re: Anybody have any experience renting a car from Turo?

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we wanted to take a drive up the A1A coastal highway in a convertible.

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Should have rented a white mustang convertible for that

The Boubon Street terrorist rented the truck from Turo.

Bet the owner was pissed that his vehicle was wrecked. Wonder what insurance companies think of renting a personal vehicle.

Anyone here an agent in Louisiana?

What I disliked as the car owner was that most of them wanted me to meet them at the airport to drop it off to them which requires someone driving with me, then me coming back home with them. That's a 30 minute round trip from where I am. I told them I will do it for +$25 to drop off the car because it requires me drive with someone there and ride with them back.

But Turo is not a rent-a-car from the airport app. It's rent it out from wherever the car owner stores the car.

I would look for cars close to the airport to uber and pick up, or ask them if they do drop offs at the airport, but be prepared to be asked for more than $25 like I did because it's kind of a pain to have to find someone to drive with you to drop the car off, then get a ride back with them.

Used it last summer.

Very low-maintenance and an overall pleasant experience. Think of it like Airbnb for rental cars.

Guy dropped it off at my hotel. When I was done he picked it up.

Make sure you take pictures of every square inch of the car. Just to have proof you didn’t cause any damage.

Highly dependent on the person you get, but a lot of the people that run these are AirBnB types, so I would basically photoshoot and film the entire car from top to bottom when first seen and last seen.

I had a buddy damage his and it was a nightmare, multiple friends with good experiences, and has an ex-coworker run a "fleet" that ended up ruining his marriage and now he regularly posts suicide threats.

I did that a few years ago with prev Mrs Cars. Rented a BMW 8 convertible and cruised up A1A ( before the fires). Had a great time, and it made an awesome memory...
I used Sixt, and highly recommend them.

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Indefatigable

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We're all too quick to pass judgement these days. We sometimes assume too much. No sweat!

done it twice with no issues. Similar to Air BNB or any other servivce where you're using other people's stuff, I imagine that the individual you're renting from is going to be a gigantic factor in your experience.

Both times I've used them I've walked up to the car in an airport garage, exactly where they said ti'd be, and used a keycode to gain entry. Cars were clean both times. No issues. The only minor annoyance was you needing to take a ton of pictures both at pickup and dropoff. Like several pics from all 4 sides plus the interior. Granted that protects both you and the owner, so it's necessary. But other than that cuople minute hassle, everything else was great. And they're liek half the price of a car rental company.

They use to be a little cheaper than the rental car agencies but, since Covid, the prices have been comparable if not cheaper for the rental agencies. I never had any problem renting from Turo but recently stopped because it wasn’t any cheaper and it can sometimes take time to get to the car or wait for it to be delivered. I’m usually on a time crunch to get to my destination and Avis makes it easy to get off the plane and go directly to my car.

The only benefit now is you can usually get better vehicles for the same price.

Also, some of the owners will put air tags in their vehicles. If that’s something you’re against, them knowing everywhere you go, then you need to verify that in advance.