The RatPack Story
Hey, it’s Sammy, Founder of RatPack. Here is my story:
I have been cruising around Australia & NZ since 2011, my more than extensive Roadie around Australia covered over 26,000km. I road tripped the full loop from Byron to Sydney {the opposite way around – you’ll know what i mean when you check out the map below} and also winged it in New Zealand for 2 years cruising around both the North and South islands with my bruv-ski {Jakey the Camper King}.
From breaking my back picking zucchinis {93 days on a farm – you’ll know what I mean when you do it} to dropping numerous plates as a waiter and blagging my way into construction jobs, I found myself a dream job working in travel. It was finally a chance to give people all of the knowledge that I had discovered along the way.
At first I was lovin’ life offering tours & transport to backpackers needing help. I soon realised that as good as the information I was giving out was, the after service & product quality didn’t quite match my customer service.
My experience of working for a corporate company began to stop my love for travel, no morals no ethics & poor customer service – my original idea was to set up a backpacker website designed to give first time travellers the tips and tricks that nobody else wanted to share about the industry.
The original plan was to set up a website for the first time backpacker with advice on how to avoid paying over the odds for trips and transport. Then… I thought, why just preach and limit myself to an informative website when I could just change up the game and create a better, more personalised experiences for backpackers.
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The launch of RatPack
We are completely independent and make all of the decisions ourselves, we have no rules other than to give the best personalised advice possible >>> 100% unbiased. We are a community of like minded travellers who only give advice that we would wanna hear ourselves.
We’re an online platform with our RatPack HQ based in Byron Bay, we live a cruisy life where our days start and finish on the beach, you’ll always find us chasing the surf or having some beers when were not creating epic adventures for our RatPackers.
Anyone that wants to know the true definition behind the name RatPack….. You’re gonna have to come in to the Bay and have a beer with us and we’ll let you in the secret.
with RatPack Travel?
From our RatPackers
Genuinely saved me a lot of dolla and stress, thank you so much!
Steve and I were incredibly impressed with Reuben's great professionalism and his ability to find us a wonderful deal for our upcoming N.Z holiday in 2024. Reuben was so helpful, informative and gained us a awesome JUCY Campervan package. Thank you so much for all your assistance.🤩 I would highly recommend Rat Pack Travel to all travellers. 😊Lindy Jurd.
Great service from Ben, can’t recommend RatPack enough. Got us a great price over a really busy period and got us the van we wanted. So easy and will definitely use them again in the future.
Gregg was very helpful in helping me plan my trip very last minute! Thanks so much
Jenna was a huge help getting me a camper for my trip up through the East Coast. Availability was tight and I can’t thank Jenna enough for sorting and at a great price. Definitely worth taking the stress out of searching and using these guys.
Seems to good to be true but Ratpack are everything they say and more. Helped me so much to choose a van and made the whole process so easy! Big shout out to Jenna and all her help above and beyond thanks so much!! Highly recommend
Ben from RatPack Travel was amazing!! Highly recommend getting in contact with this company if you’re unsure what kind of vehicle is best suited for your road-trip plans!
Jenna was so helpful and informative. She made the whole process of booking a camper so easy and answered any questions that I had. I would 100% recommend Ratpack travel for booking a campervan trip! Thanks Jenna 😀
Jenna was amazing! She took all the worry and stress out of booking our holiday! She was so helpful and patient, offering so much advice and securing us a lovely discount as well! Congratulations RatPack Travel - you have a winner in Jenna!
Messaged on Instagram and within a few minutes Reuben had replied, he went through every bit of detail to help arrange our east coast trip, providing the specification of the van and the true costings without any pressure. Very excited to start our trip next month, credit to the team for sure
Mikey was amazing and helped us out a great deal! Can’t recommend them enough!
Just booked a camper through Ratpack Travel with Gregg. He was super professional and talked me through the entire process with constant updates - absolute legend. One of the easiest experiences booking a camper I've had. Would definitely recommend!
Reuben was so helpful to deal with. Would highly recommend
Thanks for sorting out a camper for us Ben! I look forward to the trip and travelling in the RV you found for us
Gregg was fantastic chasing a great price and was extremely responsive - he called when he said he would, chased options immediately and was quick with follow up communication. The process was quick and painless and ended with us getting a great deal.
