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Hey, I'm Jules

Travel Guru

Age: 40 I'm old school baby : )

Where's home?

Home is where my passport is…

My roots lie in East Germany but I’ve spent most of my life on the road travelling.

At the moment you’ll find me and my backpack in the Netherlands… proudly representing RPT Europe HQ : )

Languages spoken:

My German might be a bit rusty but I can adapt every accent : )

Thanks to Sex and the City and working with my favourite brit boyyyyss : ) english became my second language over the years.

I can also order my coffee in spanish, french and dutch… and that’s all I need to survive.

Time spent in Australia and NZ:

On and off since 1st February 2006 ~ yes, I remember the date.

The beginning of a wonderful love affair…

A little about me:

Growing up behind a wall definitely shaped my longing for freedom.

Travelling was never so much about the destination but more a kind of lifestyle. The classic travel bug… once you’ve started you can’t stop.

I’ve studied Journalism in Germany and initially came to Sydney to work for a newspaper… Before I knew it I found myself in a camper driving up the coast kicking all good intentions of a normal life out of the window…

Instead of working for the newspaper, I wrote a book about my travels (Stempelmädchen. Freiheit im Gepäck. (https://cutt.ly/NrSftjw) and started helping others exploring this side of the world.

Australia has always been the closest to what I’d call home and I love sharing this passion with everyone out there…

Favourite spot in Australia:

There’s something about Byron Bay. It’s one of those rare places where I can be my true hippie self and live my life how I want to ~ barefoot.

But my heart will always be down south… I’m a Sydney-sider through and through. Life’s a beach and we have 150 of them – take that Melbourne : )

Best moment in Australia:

Somewhere in Queensland, 3 am in the morning, I’m waking up from shaky movements and squeaky noises in our camper and I’m about to have a go at my friends for having fun…

Further investigations revealed a pair of wombats rubbing themselves extensively under our camper… loving life! That moment when a wombat looks at you angrily for interrupting his favourite thing and keeps on going for hours – priceless.

Backpacker tips:

I have to quote Jack Kerouac on that one…

“Live, Travel, Adventure, Bless, And don’t be sorry.”

Type of traveller:

Curious & happy with the simple things… feet in the sand and head in the clouds…

I can’t help but wonder what the world looks like from the top of a mountain.

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Highly recommended. Guys are so patient. Save your money and time. Trust me, this is the best (easy) way to book your camper van. Thanks <3!

keith Haddy
21 March 2024

Ben was very professional and personable . Provided us with the confidence we need for our trip and the booking of the motorhome. Many Thanks. 👍😁

Isabelle Kücher
21 March 2024

Great service, great experience. We were short on time and they helped us all the way to secure vans for a big group of people. Very kind and understanding. They explained everything to us on our own pace and it‘s such a big help to have somebody who has experience in this topic.

Rebecca Biegert
21 March 2024

Just booked a campervan for our travels with Ryan - it was so easy going, he got us the best deal and was a huge help! Thanks so much Ryan! We can't wait to start traveling

Joanna Jadczyk
20 March 2024

Great customer service provided by Mikey. He found an offer we were exactly looking for in no time. Every doubt was explained at all stages of conversation. Thank you once again for your outstanding support. We highly recommend RatPack Travel.

Maartje Slieker
20 March 2024

We were drowning in all the possibilities when it comes to renting a van for our new Zealand trip, luckily for us there was lifeguard Thijs from RatPack to safe us. All kidding aside, we were amazed at the great service and contacting RatPack is the best decision we made for our entire half year trip. P.s. ask for Thijs, he was amazing!

Great service!

Meg Murphy
19 March 2024

Just booked out camper trip in Australia through "The Rat Pack travel" and I must admit Gregg made it so easy for us, we gave him our dates and he did all the work of finding a camper van that suited our needs and got it at a great price for us. He was so helpful I would highly recommend the RatPack Teavel 👍🏻💯

lidor boiman
19 March 2024

Kind, helpful, patient - thank you Ryan for everything!

Vicky Stover
19 March 2024

Very helpful and friendly! Made sure I understood each step!’

Santi Rodríguez
18 March 2024

Thanks to Ben we found the BEST van in Australia! Thank you so much! :-) really easy to arrange and a really good service!

Zhi Sheng Chua
18 March 2024

Ratpack's Reuben was such a huge help to us. We couldnt find any campervan as all we had contacted were booked and our flight was just a day away. When we gave our scenario, Reuben was very patient and worked tirelessly to get a camper for us ASAP and kept in contact with us via calls n whatsapp giving us what options he could find. He found a camper for us in just a few hours. thanks so much! Truly appreciate ur work! -Isaac

Rhys Gooch
18 March 2024

Big thanks to Reuben! The chap worked over time for us to make the decision to book our camper! Super last minute trip to NZ and he’s secured us a super deal. Looking forward to the trip, Can’t thank him enough!

Arthur Garvan
15 March 2024

Gregg was great help! We received help instantly, to find the best deal on vans in the southern island! At no extra charge! Infact we saved our selves over $2000-2500 by picking up and dropping off in a different city and then an additional discount from the company! Couldn’t recommend enough! Gregg really toke the work out of it for us!

Grateful service and super fast

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