a troop transport base using Douglas C-47 Skytrain transporters for the 101st Airborne Division. It was then known as USAAF Station 463. They famously dropped paratroops near Carentan to help with the Normandy beachhead.
After the war the base was used by Walruses of the RAF air-sea rescue squadrons.
The Exeter base was given back to civil use in 1947, but still used as a reserve RAF base until the 1950s. In 1952 scheduled flights from Exeter Airport were offered to the Channel Islands and more locations followed. Following a new terminal opening with runway extension establishing Exeter as an important international airport in the West Country of England.
The Exeter Airport offers chartered flights to within the United Kingdom, Europe and Canada.
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