I’ve rented through Turo. Can be much cheaper because it’s individuals renting out their personal and usually older vehicles (and a bit off the grid if you need that). You can tell rentals in some states by the plate, not with Turo.
Is Turo a very common service?
If its big enough then I won’t see much of a conspiracy that that both killers used the service.
Turo has been around a while.
They ARE cheaper for certain cars.
They have insurance and a car owner’s personal car insurance remains in place for the two to fight over who pays, but some insurance does pay. The owner isn’t stuck.
No, it’s not older cars exclusively. Actually, Turo first made its name as a way for people to buy ultra high end cars and get the payments subsidized by the renters. These two cars in these events are hardly low end.
Someone above said they are the AirBnB of car renting. Good description. Or the Uber of car renting.
They do have advantages. Even as a Hertz gold member travelling on business, I sometimes had a wait, and I definitely had to get on their bus to go to their lot. With Turo, the owner brings the car to the sidewalk outside baggage claim, turns over the keys, answers questions, and walks away (walks away to an uber to take him home).
Yes, the car rental price is much lower. But then there's the service fee, cleaning fee, etc. and in the end it's pretty much the same. My experience, at least.
in midst of Covid, we wanted to fly to SC and then rent a car - conventional rentals were so high priced that killed it. then somone at work suggested Turo - it was ok, we went thru most of the process and then the owner started getting squirrelly about where to pick up and when - we cancelled the whole trip. Road trips are the way to go - in OUR car.
in midst of Covid, we wanted to fly to SC and then rent a car - conventional rentals were so high priced that killed it. then somone at work suggested Turo - it was ok, we went thru most of the process and then the owner started getting squirrelly about where to pick up and when - we cancelled the whole trip. Road trips are the way to go - in OUR car.