About Lucky Rentals NZ

Lucky Rentals New Zealand has a huge selection of 2, 3, and 4-berth campervans, aiming at budget travellers looking for cheap campervans and cars. Despite its unsteady reputation, let's get into detail and know more about this rather popular NZ rental company.

About Lucky Rentals New Zealand

Lucky Rentals is a campervan hire company with operating branches in New Zealand and Australia. The company has a huge selection of vehicles to choose from and it’s aimed at budget travellers looking for cheap campervans and cars. Lucky Rentals New Zealand offers 2,3 and 4 berth campervans for hire. Lucky campers are the hand-me-down brother of Jucy Campers as this is where Jucy’s old campers go when they are too old for the Jucy brand. For a long time, they even had similar names, but Lucky Rentals has now changed the names to differentiate things a little.

One useful tip when travelling around NZ is to use this freedom camping tool that covers all important rules and guidelines for each county. And since Lucky Rentals have two locations―Auckland and Christchurch Airport NZ―be sure to check the guidelines for each city before starting your adventure. 

Lucky Rentals New Zealand have a fantastic set of campervans, mostly run by Toyota models― Estima and Hiace. Aside from campervans, they also offer small saloon cars. However, their campervans are a bit old with visible wear and tear as these are hand-me-down vehicles from Jucy. Still, these are all automatic transmission to erase the stress of shifting gears all throughout the road trip. The fleet ranges from 2, 3, 4-berth vehicles that are suitable for those on a tight budget. 

Vehicles

Pros & Cons

✓ Pros

  • Lots of choice
  • Affordable rates
  • Some campervans are claimed to be self-contained

✗ Cons

  • Only 2 depots
  • Older models
  • Not so good reputation

Vehicle Fleet

Lucky Ranger
2 berth
Lucky Roadie
2 berth
Lucky Rodeo
2 berth
Lucky Rookie
2 berth
Lucky Rambler
3 berth
Lucky Rover
4 berth

Features & Amenities

🍳Kitchen Facilities
🚿Shower / Toilet
☀️Solar Panels
❄️Refrigerator
🛏️Bedding Included
🔧24/7 Roadside Assist
📡GPS Navigation
🏕️Camping Equipment

Customer Reviews

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M. Wai lan ★★ 2.3/5
Bad Quality Car
The 1st campervan collected was overheated after 30minutes driving, the technician was unprofessional and we wasted quite a long time to convince him tat there was serious problem with radiator. Only then they agreed to change another car for us. Unfortunately another nightmare occurred. The so-called 24/7 technical assistant was bullshit, no body picked up call at night. They required us to stay at one place for 2days to get the problem fixed was really a waste to time. Lucky rentals will not guarantee u good luck. Folks, I wish u all good luck.
Malaysia · Mar 2026
K. Chapman ★★★★ 4.0/5
Staff are amazing, overworked and probabally underpaid. Camper vans - you get what you pay for.......
Very long wait to collect our camper van, booked for 8am collection, finally got away at 1pm. After a very long flight from the UK, this is the last thing anyone needs and No facilities while waiting not even a glass of water or a coffee. Lots of issues with the van, but mainly small enough issues to allow us to get on with our holiday. They'd run out of bedding packs and wanted us to go to the warehouse to collect one! GPS didn't work, they replaced it with another GPS that also didn't work, so we returned it and used our phone instead, Fridge door flung open all the time while driving it, back door was very stiff to open. One dinner knife supplied for a 4 berth van. Apart from that, the van did exactly what it was supposed to do. Staff were completely amazing and stayed calm even though there were loads of people waiting to collect vehicles, complaining about the wait, and Customer service when i called them were terrific . They need more staff at the Auckland Airport depot. They were very fair and offered money back for our late get away, the GPS, lack of bedding pack and knife.
United Kingdom · Mar 2026
M. Huber ★ 1.0/5
Don't waste your time
Don't waste your time considering this company. Worst service ever! They waste your time where ever possible, making you miss your connections. Be very careful of Connor their Branch manager he doesnt know the first thing about customer service and will NOT trust you even if you provide evidence. Lastly he will ensure you leave with no apology and him in the right.
New Zealand · Mar 2026
S. Scott ★★★ 2.5/5
Renter Beware
If you want a trustworthy vehicle dont rent here there maintence department are very unprofessional, my first vehicle had loose wheel nuts on every wheel that nearly caused a accident that could of been fatal, broken plastic body parts everywhere,unuseable jack lift and no drinking water in supplied container. 2nd vehicle supplied with no gas,no sink plug a leaking roof and a table that was cracked witch they repaired with masking tape, what a joke....GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.
Australia · Feb 2024
Dave ★ 1.0/5
WORST RENTAL EVER
Where do I start? Worst customer experience in ANY field, not just rentals, I have had. - Meant to pick up our campervan at 8am, wasn’t ready until 4pm (previous customer was still using until 12pm, then central locking needed fixing- which then didn’t work for the whole trip). - Terrible customer service, staff ignoring us when we came back to pick up the van, not shown around and if my partner hadn’t checked the cooker (it wasn’t working and needed replacing) we would’ve left with no way to cook. - Van was dirty and extremely old (570k’s!). Sticker on the inside of the windscreen tells you you’re liable if you overheat the engine and to stop every two hours. This happened to us driving much less and taking care of the vehicle. - We advised Lucky from the very start we would be returning the van outside of office hours due to an early flight. When we arrived the gates were locked and the key drop was on the inside of a barbed wire fence. Ended up leaving the vehicle outside and were later told you are not allowed to drop vans off outside of hours!! - $2500 bond is held for THIRTY days on your card. Whilst this is in the T&C’s it is a ridiculously long time. When you ask about this you are immediately referred to your bank. - To top it all off we had to pay an extra $160 when we returned the van because it was diesel (never mentioned to us at any stage prior). What a great way to finish the trip! Would go nowhere near this company again and would not advise anyone to rent a vehicle from them.
United Kingdom · Mar 2020
A. vR ★ 1.0/5
The most unprofessional car rental I have ever experienced
This is the most unprofessional car rental company I have ever worked with. It all started when I wanted to pick up the car. The car was supposed to be ready at 11am and I got the keys at 2pm. Later, I had an issue with a flat battery on the road and called the road assistance. They told me that I was only responsible for the payment if there was no technical issue. The mechanic that came to see my car said that it was an old battery and things like that could happen but there was no evidence that it was my fault. To my surprise, the road assistance charged me NZD 120 (for kickstarting the battery btw). I talked to the road assistance and lucky rental but there was no agreement possible. Without further evidence they claimed that there was nothing wrong with the car, despite the fact that the mechanic said something else. I continuously asked to contact the mechanic himself but they refused. Instead, they wanted me to go to another garage and get the battery tested. Furthermore, I had to deal with false accusations. My words were twisted and turned. Eventually, they just hung up and told me to "get my ass to the car". Lucky rental car showed a tremendously inaccurate approach.
Germany · Feb 2020

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