Congratulations! You've booked - or you're looking to book a Wicked van for an upcoming roadtrip and want to make sure you're in safe hands.
I spent an afternoon discovering what safety checks each Wicked van was given before it was hired out. Extensive safety checks are done on all Wicked vans - these checks include: tyres, brake pads and seat belts, oil and water, battery and brake fluid, lights and hand brake, doors and windows/locks and key, fuel filter, gearbox and diff, management system and a roadtest.
Safety of our Wicked customers on the roads is our number one priority. View the video to get a visual!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Van Safety
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Sawatdee Kaa
Apologies for the lack of blogging. I've just arrived back from an amazing 10 days spent in Thailand. What a country. Fantastic friendly beautiful people, brilliant service, scrumptious food, stunning scenery and oh, so so cheap!
The Thailand quarters of Wicked now has a set address, so in no-time you'll be able to join the constant peak-hour traffic and crazy 'anything goes' driving over there. Driving a Wicked van still beats riding an elephant - I thought it would be glamorous to ride one...but I left the experience ride feeling bruised, battered, and happy to be back on the ground :)
"I'd rather be in a Wicked Camper"
Unfortunately this is a quick entry as I'm still catching up with work - but I promise a decent article in the next couple of days. I guess the most exciting news from the last week has been the Wicked exposure of our company on nationwide prime-time television!
The Thailand quarters of Wicked now has a set address, so in no-time you'll be able to join the constant peak-hour traffic and crazy 'anything goes' driving over there. Driving a Wicked van still beats riding an elephant - I thought it would be glamorous to ride one...but I left the experience ride feeling bruised, battered, and happy to be back on the ground :)
"I'd rather be in a Wicked Camper"
Unfortunately this is a quick entry as I'm still catching up with work - but I promise a decent article in the next couple of days. I guess the most exciting news from the last week has been the Wicked exposure of our company on nationwide prime-time television!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Eli Wolfe transforms a Wicked Camper
Eli Wolfe, a touring musician and his partner Dominique (both from Sydney) flew to Broome late last week to commence Eli's west-coast tour. He's using a Wicked Camper as his gig vehicle and spent a couple of afternoons in the Broome depot painting up this gem of a van - here's the video!
Click here to view Eli's tour dates on his 'Magic Honey Tour'.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Who paints the vans?
One of the questions most asked when I tell people I work for Wicked is 'Who paints the vans'? .
Charley Boorman on his tv show 'By Any Means' mistakenly said a group of Harley Davidson motorbike junkies did the paint job. Sounds wicked but its not true.
Mrs Wicked, an artist and one of the Wicked creators originally did the artwork, and then a guy named Eric was brought on board for his spraypainting talents. Eric has recently left Wicked to start his own Tattoo Studio business.
The new painter on the block is Guy, who's job has just gotta rival Tourism Qld's 'best job in the world'. Based in Brisbane, Guy has flown all the UK, Thailand and New Zealand painting up Wicked vans. He also travels extensively around Australia. More recently, he's been painting up depot and backpacker hostel walls with 'Wish you were here' text emblazoned on them.
Check out a video of the bloke spraypainting the Trogdor van here.
A lot of the ideas for the paint jobs come from Mr Wicked; but anyone can submit their own design ideas! If you rent a van for 60 days or more/purchase a van from Brisbane you can even elect to have your own paint job on your Wicked Camper! Click here for details.
Charley Boorman on his tv show 'By Any Means' mistakenly said a group of Harley Davidson motorbike junkies did the paint job. Sounds wicked but its not true.
Mrs Wicked, an artist and one of the Wicked creators originally did the artwork, and then a guy named Eric was brought on board for his spraypainting talents. Eric has recently left Wicked to start his own Tattoo Studio business.
The new painter on the block is Guy, who's job has just gotta rival Tourism Qld's 'best job in the world'. Based in Brisbane, Guy has flown all the UK, Thailand and New Zealand painting up Wicked vans. He also travels extensively around Australia. More recently, he's been painting up depot and backpacker hostel walls with 'Wish you were here' text emblazoned on them.
Check out a video of the bloke spraypainting the Trogdor van here.
A lot of the ideas for the paint jobs come from Mr Wicked; but anyone can submit their own design ideas! If you rent a van for 60 days or more/purchase a van from Brisbane you can even elect to have your own paint job on your Wicked Camper! Click here for details.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Join the Wicked Cult!
A big shout-out to Budi, our IT guy this week. I've been hounding him with questions everyday re. the new website and he's been a big help!
We've now updated our affiliate site on the new webpage, so sign up today. You can earn a neat 10% commission for any Wicked Campers booking made through your link. That's right - passive income...you can sit on your butt and watch the cash flood in.
We also have a new section on our website that allows people to subscribe to The Wicked Gospel - a 'wicked happenings' e-newsletter sent out to subscribers every couple of months that keeps them up to date with all the latest roadtrip ideas, specials, competitions and travel news around Australia and the rest of the Wicked world.
In other news...I had a little scare this morning when Sister Sam sent me a text message, saying Wicked were in trouble with the ACCC for not advertising all charges up-front. It was the first I'd heard of it but I let out a sigh of relief shortly after a quick Google search....and discovered the company in trouble was 'Wicked Travel' - not Wicked Campers.
We've now updated our affiliate site on the new webpage, so sign up today. You can earn a neat 10% commission for any Wicked Campers booking made through your link. That's right - passive income...you can sit on your butt and watch the cash flood in.
We also have a new section on our website that allows people to subscribe to The Wicked Gospel - a 'wicked happenings' e-newsletter sent out to subscribers every couple of months that keeps them up to date with all the latest roadtrip ideas, specials, competitions and travel news around Australia and the rest of the Wicked world.
In other news...I had a little scare this morning when Sister Sam sent me a text message, saying Wicked were in trouble with the ACCC for not advertising all charges up-front. It was the first I'd heard of it but I let out a sigh of relief shortly after a quick Google search....and discovered the company in trouble was 'Wicked Travel' - not Wicked Campers.
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