If you want someone you trust to help manage your listing(s), you can assign them as a custodian for your vehicle(s). Custodians must have their own Turo account with a unique phone number, email address, and driver’s license number attached to it.
Does it cost extra to add a driver on Turo?
You must be the one to pick up and return the car
You aren’t responsible for any fee or additional charge for adding a driver.
Can I rent a car for someone else using my credit card?
CAN I PAY FOR THE RENTAL OF A CAR FOR ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL? The renter of the vehicle must be present to sign the rental agreement and provide their credit card at the time of pick up. The renter cannot provide a credit or debit card belonging to someone else for their use.
How do I add a secondary driver to Turo?
There’s no fee or additional charge for adding a driver. If you’ve booked a trip with a Commercial Host, you can’t add a driver via Turo. You must contact your host directly to make your request. As the primary driver, you must be the one to pick up and return the car.
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How does car insurance work with Turo?
You don’t need personal insurance coverage if you book a trip with a protection plan made available via Turo. If you do have insurance, our liability insurance provider* will supplement your personal coverage. Depending on the protection plan you select, liability coverage is up to $750,000 in the US.
What happens if you damage a Turo car?
Turo issues payment for repairs
We’ll issue you payment for damage costs above your protection plan’s deductible. Turo uses the word “deductible” to mean the amount you’re responsible for before you’re eligible for reimbursement for any physical damage to your car that happens during a trip.
How many additional drivers can I add?
You can usually add up to four. Contact your insurer and tell them you want to add another driver to your policy. You’ll probably have to pay a fee for making changes to your policy, even if the price of your premium doesn’t change.
Can someone else pick up my Turo rental?
Turo states that the primary driver, which is the person who owns the Turo account, has to be present to pick up the vehicle. To successfully book a car through Turo, you need to have an eligible payment card listed on your account.
What is a peer to peer host on Turo?
Turo is a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace where you can book any car you want, wherever you want it, from a vibrant community of local hosts across the US, Canada, and the UK. Guests choose from a totally unique selection of nearby cars, while hosts earn extra money to offset the costs of car ownership.
How do I lower my Turo trip fee?
These include the vehicle’s value (a higher-value vehicle may incur a higher trip fee), lead time of booking (trips booked further in advance can lower the associated trip fee), trip duration (shorter trips contribute to a higher trip fee, while longer trips can help reduce the trip fee), and more.
Is Turo cheaper than renting a car?
Turo appears to be cheaper than conventional renting agencies. However, guests must create an account and pass the verification stage before calculating the additional fees at checkout. When the extra fees are added to the base price, Turo prices can potentially exceed rental agency prices.
Why are Turo fees so high?
When a trip fee on Turo is quite high, it is due to certain factors. Firstly, the higher the value of the rental car, the higher the trip fee will be. Shorter bookings on Turo also result in higher trip fees for users. Finally, last-minute bookings have higher trip fees than those made in advance.
Why is there an airport fee on Turo?
After all, car rental companies have concession agreements with airports that require paying a percentage of airport-related revenue to the airport. These payments help airports defray costs for infrastructure such as parking garages.
Do you have to clean a Turo car?
You aren’t expected to clean or disinfect a car before returning it to your host. However, you do have the following responsibilities for documenting and maintaining vehicle cleanliness. Take and upload to Trip photos multiple interior and exterior photos of the vehicle at check-in and checkout to document cleanliness.
How do you pick up a car from Turo?
Contact us if your host makes such a request. You can coordinate pickup and return at the start and end of your trip by using Turo’s Location Sharing feature in the app. Location Sharing is active 2 hours before and 1 hour after trip start, and it’s active 1 hour before and 2 hours after trip end.
Can you return a Turo car to a different location?
Turo cars do not have to be returned to the same location. When the first trip is booked, the return location is automatically set to be the same as the pick-up location. However, once the customer has the car and has begun their trip, they can submit a request for a change of return location.
What does Turo charge hosts?
While Turo does take 15% to 40% of the rental cost, that cut covers insurance for your vehicle and advertising on the site, which gets you customers. Is my car eligible for Turo? To list your car for rental, your vehicle’s model year must be within the past 12 years.
Why does Turo say not eligible?
If you don’t meet the eligibility requirements in your area, you’ll be unable to book a car. Check the age requirements for the car you’re trying to book. You must meet established age requirements to book certain vehicles.
What happens if a Turo host cancels?
Turo or the host will cancel guest no-show trips, and we’ll issue the guest a partial refund. For no-show trips that are longer than two days, we’ll refund the guest their trip price and trip fee minus the average of two days’ cost, the protection plan, any Extras, any young driver fee, and half of any delivery fee.
Is Turo safe to rent from?
Turo is a safe, convenient rental car company. The company offers rental more affordably than many fleet-rental agencies. You’ll also get more choices that change day to day as cars become available. Take simple precautions like recording the car’s condition when you get it and return it.