When you take out a Bath SU vehicle or one hired in by Bath SU for your trip, the daily costs below will be transferred from your Club/Society/Area account into the Transport Office account (the cost of fuel must be added to each price). For contractual reasons we cannot give precise prices for hired-in vehicles here, but ballpark figures are given to help with budgeting. The precise cost passed on will vary depending on your trip length. If you would like a specific estimate for your trip please email us and we will get back to you.
Fleet Pick-Up Truck (4 seats): £50 per day
Hired-In MPVs (9 seats): £75 per day (up to 4 days)
As these are our most used vehicle, we have fixed the price for short trips to aid budgetting and reduce staff workload from providing cost estimates.
If your trip is longer than 4 days, we will provide a bespoke estimate on request.
For the 2026/27 academic year, the cost is currently estimated to rise to £85 per day. The Transport Office has historically subsidised a lot of journeys to try to keep costs fair and affordable, but as costs increase and budgets tighten we must increase our prices to compensate. For reference, a 1-day MPV hire in 2025/26 has cost as much as £165.98 to fulfil, depending on start- and end-times and what other trips are going on at the same time or in the surrounding few days. We always aim to get the best deal, and will never charge more than what a vehicle costs us to obtain.
Hired-In Cars (5 seats): approx. £80 per day
Hired-In Vans (3 seats) (all approx.)
Van type: V4: £90 per day (Example: LWB Mercedes sprinter - 4m internal length, about 950kg payload)
Van type: V3: £80 per day (Example: LWB Transit - 3.7m internal length)
Van type: V2: £70 per day (Example: SWB Transit - 2.4m internal length, about 850 - 1000kg payload)
If your trip starts and ends outside normal office hours, this may incur a £40 out-of-hours fee. We will try to adjust the actual hire period to avoid this where possible.
The above are estimates for short trips, as vans aren't generally hired for more than 2 days at a time. If your trip will be longer, feel free to ask for a cost estimate by email.
Other vehicles: Price on request
PLEASE NOTE: The pricing structure of the Transport Office is continuously under review. The more our vehicles are used, the more data we have to be able to set constant prices and the better hire prices we can get.
Please note to drive a van, you must have upgraded your status to MPV+Van with the Transport Office by undergoing further familiarisation and an observed drive.
Drivers should return the vehicle with roughly the same amount of fuel as it started with, unless otherwise instructed by the Transport Office. The Esso filling stations on Lower Bristol Road and London Road are open 24 hours and other filling stations are available.
Training: The fee for the SU Driver Training course is £30, which is billed directly to your Club/Society/Area.
Why charge?
The cost transferred from your account helps finance the leasing of the fleet of vehicles, taking account of the times both when the fleet is used heavily and when it is idle for long periods, and the relatively high cost of 9 seaters.
Please note that The SU vehicles are not available for use by groups other than those associated with The SU.
Feel free to call into the Transport Office to discuss your budgeting.