Methven, New Zealand — 16 September 2010 – Ben Griffin and Sarah Jarvis have been crowned winners of the inaugural JUCY NZ Alpine Cup in recognition of their overall top results this Southern Hemisphere season.

Both Griffin (Ohakune) and Jarvis (Whakapapa) will receive personal JUCY vehicles for the 2011 season (May 2011– Oct 2011) in recognition of their performances in 2010.

Methven, New Zealand — 16 September 2010 – Ben Griffin and Sarah Jarvis have been crowned winners of the inaugural JUCY NZ Alpine Cup in recognition of their overall top results this Southern Hemisphere season.

Both Griffin (Ohakune) and Jarvis (Whakapapa) will receive personal JUCY vehicles for the 2011 season (May 2011– Oct 2011) in recognition of their performances in 2010.

Photo: Ben Griffin and Sarah Jarvis will receive personal Jucy vehicles for the 2011 season  Credit: Michael Thomas

Griffin easily won the men’s title, garnering 378 points over the course of the season, including strong performances in Giant Slalom that significantly improved his world rankings. Jarvis edged out Taylor Rapley, 295 points to 265 points, to capture the Ladies’ JUCY New Zealand Alpine Cup title.

SSNZ Alpine Manager, James Lazor said “the series was a great incentive for the athletes.  It definitely created a spirited competition within each race.  We appreciate everything JUCY has done to support the New Zealand Alpine programme and for their commitment to our sport. I’d also like to recognise Kneissl for providing the trophies for the series winners.”

The JUCY NZ Alpine Cup started with the Japanese FIS races at Coronet Peak and finished at the ANC Finals at Mt Hutt.  Points were awarded from each race based on the World Cup points system.  The overall winners had the most accumulated points over the series.

Tim Alpe, JUCY CEO, said, “We are proud to be a partner of the Jucy NZ Alpine Cup. We are a home-grown brand that loves to support home-grown talent and we can’t wait to see Ben and Sarah cruising around in their JUCY wheels.”

Story by:  SSNZ Alpine

Accomodation can be an expensive part of your holiday – especially if you want to stay at places such as the Hilton!  If this is the case do not despare – you can save money in other ways.  Like renting an El Cheapo car from Jucy Rentals.  Reliable, fun & cheap leaving you with extra cash to play with!

 One of Jucy’s customers Nigel Davy sent us an email at the end of their holiday which read “We stayed the first night of our holiday at the Hilton Auckland. Valet parking were not happy to leave the car in the park in front of the hotel with the flash cars and quickly whisked it away to a hidden park away from the beamers etc It was bought out again when we checked out and they kindly parked it in front of the Hilton sign for this shot”. 

Thanks for this Nigel for your email & great picture, we love it!!  Driving “El Cheapo” means you can stay at the Hilton!

Love
Lucy xx

Due to a number of recent fleet revisions, we decided we were well overdue to professionally photograph our fleet of JUCY vehicles. After speaking with 6 different photographers around New Zealand, it was a no brainer that Bret Lucas at www.fstopstudios.co.nz was one of the best and most recommended photographers in the industry.

What sets Bret aside from the other photographers we spoke to was his incredible attention to detail when it comes to setting up and lighting the vehicles accurately for photography. You only need to look at some of the sample photos they show on their website to get an idea of the sort of breathtaking photography that comes out of their custom built studios.

Unlike other photographers we spoke to, Fstop strongly believe the detail is all in the lighting and preparation. We visited the studio during the photo shoot and were completely blown away at how much difference it can make to the photos having our vehicles correctly prepared and lit. Previously we had taken the vehicle photos ourselves on consumer grade digital cameras, and the comparison between those photos and what we saw Bret taking is just amazing.

When asked about our 2 day photo shoot Bret says “We used the profoto lighting system to shoot the exterior images and additionally used the SB-800 for shooting interiors. Lighting is critical when shooting cars to make sure the speculars are positioned exactly. We have powerful modeling lights that allow us to see where the speculars will be prior to shooting the final images.”

Fstop Studios are one of the only companies in New Zealand with a purpose built 12m x 12m x 4m cyclorama that cars and motorbikes can be directly driven into (see photo below). This gives Bret and his team full control of every environmental aspect and allows absolutely stunning lighting configurations to be setup and photographed.

You can read more about Fstop studios on their website www.fstopstudios.co.nz and keep an eye out on our website www.jucy.co.nz for our new and updated fleet photos coming soon.

The JUCY Swift – The cutest JUCY yet!

We love our JUCY Product and the service we provide so it is great to hear feedback from travellers and lovers of JUCY! If you have any stories, photos or would like to share some JUCY Love please email me on lucy@jucy.co.nz

We asked our fans on Facebook why they love JUCY Rentals and this is what they had to say!! So much JUCY Love!

Enjoy the comments – I know we did! xx

Hannah “The way jucy is about as far from a large corporate as you can get”

Sarah “Its going to give me a free campa!!!!!”

We always love a story here at JUCY and this makes a great one.

JUCY is not just great for day to day rentals, your holiday transport or “home away from home” when you travel around New Zealand or Australia. We are also great for special occasions!

Check out our JUCY Vans fitted out as wedding cars. Yes, that is right – JUCY had a major presence (and an important one) transporting the bride and bridesmaids! We think our vans look pretty neat all dressed up for the day! Don’t you?!

If you want a JUCY Ride as your wedding car – let us know, I am sure we can help you out!

If you are getting married in New Zealand or Australia and are looking at transport for your guests coming from different cities or overseas please get in touch. We can set up great discounted rates exclusive to your guests with a variation of car/campa sizes. This way they get a great deal on a rental and don’t have to worry about which company to use! Please get in touch if this would help you!

I will leave you with this great photo of our van all dressed up for the occasion! xx

Love
Lucy xx

Its still summer in NZ and the sun is shining but before you know it the ski season will be upon us and it will be time to put on those winter woolies and head for the slopes. Its always great to start thinking about your trip in advance to give you time to plan and get the best deals!!!

Here are some tips & things for you to think about when starting to look at your winter escape.

Book accommodation in advance! Places such as Queenstown and Wanaka in the South Island are very popular ski destinations and get extremely busy over the winter months. By booking in advance you not only get a great price but then you don’t have to have the stress of finding somewhere to stay last minute!

Check out the deals & think about transport! By booking in advance you will be able to get some great early bird prices on flights (and even accommodation). Also think about transport – do you want to rent a car, a campervan, take a bus etc?! Lots of people offer deals & discounts so keep an eye out! We here at JUCY will have our SKI 4 FREE promotion in conjunction with Treble Cone back for the fourth year in a row – so don’t forget to check it out before making a decision – its pretty JUCY!

Where do you want to go? Check out all the different ski fields that New Zealand has to offer! A great place to start is via snow.co.nz This website also has weather reports and up to date mountain information during the ski season.

Get some mates together! A holiday is always fun – especially with your mates! There is not only the aspect of fun – you will also be able to share costs on things such as rental cars, fuel and accommodation if you plan on sharing!

Equipment – if you are going to be skiing/snowboarding for a week and you don’t have your own equipment then rent it out for a week! Better to stand in a line once at the beginning of your holiday than every morning at the mountain!

Insurance – make sure you have the correct insurance to cover you on the mountain. We don’t like to talk about things like this, but “worst case scenario” and you need to be airlifted from the mountain you will want insurance cover! Better safe than sorry!

Mixing Skiing with Sights! Not only does New Zealand have stunning slopes but we have a lot of other amazing stuff to see! Why not think about combining your Ski Holiday with a bit of sightseeing as well! Things such as the Milford Sound, Franz Josef Glaciers, bungy jumping – the list just goes on! If you are planning on doing both research what there is to do around the ski field of your choice so you can make sure you have enough time!

Hope this helps in your planning for your NZ Snow adventure!

Love
Lucy xx

JUCY LUCY got us to do an environmental audit to see what we can do better to become greener.

One of the things we found that wasn’t very environmentally friendly was the JUCY LUCY cups. These plastic drink cups were given out to all our travellers when they collected their JUCY Rides and they were filled with special offers to use around New Zealand.

While we loved the idea of giving our travellers all these discounts and offers but we needed to look at a different way of packaging them. The cups were plastic coated, couldn’t be disposed of easily, were not re-usable or recyclable. So they were going to be in a land fill for many years. This is not what we want.

So……………………………….we came up with a new & better idea!

Don’t worry we have kept the special offers, only now you get them in a big purple JUCY envelope to keep your offers safe while you travel around. Then at the end of your travels they can go into the paper recycling and be re-used!

These are the JUCY Cups that are no longer……….

and these are the new recyclable JUCY envelopes!

To see what else JUCY is doing to keep green check out the links below!

What are we doing to keep green?
Ideas for you to reduce your impact
Information on what you can do when driving in NZ to reduce your impact
Good Deeds Growing Trees
The Dirty Getaway
cityhop – New Zealand’s first car share company

Watch this space as we grow our list and do our bit to make this world a greener cleaner place!

Love
Lucy xx

New Zealand is gearing up for a massive ski season with Air New Zealand bumping up its number of flights direct from Australia to Queenstown. This is so our Aussie friends can enjoy what the NZ slopes have to offer!

Just like last year JUCY Rentals has teamed up with Treble Cone and are going to be offering SKI 4 FREE again in 2010! So watch this space for more information on our website as we get closer to the ski season!

SKI 4 FREE is a fantastic way for our customers to enjoy NZ and be able to ski the fantastic Treble Cone ski field. We are very excited to have this deal again for you 2010 and have already started our advertising campaign! For those of you lucky enough to attend the Wellington Sevens this year check out the big screens for our most recent advertising campaign!

Travellers with JUCY have enjoyed this for many years – enjoy the pictures of happy JUCY clients in their JUCY Rides up at Treble Cone! Let this inspire you and get excited about winter this year!

Love
Lucy xx

We have just been supplied information from the Rental Vehicle Assosiation great links to the NZ Transport Agency with information that will help people coming to NZ get some information on our roads & roadrules before they get behind the wheel!

Jucy Rentals wants to encourage all our customers to read through this information before they pick up their vehicle. The more people that read this information the more safer our roads are going to be. We want you to enjoy your time in New Zealand and want to make sure we give you all the informaiton you need to feel confident behind the wheel!

General information, Roadrules, Road Signs, Speed Limites & More!
Visitor Saftey – New Zealand Police

Please take time to read this information & any questions feel free to contact our JUCY Crew who are happy to help with any further information you may require.

Safe travels everyone!

Love
Lucy xx

You might have seen CityHop vehicles around the Auckland CBD. Cityhop is a great environmentally friendly urban transport service launched with collaboration from Jucy Rentals. Cityhop enables members access to any CityHop vehicles that can be booked on an hourly basis whenever required.

Jucy is very proud to be supporting an exciting new service like CityHop which is helping both the environment and consumers by providing the first kiwi car share service.

Cityhop is great for people who don’t want to invest in a car, join car pools, face parking issues or pay rising gas and petrol costs. Cityhop cars can be used anytime for a small hourly fee and cityhop provides both the fuel and the car.

If you want to save both money and the environment you should sign up to this great new car share service on Cityhop.co.nz. Cityhop is currently only available in Auckland but Cityhop is launching in Wellington and Christchurch very soon.

Pictured below is the Mitsubishi i-car which is now making its way into the Cityhop fleet. The i-car is a 660cc super eco friendly hatchback easy capable of taking four passengers and has very low fuel usage of 5.4 Litres per 100km.