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Preparations, first road trip in China – Easter road trip 2021 |Day 0

Preparations for our 2nd road trip in China
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The PLAN for RVing during Easter

This is our first road trip in China. Here is our plan for the coming Eastern holiday: We will be driving from Shanghai to the Huang (Yellow) Mountains for an estimated eight days.

The route would be something like Shanghai – Qiandao Lake (overnight) – Jiangling (Jiangxi Shangrao) (overnight) – Sightseeing around Jiangling (overnight) – Huang (Yellow) Mountain (overnight) – Sightseeing around Huang (Yellow) Mountain   (overnight) – Continue Huang (Yellow) Mountain (overnight) – Shanghai.

The route we selected is not carved in stone; we will modify it depending on how we feel. This is the freedom with a motor home 🙂

We will gladly take your advice if you have any recommendations on where to stop.

  • Sightseeing spots
  • Camping places
  • Hiking
  • Restaurants on the way
  • Authentic old towns
  • Anything else interesting
Easter 2021 Road Trip in China. First time we rented RV and here is the trip plan

The RENTAL

The first one we visited was Han Wang Fang Che RV rental.

On Saturday, March 27th, we visited a couple of new motor home rentals and checked their pricing and availability.

We started the Saturday morning by visiting different rentals. Visits to the RV rentals were not promising at first sight, but the ending of this story is good.

We drove 168km in Shanghai traffic yesterday and needed to spend the whole day on this issue.

The first shop we visited only had one RV on the site, and their main business scope was RV renovation and decoration. The shop looked shady, and their single motor home was not what we expected. They declared that it had just been returned, and a total clean-up (filthy inside) would be done before the next rental. The only positive thing was the layout inside.

There was a double bed at the rear and a bed on top of the dining table that could be lowered, so the dining area was big when not using the bed. According to the worker, there are 11 of these, and all are rented out to some film team. I doubt that. Also, in the parking lot, there was a caravan that had seen better days. We quickly decided that we would not rent from here. I’ll just put a couple of pictures here from that place.

Han Wang Fang Che RV

Next place with the name of YOUYOUFANGCHE, let’s check this one

As it was Saturday, we had plenty of time. We called some other rental, which was almost 20km away, and we decided to go and take a look. Arriving at the next place did not give a good impression. Some truck stops/warehouse and two RVs.

It does not look like a respectable RV rental at all. We found the owner between the RVs as he was cleaning them. He was very friendly and helpful, and they did the cleaning well. This RV was equipped with all that we wanted. Until now, this is the best RV we have rented in China; all others have been compromised—missing this and lacking that.

  • Microwave oven
  • Washing machine
  • Bed arrangement
  • Bicycle rack
  • Electrical and gas cooking possibility
  • Included camping chairs and tables
  • Plenty of storage places
  • Good design of toilet
  • TV with USB media possibility
  • Reasonable pricing 1100CNY/day + 50CNY/day commercial insurance
  • Generator
  • Refrigerator with freezer

We decided to proceed, but before any payment is made, he needs to send us pictures of all documentation (update from today, 30 March: All documents have been seen, and we have paid the down payment). Traffic Insurance: As usual, we also took Commercial insurance (an additional 50CNY/day), and we were required to see the vehicle inspection report.

The road trip posts can be found here Easter 2021 Road trip

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