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Next time you are going to a gig in which the band you are seeing are relatively unknown then take a little peek around the back as you will almost certainly see a small van as the band will use this to transport their things. But just how important is a van the group?

Well believe it or not stars will often think back and name the van their best friend in the early days because it got them where they needed to go both on time and for an affordable price. Many famous bands have a lot of money to spend on gigantic tour buses or they have the sponsorship by a company to actually have the bus during the tour. The sponsors are really only in it for the money which is why many smaller bands will not have funds to gain access to the tour buses.

What happens is the group get together and chip in money towards buying a van so they can use it for transportation use. Once again is can be very difficult to buy a van outright even if there are three or more people paying for it so more often than not bands will look into van leasing because it works out cheaper.

The band then have any damages or accidents covered too so they do not have to take out any extra things they do not need like the band that took out pick up truck leasing just to cover them if the worst case scenario happened.

Although cheap van leasing is likely to be the best option for your band, it is also possible to get a van to run on vegetable oil which of course will save the band on fuel costs. You will need to take at least a trailer full of the oil with you as there are no refuel stations as yet where you can load up on the stuff.