Dustin C wrote:
> Morning
> 
> Have any of you ever rented a van in Tokyo? I would like to know a rough 
> cost on doing this for a w/e, a van big enough to transport a few motocross 
> bikes.
> 
> Thanks for your help - and info and or links would be great.

I normally rent vans from Toyota Rentacar, Nissan Rentacar, or Nippon 
Rentacar.  I have point / discount cards with all of them and normally 
use the one that's closest and has a van when I need it.  Mazda has a 
rental arm, too, but I haven't used them simply because one of the 
others has always been closer and the difference in price was never 
enough to make me go the extra couple of km.  Use Orix only if you bring 
your own condoms and lube.  They have more hidden charges and penalties 
than even the Japanese tax office.

After you have a rep with one or more of them, the options get more 
flexible.  For instance, there have been a couple of times when they 
didn't have a van handy on short notice, but they had a 4 tonne box 
truck (a standard truck with an enclosed box on the back) with a long 
ramp or an hydraulic lift gate that they let me have for the same rate 
as a van.  It worked out really well for one particular two-day 
qualifier because it had rained the entire week before and the 
campground was half submerged.  We just put the bikes outside and set 
the tent up in the back of the truck.  We had a charcoal grill for 
cooking and just set that out on the lift gate and stayed dry.

CL