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Car rental hosting

You rent out your car to travelers through Turo or Getaround. It earns while you're not driving, with insurance and wear to weigh.

3.53 reviewsLast review 2 weeks ago
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Median monthly earnings
$4,250
Middle 50%: $4,250 – $7,500
Effective hourly
$283.33
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
3 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
$5,000–10,000
To get up and running
Time to first $100
Within a week
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$600–1,000
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Mostly flexible
Most common answer
Would recommend it
67%
2 of 3 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 3 reviews.
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Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
By platform
How many reviewers use each platform. Many people work more than one.
Turo
3 reviewers
How it scores
Happiness7.0 / 10
Would do it again67%
Schedule flexibility4.3 / 5
Pay predictability3.2 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 3 reviews.
How much I could earn
2
Unexpected expenses
1
How competitive the market is
1
How little I could earn
0
How much time it takes
0
How difficult it is to get started
0
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
0
Taxes — how much I owe
0
Nothing really surprised me
0
Reviews
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Turo· 2–5 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $3,500–5,000Hours 10–20 hrs/moHourly $283.33

Car rental hosting can be profitable, but there is also a learning curve that goes alongside it. A few people tell you about. The structure is different for everybody for me if I could start over with more capital I think I would’ve had a better overall success the past few years. I got stuck in a situation where I started out with some higher mileage vehicles that resulted in more maintenance than what I was expecting if I could start over, I would buy newer lower mileage cars. If you’re just starting out, it’s best to just use one car for a long time so there’s a lower risk while you experience the learning curve that goes with car hosting that way you can really have more experience and information before you decide if you want to expand and add another vehicle or more.

Turo· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $500–1,000Hours Under 10 hrs hrs/moHourly $150.00

If looking to use your daily driver a few days out of the month to supplement income for the payment that’s ok. It can do that. If looking to buy a new car to drive and wanting to generate income instead of trading in. It can do that. Thats how I started.

Turo· 5+ years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $5,000–10,000Hours 10–20 hrs/moHourly $500.00

The company has expanded and a lot better with the app and taking care of hosts. Getting paid is easy and quick as a beginner. I’d recommend starting with 1 to 2 use cars and you have to have a mentality to be OK with small dings. If I could change anything, it would be to probably by more sooner if I could, if you have the cash flow.

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