4 December 2025 – This summer, LyLo is hitting New Zealand's open roads with a fleet of LyLo-inspired campervans, giving travellers connection, comfort and the chance to live like a local.

Available for a limited time, LyLo Road Trips is an exclusive summer pop-up with bookings now open for trips setting off from 1 January 2026. Best known for its game-changing lifestyle-budget accommodation experience in Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown and Brisbane, LyLo Road Trip campervans have all the modern facilities you need in a van with clever intuitive design.

EVT, owner of LyLo, are obsessed by customer-led innovation and have been on a continuous journey creating new styles of accommodation based on guest insights that encapsulate the growing micro-accommodation trend. Their innovations in this space have included the award-winning qtQT cabins on the Gold Coast, LyLo Pods and Snuggy rooms at Atura Adelaide Airport, taking micro-design to the next level. LyLo Road Trip campervans take this concept on the move with clever, intuitive, customer-led design and all the modern facilities you need.

LyLo Managing Director Tim Alpe says. “As we work on expanding LyLo locations, we came up with the idea to try LyLo Road Trips, giving travellers the freedom to explore NZ with the comfort and design they expect and love from LyLo.”

Each campervan, a brand new 2025 Toyota HiAce automatic, has been designed from the ground up to rethink what life on the road looks like, addressing common pain points and packing in all the comfort that van lifers want into an easy-to operate compact footprint.

The LyLo fit out combines the practicality of a larger, premium motorhome with the innovative use of space. LyLo Road Trip campervans include:

• A full-sized double bed
• Caravan fridge
• Induction and gas cooking options
• Fresh and grey water tanks
• All essentials you need to hit the road and live from linen to cutlery, toasters to outdoor chairs
• PLUS, your very own toilet

With Certified Self-Containment (CSC) and powered by a high-capacity inverter system, the vans can run off-grid for up to 48 hours or plug in easily at campgrounds. A touchscreen tablet makes it simple to monitor power, lights and water.

Each vehicle is crafted with LyLo's signature attention to detail, featuring bamboo benchtops, sustainable cork finishes, LED strip lighting and custom cabinetry that mirrors LyLo's signature pods. Guests can affectionately name their campervan and the LyLo team will position it on the van for their arrival, setting a perfectly Instagrammable scene.

The pop-up comes as demand grows for New Zealand road trips among international travellers from markets like Australia, Germany, France, the UK and the US.

LyLo Road Trips is backed by EVT with exclusive perks unlocked across the country. Travellers can start and end their journey at LyLo Auckland or LyLo Christchurch to refresh, swap linen, shower or socialise, or even stop by LyLo Queenstown mid-adventure for a brew with a view at The Rooftop, home to New Zealand's first self-pour beer and cocktail wall.

“LyLo has always been about doing things differently,” says Alpe. “From our pods to our social spaces and now our campervans, we're finding new ways to make travel smarter and more fun.”

As part of the summer pop-up, LyLo is giving one global traveller the keys to a LyLo camper for the summer, including return flights for two. One month. One van. One hell of a story. To find out more about the Ultimate NZ Road Trip Giveaway visit www.lylo.com/road-trips-competition/

For more details and to book your LyLo Road Trip, visit www.lylo.com/road-trips 

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For further information or to arrange an interview, contact:
Megan Stuart Adams

EVT

General Manager, Group Communications

+61 451 955 622

megan_stuartadams@evt.com

Kate Grant
Sayso

 Communications Director

+64 27 422 0079
kate@saysowithus.com

About LyLo 

LyLo is a new way to stay – a game-changing complete social travel experience for travellers on a budget. LyLo is breaking the mould in the budget travel market thanks to its style-led, social and value mind-set.  

LyLo is focused on helping savvy, cost-conscious travellers experience the joy of travel in affordable style, offering multi-purpose spaces to play, eat, work and sleep within a light-hearted and relaxed vibe. LyLo features a mix of personal sleeping pods, double rooms with shared bathroom, and private ensuite rooms, catering to every travel style. Community and shared social experiences are important at LyLo, highlighted by the large fully decked out shared kitchen and an abundance of breakout spaces to lounge with friends, find a quiet nook to read or plug-in to work.  

LyLo is part of EVT's growing travel portfolio across Australia and New Zealand which includes luxury to budget with brands QT Hotels and Resorts; Rydges Hotels and Resorts; Atura Hotels and the Independent Collection by EVT. LyLo sits at the budget end of the EVT's accommodation offering. 

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