Name: Campervans for Festival Weekends
Start: 2026-11-11
End: 2026-11-11
Location: Urban Escape Vehicles

Skip the tent for LEAF or the next mountain festival. The custom Promaster vans start at $145 a night with a bed, kitchen gear and linens already packed, so you just park and you're home.

Want a shower and toilet on board? The Winnebago Travato is $287 a night. Three-night minimum, and dogs can come.

Urban Escape Vehicles rents campervans and Class B RVs out of East Asheville, and owner Melody King started it for people who love van life but aren't ready to buy a van. The fleet runs from two custom Ram Promaster vans at $145 and $167 a night to a Winnebago Travato and a Mercedes Boldt with a shower, toilet and TV at $287 and $350 a night.

Every van comes stocked with linens, towels and kitchen and camping gear, plus power for laptops and phones, and they fit in a regular parking space. Rentals start at three days, and pets are welcome.

Their vans are made for festival weekends like LEAF at Lake Eden or the French Broad River Festival in Hot Springs, and for long drives on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Park it, open the door, and camp's set up without a tent.

Urban Escape Vehicles

The easiest way to learn Asheville is to let a local show you around. [LaZoom Comedy Tours](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/1366-lazoom-comedy-tours) runs comedy bus tours on its purple bus from Biltmore Avenue, [Gray Line Trolley Tours](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/1465-gray-line-trolley-tours) makes hop-on hop-off stops from the Visitor Center, and [Asheville Food Tours](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/1027-asheville-food-tours) has led downtown tasting walks since 2009. Downtown, the [Moogseum](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/2393-moogseum) lets you play theremins and synthesizers on Broadway, and the [Asheville Art Museum](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/2071-asheville-art-museum) on Pack Square has welcomed visitors since 1948. For a night out, catch a play at [Asheville Community Theatre](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/997-asheville-community-theatre) or [North Carolina Stage Company](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/780-north-carolina-stage-company), or a show at the [Wortham Center](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/1402-wortham-center-for-performing-arts). In West Asheville, [Asheville Retrocade](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/1217-asheville-retrocade) has restored 80s and 90s arcade games and a full bar. Out east, the [WNC Nature Center](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/1066-wnc-nature-center) has black bears, wolves and red pandas, and [Hickory Nut Gap](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/743-hickory-nut-gap-farms) in Fairview has been a family farm since 1916. In Black Mountain, [Black Mountain Escape](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/2003-black-mountain-escape) has three themed escape rooms, the [Swannanoa Valley Museum](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/904-swannanoa-valley-museum) sits in a 1921 firehouse and [Oak and Grist](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/1301-oak-and-grist-distilling-company) pours its own whiskey. [Two Trees Distilling](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/2530-two-trees-distilling) has tastings in Fletcher, and [Urban Escape Vehicles](/asheville-nc/explore-places-to-go/1940-urban-escape-vehicles) rents campervans for a road trip. Every spot below has hours, photos and directions.

Campervans for Festival Weekends

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